I'm having an issue with a new Windows 11 virtual machine. When a specific user logs in, none of the user Group Policies are being applied, and trying to use GPResult results in an error. Surprisingly, the same user account works perfectly fine on a Windows 10 VM. Additionally, a different user account on the same Windows 11 VM has no problems. We're running Active Directory on Windows Server 2012 R2. I've restarted multiple times, but the issue persists. Previously, I built another Windows 11 VM that had the same problem with this user account. That VM had to be rebuilt after going out of the domain due to admin password issues, yet I still face the same problem with the new one.
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I experienced a similar situation after migrating to Windows 11. The root of my issue was a corrupted user profile in Active Directory. I deleted the local profile on my VM, and after that, the policies were applied correctly.
Is this the only Windows 11 machine you're dealing with, or do you have others that work fine with the same GPO? You might want to check if there's a WMI filter on the GPO that's limiting it to just Windows 10.
I've run into a similar issue where user GPOs weren't applying due to a specific GPO I had denied the user read access to. Once I removed that deny permission, everything started working as intended for the user.
That's a solid point! The right approach is to deny 'Apply group policy' permissions while allowing read access. That way, the user can still read the policies.