I have setup a 2008 R2 domain with no major GPO defined. When I execute the GPRESULT on the client machine, I don't see anything under "Applied Group Policy Objects" and also 

The following GPOs were not applied because they were filtered out

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
        Default Domain Policy
            Filtering:  Not Applied (Empty)

Is it a normal behavior?

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Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Operating System Group Policy Result tool v2.0
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Created On 2/8/2015 at 12:23:40 PM



RSOP data for CONTOSO\meuser on HIS0161 : Logging Mode
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Gpresult.exe -> Output
OS Configuration:            Member Server
OS Version:                  6.1.7601
Site Name:                   N/A
Roaming Profile:             N/A
Local Profile:               C:\Users\meuser
Connected over a slow link?: No


USER SETTINGS
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    CN=meuser,CN=Users,DC=CONTOSO,DC=NET
    Last time Group Policy was applied: 2/8/2015 at 12:22:55 PM
    Group Policy was applied from:      PDC-DC.CONTOSO.NET
    Group Policy slow link threshold:   500 kbps
    Domain Name:                        CONTOSO
    Domain Type:                        Windows 2000
    
    Applied Group Policy Objects
    -----------------------------
        N/A

    The following GPOs were not applied because they were filtered out
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
        Default Domain Policy
            Filtering:  Not Applied (Empty)

        Local Group Policy
            Filtering:  Not Applied (Empty)

Hi Avilt,

Possible reasons for "the following GPOs were not applied because they were filtered out":

You always have to address the GPO to the correct type of objects. In other words: A GPO containing user settings has to be linked to an OU that contains user objects and vice versa. If your OU to which the GPO is linked does not contain the correct objects, the configuration settings will not take effect and gpresult will list it as "filtered out(empty)".

Thanks,

Umesh.S.K