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Failed to open the Group Policy Object -Windows 7 Administrator

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Problem

Whenever I try to access the Local Group Policy Editor (or access the local security Policy from the Administrative tools folder) I get the following message: "Failed to open the Group Policy Object on this computer. You may not have appropriate rights. Details: Unspecified Error" Please can somebo…

Error Output

Log Name:      System
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
Date:          28/05/2011 23:43:08
Event ID:      1096
Task Category: None
Level: …

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Fix for: Failed to open the Group Policy Object -Windows 7 Administrator

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I deleted the machine GPO .pol file under c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Machine I had to show hidden files and folders first. I rebooted and it recreated a new local policy. Now domain GPO policies apply without fail.

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