This is very long, my apologies I asked this question about a month ago and then had some medical problems so I'm starting over again. Whenever I start my system I get a message on the screen that the system is trying to run Group Policy for Disk Quotas. To my knowledge I've never set a disk quota policy and I can't find any indication that one is currently set. I freely admit that I could be responsible for this. I might have done something in the early days of the system because it wasn't happening for the first month or two. This time I did more reading and found a procedure on TechNet at: "http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749336(WS.10).aspx" which led me step by step through the procedure, although I still can't make sense of the results. So far I've verified that there are no policies set and that all the hard drives (3) have the Disk Quota bit 'disabled'. I did this as 'Administrator'. The results from the TechNet procedure turned out to be quite long but I'm listing it here in hope that someone in the community will be familiar with this problem and be able to use the information to figure out the problem. Here are the results: ------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TechNet Group Policy Testing ( "http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749336(WS.10).aspx" ) 1 - Troubleshooting using the Group Policy operational log a - Determine the instance of Group Policy processing (Before you view the Group Policy operational log, you must first determine the instance of Group Policy processing that failed.) My ActivityID from the Group Policy operational log = C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5 2 - Create a custom view, via a query, of the Group Policy instance My resultant query: <QueryList><Query Id="0" Path="Application"><Select Path="Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational">*[System/Correlation/@ActivityID='{C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}']</Select></Query></QueryList> 3 - Results of running the query from step 2 are listed below, in chronological order, including the complete 'detail' sections from each event. _______________ event 4000 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = Computer startup BEGIN DETAIL SECTION----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 4000 Version 1 Level 4 Task 0 Opcode 1 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.598400000Z EventRecordID 22707 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData PolicyActivityId {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} PrincipalSamName WORKGROUP\GROK$ IsMachine 1 IsDomainJoined false IsBackgroundProcessing false IsAsyncProcessing false IsServiceRestart false ReasonForSyncProcessing 2 END DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ event 5320 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = Checking for Group Policy client extensions that are not part of the system. Event Description(s) = Service configuration update to standalone is not required and will be skipped. BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 5320 Version 0 Level 4 Task 0 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z EventRecordID 22711 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData InfoDescription %%4161 END DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ event 5313 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = The following Group Policy objects were not applicable because they were filtered out : BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 5313 Version 0 Level 4 Task 0 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z EventRecordID 22710 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData DescriptionString None GPOInfoList END DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ event 5311 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = The loopback policy processing mode is "No loopback mode". BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 5311 Version 0 Level 4 Task 0 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z EventRecordID 22708 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData PolicyProcessingMode 0 END DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ event 5312 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = List of applicable Group Policy objects: Event Description(s) = Local Group Policy BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 5312 Version 0 Level 4 Task 0 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z EventRecordID 22709 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData DescriptionString Local Group Policy GPOInfoList <GPO ID="Local Group Policy"><Name>Local Group Policy</Name><Version>524296</Version><SOM>Local</SOM><FSPath>C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine</FSPath><Extensions>[{35378EAC-683F-11D2-A89A-00C04FBBCFA2}{D02B1F72-3407-48AE-BA88-E8213C6761F1}][{3610EDA5-77EF-11D2-8DC5-00C04FA31A66}{D02B1F72-3407-48AE-BA88-E8213C6761F1}][{F3CCC681-B74C-4060-9F26-CD84525DCA2A}{0F3F3735-573D-9804-99E4-AB2A69BA5FD4}]</Extensions></GPO> END DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ event 4016 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = Starting Microsoft Disk Quota Extension Processing. Event Description(s) = List of applicable Group Policy objects: (Changes were detected.) Event Description(s) = Local Group Policy BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 4016 Version 0 Level 4 Task 0 Opcode 1 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z EventRecordID 22714 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData CSEExtensionId {3610EDA5-77EF-11D2-8DC5-00C04FA31A66} CSEExtensionName Microsoft Disk Quota IsExtensionAsyncProcessing false IsGPOListChanged true GPOListStatusString %%4102 DescriptionString Local Group Policy ApplicableGPOList <GPO ID="Local Group Policy"><Name>Local Group Policy</Name></GPO> END DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ event 5320 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = Finished checking for non-system extensions. BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 5320 Version 0 Level 4 Task 0 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z EventRecordID 22713 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData InfoDescription %%4165 END DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ event 4016 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = Starting Audit Policy Configuration Extension Processing. Event Description(s) = List of applicable Group Policy objects: (No changes were detected.) Event Description(s) = Local Group Policy BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 4016 Version 0 Level 4 Task 0 Opcode 1 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:31:21.987200000Z EventRecordID 22718 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData CSEExtensionId {F3CCC681-B74C-4060-9F26-CD84525DCA2A} CSEExtensionName Audit Policy Configuration IsExtensionAsyncProcessing true IsGPOListChanged false GPOListStatusString %%4101 DescriptionString Local Group Policy ApplicableGPOList <GPO ID="Local Group Policy"><Name>Local Group Policy</Name></GPO> END DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ event 7016 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = Completed Microsoft Disk Quota Extension Processing in 108374 milliseconds. BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 7016 Version 0 Level 2 Task 0 Opcode 2 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:31:21.987200000Z EventRecordID 22717 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData CSEElaspedTimeInMilliSeconds 108374 ErrorCode 2147942402 CSEExtensionName Microsoft Disk Quota CSEExtensionId {3610EDA5-77EF-11D2-8DC5-00C04FA31A66} END DETAIL SECTION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ event 5016 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = Completed Microsoft Disk Quota Extension Processing in 108374 milliseconds. BEGIN DETAIL SECTION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 5016 Version 0 Level 4 Task 0 Opcode 2 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:31:22.314800000Z EventRecordID 22720 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData CSEElaspedTimeInMilliSeconds 312 ErrorCode 2147483658 CSEExtensionName Audit Policy Configuration CSEExtensionId {F3CCC681-B74C-4060-9F26-CD84525DCA2A} END DETAIL SECTION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________ Event 8000 ---------------------- Event Description(s) = Completed computer boot policy processing for WORKGROUP\GROK$ in 108 seconds. BEGIN DETAIL SECTION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9} EventID 8000 Version 1 Level 4 Task 0 Opcode 2 Keywords 0x4000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:31:22.330400000Z EventRecordID 22721 - Correlation [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5} - Execution [ ProcessID] 1280 [ ThreadID] 1784 Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational Computer GROK - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData PolicyElaspedTimeInSeconds 108 ErrorCode 0 PrincipalSamName WORKGROUP\GROK$ IsMachine 1 IsConnectivityFailure false END DETAIL SECTION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of results. Thanks to all, wegrok Win7 Ultimate x64, 8 GB ram, AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-proc @2.6Ghz, HD = 1TB ASUS M4N72-E mobo, Video = NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT w/ Dell 2407 Digital Monitor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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