Issues with Folder Redirection, profiles and shared folder access

I have network of about 300 computers and have a Windows Server 2012 R2 file server with Windows 8.1 clients. It has been running fine for last over a year but for last couple of weeks, I am having a terrible time resolving the issues with Folder Redirection, profiles and shared folder access. Too many users are complaining about not being able to access their redirected home folders, profiles not loading and drives not mapping.

The only change I remember making is patching the servers and the clients but I have rolled back all patches as I thought this will fix the problem but it hasn't. My users are getting very frustrated now as they are not able to do their work. I have tried everything I could do.

The biggest problem is the the sporadic nature of the problem which means it is affecting only some users and computers at any given time and others do not have any problem but it may affect them next time day. Also, the issue goes away sometimes after restarting the computer or after running gpupdate on the computer but other times this does not fix it.

These are the error messages I am getting on the client computers-

Event 1521 (Error)

Source: Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service

Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is attempting to log you on with your local profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied to the server when you logoff. Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator.

DETAIL - Windows cannot find the network path. Verify that the network path is correct and the destination computer is not busy or turned off. If Windows still cannot find the network path, contact your network administrator.

4098Group Policy Drive Maps
2 Occurrences09:32:18

message string data: user, U:, Student (Users) Preferences-Drive Maps Generic {D508A487-0600-4647-A664-77E4323E4198}, 0x80070035 The network path was not found.

502Microsoft-Windows-Folder Redirection
7 Occurrences10:38:17

message string data: Downloads, \\Domain\Student\DownloadsFolders\brian.zhang\Downloads, 0x1001, Can't create folder "\\Domain\Student\DownloadsFolders\brian.zhang\Downloads", Access is denied.

Here are the error messages from Group policy results-

Event ID 1085

Windows failed to apply the Folder Redirection settings. Folder Redirection settings might have its own log file. Please click on the "More information" link.

Event ID 1112

The Group Policy Client Side Extension Folder Redirection was unable to apply one or more settings because the changes must be processed before system startup or user logon. The system will wait for Group Policy processing to finish completely before the next startup or logon for this user, and this may result in slow startup and boot performance.

I would like to resolve it asap and will appreciate if someone can assist me in doing so.

Thanks in advance.

April 29th, 2015 12:48am

there is similar issue with this. try as OP did and suggestion from rhema43

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/0db5ee57-6410-4f6c-9f52-111592d94ace/roaming-profileredirected-folders-issue-with-dfs?forum=winserverfiles

OP said

" I created a task on each of our terminal servers and scheduled it to run every five minutes.  The task runs a batch file that maps a drive to the folder redirect location and then immediately deletes the mapping.  

So far this morning we have had no issues with failed profile loads or folder redirects.

I am considering this a workaround and not a fix."

Suggestion from rhema43

"So I know its been a while but I have finally successfully fixed this issue. Heres what I did...

1. I had to Delete the user folder and any temporary folder that I found. 

2. I had to go to regedit and do a find next search for the username and delete every entry and also any personal folders on the network drive. ( i saved them to a different location ofcouse :)  ) 

3. I then had to reboot and after rebooting i would open up active directory and delete that user. 

4. Wait 5 min...

5. re-create the username and put back all the appropriate "member of" affiliations that the user had before... 

6. test the login with the newly re-created profile and behold the roaming profile message is gone."

I think this issue more to server side, I suggest you try to ask at Server Forum as well

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April 29th, 2015 1:00am

Thanks for the suggestions.

My issue appears to be a little different as at times the users are not able to even open the folders via UNC and it is very random so it may happen once to a user and never happen again for days or weeks and so on.  There are too many users to delete and recreate and they also have exchange accounts which makes it even harder.

What else could be causing it on the file server which I am suspecting is the culprit?

April 29th, 2015 1:47am

based on the error code Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights

Try to isolate network related issue, update your client network card ect

regarding UNC Drive Mapping Failures, if you upgrade your client PC from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 8.1, there is suggestion to remove the comma in the value of ProviderOrder

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/4d40dd77-3c1f-4c94-9688-a8a710870a86/windows-2008-r2-server-unable-to-browse-unc-shares?forum=winserverPN

good luck

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April 29th, 2015 2:22am

there is similar issue with this. try as OP did and suggestion from rhema43

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/0db5ee57-6410-4f6c-9f52-111592d94ace/roaming-profileredirected-folders-issue-with-dfs?forum=winserverfiles

OP said

" I created a task on each of our terminal servers and scheduled it to run every five minutes.  The task runs a batch file that maps a drive to the folder redirect location and then immediately deletes the mapping.  

So far this morning we have had no issues with failed profile loads or folder redirects.

I am considering this a workaround and not a fix."

Suggestion from rhema43

"So I know its been a while but I have finally successfully fixed this issue. Heres what I did...

1. I had to Delete the user folder and any temporary folder that I found. 

2. I had to go to regedit and do a find next search for the username and delete every entry and also any personal folders on the network drive. ( i saved them to a different location ofcouse :)  ) 

3. I then had to reboot and after rebooting i would open up active directory and delete that user. 

4. Wait 5 min...

5. re-create the username and put back all the appropriate "member of" affiliations that the user had before... 

6. test the login with the newly re-created profile and behold the roaming profile message is gone."

I think this issue more to server side, I suggest you try to ask at Server Forum as well

  • Edited by britishdhez Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:05 AM
April 29th, 2015 4:58am

there is similar issue with this. try as OP did and suggestion from rhema43

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/0db5ee57-6410-4f6c-9f52-111592d94ace/roaming-profileredirected-folders-issue-with-dfs?forum=winserverfiles

OP said

" I created a task on each of our terminal servers and scheduled it to run every five minutes.  The task runs a batch file that maps a drive to the folder redirect location and then immediately deletes the mapping.  

So far this morning we have had no issues with failed profile loads or folder redirects.

I am considering this a workaround and not a fix."

Suggestion from rhema43

"So I know its been a while but I have finally successfully fixed this issue. Heres what I did...

1. I had to Delete the user folder and any temporary folder that I found. 

2. I had to go to regedit and do a find next search for the username and delete every entry and also any personal folders on the network drive. ( i saved them to a different location ofcouse :)  ) 

3. I then had to reboot and after rebooting i would open up active directory and delete that user. 

4. Wait 5 min...

5. re-create the username and put back all the appropriate "member of" affiliations that the user had before... 

6. test the login with the newly re-created profile and behold the roaming profile message is gone."

I think this issue more to server side, I suggest you try to ask at Server Forum as well

  • Edited by britishdhez Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:05 AM
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April 29th, 2015 4:58am

there is similar issue with this. try as OP did and suggestion from rhema43

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/0db5ee57-6410-4f6c-9f52-111592d94ace/roaming-profileredirected-folders-issue-with-dfs?forum=winserverfiles

OP said

" I created a task on each of our terminal servers and scheduled it to run every five minutes.  The task runs a batch file that maps a drive to the folder redirect location and then immediately deletes the mapping.  

So far this morning we have had no issues with failed profile loads or folder redirects.

I am considering this a workaround and not a fix."

Suggestion from rhema43

"So I know its been a while but I have finally successfully fixed this issue. Heres what I did...

1. I had to Delete the user folder and any temporary folder that I found. 

2. I had to go to regedit and do a find next search for the username and delete every entry and also any personal folders on the network drive. ( i saved them to a different location ofcouse :)  ) 

3. I then had to reboot and after rebooting i would open up active directory and delete that user. 

4. Wait 5 min...

5. re-create the username and put back all the appropriate "member of" affiliations that the user had before... 

6. test the login with the newly re-created profile and behold the roaming profile message is gone."

I think this issue more to server side, I suggest you try to ask at Server Forum as well

  • Edited by britishdhez Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:05 AM
April 29th, 2015 4:58am

based on the error code Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights

Try to isolate network related issue, update your client network card ect

regarding UNC Drive Mapping Failures, if you upgrade your client PC from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 8.1, there is suggestion to remove the comma in the value of ProviderOrder

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/4d40dd77-3c1f-4c94-9688-a8a710870a86/windows-2008-r2-server-unable-to-browse-unc-shares?forum=winserverPN

good luck

  • Edited by britishdhez Wednesday, April 29, 2015 6:21 AM
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April 29th, 2015 6:21am

based on the error code Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights

Try to isolate network related issue, update your client network card ect

regarding UNC Drive Mapping Failures, if you upgrade your client PC from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 8.1, there is suggestion to remove the comma in the value of ProviderOrder

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/4d40dd77-3c1f-4c94-9688-a8a710870a86/windows-2008-r2-server-unable-to-browse-unc-shares?forum=winserverPN

good luck

  • Edited by britishdhez Wednesday, April 29, 2015 6:21 AM
April 29th, 2015 6:21am

based on the error code Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights

Try to isolate network related issue, update your client network card ect

regarding UNC Drive Mapping Failures, if you upgrade your client PC from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 8.1, there is suggestion to remove the comma in the value of ProviderOrder

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/4d40dd77-3c1f-4c94-9688-a8a710870a86/windows-2008-r2-server-unable-to-browse-unc-shares?forum=winserverPN

good luck

  • Edited by britishdhez Wednesday, April 29, 2015 6:21 AM
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April 29th, 2015 6:21am

based on the error code Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights

Try to isolate network related issue, update your client network card ect

regarding UNC Drive Mapping Failures, if you upgrade your client PC from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 8.1, there is suggestion to remove the comma in the value of ProviderOrder

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/4d40dd77-3c1f-4c94-9688-a8a710870a86/windows-2008-r2-server-unable-to-browse-unc-shares?forum=winserverPN

good luck

The things work fine after a gpupdate or a restart or if they login to another computer so I doubt that it is a permissions issue.

It could be a network connectivity issue as you said or can it be a DNS issue?

I have checked my server and the reg entry is correct though on one of the computers the value is RDPNP,LanmanWorkstation,webclient which seems to be correct as well.

The computers haven't been upgraded from Windows 7 or 8 as the image is Windows 8.1 so what else can I try. These are mix of laptops and desktops of different models.


  • Edited by Sannaru 6 hours 36 minutes ago
April 29th, 2015 8:43pm

based on the error code Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights

Try to isolate network related issue, update your client network card ect

regarding UNC Drive Mapping Failures, if you upgrade your client PC from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 8.1, there is suggestion to remove the comma in the value of ProviderOrder

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/4d40dd77-3c1f-4c94-9688-a8a710870a86/windows-2008-r2-server-unable-to-browse-unc-shares?forum=winserverPN

good luck

The things work fine after a gpupdate or a restart or if they login to another computer so I doubt that it is a permissions issue.

It could be a network connectivity issue as you said or can it be a DNS issue?

I have checked my server and the reg entry is correct though on one of the computers the value is RDPNP,LanmanWorkstation,webclient which seems to be correct as well.

The computers haven't been upgraded from Windows 7 or 8 as the image is Windows 8.1 so what else can I try. These are mix of laptops and desktops of different models.


  • Edited by Sannaru Thursday, April 30, 2015 12:46 AM
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April 30th, 2015 12:41am

based on the error code Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights

Try to isolate network related issue, update your client network card ect

regarding UNC Drive Mapping Failures, if you upgrade your client PC from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 8.1, there is suggestion to remove the comma in the value of ProviderOrder

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/4d40dd77-3c1f-4c94-9688-a8a710870a86/windows-2008-r2-server-unable-to-browse-unc-shares?forum=winserverPN

good luck

The things work fine after a gpupdate or a restart or if they login to another computer so I doubt that it is a permissions issue.

It could be a network connectivity issue as you said or can it be a DNS issue?

I have checked my server and the reg entry is correct though on one of the computers the value is RDPNP,LanmanWorkstation,webclient which seems to be correct as well.

The computers haven't been upgraded from Windows 7 or 8 as the image is Windows 8.1 so what else can I try. These are mix of laptops and desktops of different models.


  • Edited by Sannaru Thursday, April 30, 2015 12:46 AM
April 30th, 2015 12:41am

based on the error code Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights

Try to isolate network related issue, update your client network card ect

regarding UNC Drive Mapping Failures, if you upgrade your client PC from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 8.1, there is suggestion to remove the comma in the value of ProviderOrder

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/4d40dd77-3c1f-4c94-9688-a8a710870a86/windows-2008-r2-server-unable-to-browse-unc-shares?forum=winserverPN

good luck

The things work fine after a gpupdate or a restart or if they login to another computer so I doubt that it is a permissions issue.

It could be a network connectivity issue as you said or can it be a DNS issue?

I have checked my server and the reg entry is correct though on one of the computers the value is RDPNP,LanmanWorkstation,webclient which seems to be correct as well.

The computers haven't been upgraded from Windows 7 or 8 as the image is Windows 8.1 so what else can I try. These are mix of laptops and desktops of different models.


  • Edited by Sannaru Thursday, April 30, 2015 12:46 AM
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April 30th, 2015 12:41am

Hi Sannaru,

According to your description,the issue will occur with different users in different machines randomly ,right ?If I have misunderstood the issue ,please correct me .

If the issue will be resolved with a gpupdate or a restart every time ,I suspect the group policy won`t be applied correctly during the startup process at times .

There is a group policy during the startup process we can have a try .
Group policy \ Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates \System \Logon \Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon
This group policy will reduce the possibility that the group policies will not be applied during the startup because of the network issue .Of course this policy will impact the startup performance .We can make an Organization Unit to test before we try to deploy it .

To analyze the issue deeply ,we may need to capture the logon log .To do this :
Create a new key named "UserEnvDebugLevel" and configure it with value "10002".I have tried it in my Windows 8.1 Enterprise machine and I have got the total process of applying the group policy .

here is a link for reference

How to enable user environment debug logging in retail builds of Windows
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/221833

Best regards

April 30th, 2015 3:01am

Hi MeipoXu,

Your first statement is right, it is very random and I do not see any trend or relation at all.

Does anyone know if the folder redirection GPO applies everytime a user logs in?

The GPOs do apply but they fail to apply folder redirection and drive mapping because of the above errors. Today the things just got better as I could open the shared and user folders by going to the UNCs even when the GPOs failed to apply. So I guess it is not a permission issue.

I already have 'Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon, enabled.

I will give your last method a try to get detailed logging and report tomorrow.

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April 30th, 2015 4:47am

I just saw error 1129 when ran GP results on one of the computers:

The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of network connectivity to a domain controller. This may be a transient condition. A success message would be generated once the machine gets connected to the domain controller and Group Policy has successfully processed. If you do not see a success message for several hours, then contact your administrator.

Could the problem be related to this?


  • Edited by Sannaru 8 hours 29 minutes ago
April 30th, 2015 6:52pm

I just saw error 1129 when ran GP results on one of the computers:

The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of network connectivity to a domain controller. This may be a transient condition. A success message would be generated once the machine gets connected to the domain controller and Group Policy has successfully processed. If you do not see a success message for several hours, then contact your administrator.

Could the problem be related to this?


  • Edited by Sannaru Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:52 PM
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April 30th, 2015 10:51pm

I just saw error 1129 when ran GP results on one of the computers:

The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of network connectivity to a domain controller. This may be a transient condition. A success message would be generated once the machine gets connected to the domain controller and Group Policy has successfully processed. If you do not see a success message for several hours, then contact your administrator.

Could the problem be related to this?


  • Edited by Sannaru Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:52 PM
April 30th, 2015 10:51pm

I just saw error 1129 when ran GP results on one of the computers:

The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of network connectivity to a domain controller. This may be a transient condition. A success message would be generated once the machine gets connected to the domain controller and Group Policy has successfully processed. If you do not see a success message for several hours, then contact your administrator.

Could the problem be related to this?


  • Edited by Sannaru Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:52 PM
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April 30th, 2015 10:51pm

Hi Sannaru,

Have you tried to capture the log with the method as I suggested before ?

According to the error message ,it seems that this issue is related to the network .The Group policy won`t be deployed during the startup .

As a work around ,we can run "gpupdate /force" from the problematic machine .

Best regards

May 3rd, 2015 10:34pm

Hi MeipoXu

I have actually added the key to the registry as per the instructions but I do not see any folder named 'Debug' in C drive. Do you know what I could have done wrong?

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May 5th, 2015 4:16am

Hi Sannaru,

Here is the step I have taken .
1.Navigate to this path :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
2.Right click Winlogon registry key and create a new registry "DWORD32" ,name it as " UserEnvDebugLevel"  then configure it as "Hexadecimal " with value "00030002".
3.Restart the machine
4.Navigate to the C:\Windows\Debug \UserMode\gpsvc.txt

Best r

May 5th, 2015 10:08pm

Thanks, that has worked.

Do I send you the whole log file and how do I send it to you. 


  • Edited by Sannaru 2 hours 48 minutes ago
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May 6th, 2015 12:40am

Thanks, that has worked.

Do I send you the whole log file and how do I send it to you. 


  • Edited by Sannaru Wednesday, May 06, 2015 4:36 AM
May 6th, 2015 4:36am

Thanks, that has worked.

Do I send you the whole log file and how do I send it to you. 


  • Edited by Sannaru Wednesday, May 06, 2015 4:36 AM
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May 6th, 2015 4:36am

Hi MeipoXu

I think this shows that there is a network issue, do you know where the problem is?

I have pinged the workstation from another computer while logging on but it did not lose any connectivity. How can I find out what is causing this?

GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:52:075 CGroupPolicySession::ApplyGroupPolicyForPrincipal: Check if machine is a domain controller starts.
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:52:075 Waiting for connectivity before applying policies
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:52:075 CGPApplicationService::MachinePolicyStartedWaitingOnNetwork.
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:52:075 CGPMachineStartupConnectivity::CalculateWaitTimeoutFromHistory: Average is 3974.
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:52:075 CGPMachineStartupConnectivity::CalculateWaitTimeoutFromHistory: Current is -1.
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:52:075 CGPMachineStartupConnectivity::CalculateWaitTimeoutFromHistory: Taking min of 7948 and 30000.
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:52:075 Waiting for SamSs with timeout 7948
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:53:528 Waiting for NTDS.IndexRecreateEvent with timeout 6494
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:53:528 Waiting for NlaSvc with timeout 6494
GPSVC(3c8.440) 15:57:56:012 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 0x388
GPSVC(3c8.440) 15:57:56:012 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0
GPSVC(3e0.3e8) 15:57:56:059 StartTaskScheduler status: 0x0
GPSVC(258.56c) 15:57:56:418 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Entering with target Machine and event 0x8cc
GPSVC(258.56c) 15:57:56:418 CGPNotify::RegisterForNotification: Exiting with status = 0
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:57:090 Waiting for NETLOGON with timeout 2932
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:57:090 Waiting for MUP with timeout 2932
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:57:090 Waiting for wkssvc to signal MUP event
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:57:090 WaitForMUP: Beginning WaitForSingleObject.
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:57:090 WaitForMUP: Completed WaitForSingleObject.
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:57:090 Done waiting for MUP
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:57:57:090 Waiting for DS with timeout 2932
GPSVC(3e0.5ec) 15:57:57:090 Wait For Connectivity: Before attempting to retrieve appropriate connectivity watcher instance
GPSVC(3e0.5ec) 15:57:57:090 Wait For Connectivity: Retrieved the appropriate connectivity watcher instance
GPSVC(3e0.5ec) 15:57:57:090 Registered for NLA notification successfully
GPSVC(3e0.5ec) 15:57:57:090 CConnectivityWatcher::WaitForConnectivity: Beginning WaitForSingleObject.
GPSVC(3e0.5ec) 15:57:57:090 CConnectivityWatcher::WaitForConnectivity: Completed WaitForSingleObject.
GPSVC(3e0.5ec) 15:57:57:090 NlaGetIntranetCapability returned Not Ready error. Consider it as NOT intranet capable.
GPSVC(3e0.5ec) 15:57:57:090 There is no connectivity. Waiting for connectivity again...
GPSVC(3e0.5ec) 15:57:57:090 CConnectivityWatcher::WaitForConnectivity: Beginning WaitForSingleObject.
GPSVC(3e0.51c) 15:57:57:419 Setting lock state as notLocked
GPSVC(3e0.51c) 15:57:57:419 CPolicyCriticalSectionCollection: Deleting critical section for UserSid <(null)>
GPSVC(3e0.51c) 15:57:57:434 Deleting machine
GPSVC(3e0.3e8) 15:57:58:169 Cleanup Machine Background Task 0x0.
GPSVC(3e0.3e8) 15:57:58:169 StartTaskScheduler status: 0x0
GPSVC(3e0.3e8) 15:57:58:403 Cleanup User Background Task 0x0.
GPSVC(3e0.3e8) 15:57:58:403 CGPService::DoAsyncInitialization CGPServiceConfiguration::Initialize().
GPSVC(3e0.3e8) 15:57:58:403 CGPService::DoAsyncInitialization CGPServiceState::Initialize().
GPSVC(3e0.3e8) 15:57:58:403 CGPService::DoAsyncInitialization CGPExtensionExecutionState::Initialize().
GPSVC(3e0.3e8) 15:57:58:403 CGPService::DoAsyncInitialization completed.
GPSVC(3e0.5ec) 15:58:00:028 CConnectivityWatcher::WaitForConnectivity: Failed WaitForSingleObject.
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:58:00:028 Wait for network connectivity timed out... proceeding to apply policy.
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:58:00:028 CGroupPolicySession::ApplyGroupPolicyForPrincipal::ApplyGroupPolicy (dwFlags: 71).
GPSVC(3e0.328) 15:58:00:028 ApplyGroupPolicy: flags=0x47, Tick=24750., ResumeTick=0.

May 6th, 2015 5:30am

Hi Sannaru,

There is one thing I have to confirm again ,this issue occurred with all of the 300 computers randomly ,right ?
Based on the log , this issue is caused by the network, we can isolate this issue realted to the client.
We can also try another work around to delay the application of Group policy by modifying the registry directly.
It should also be applied to Windows 8.1 machine.
Windows 7 Clients intermittently fail to apply group policy at startup
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2421599

I am not familiar with the configurations of the server .We can try to ask for help from our server forum .They may have some good advices for you.Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
Group policy
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/home?forum=winserverGP
Best regards

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May 6th, 2015 11:13pm

Hi MeipoXu

Everything was working properly before this started happening. It happens to the users and computers randomly. The only change I made before this happened is windows patching though I have uninstalled all the patches on both the servers and the workstations.

I have setup the above GPO to 60 and I will see tomorrow if it gets better.

Do you want me to post a new question in the server forum?

May 7th, 2015 5:18am

Hi Sannaru ,

I hope the GPO will work well.

Based on the present information we have got, there is much possibility that the issue is caused by the unstable network performance and we can isolate the issue is caused by the client.
We can try to post a new case in the catalog I have posted .Aimed at the specific group policy ,they may have some good advices for you .Of course we can attach this link in that case for convenience they could understand the issue deeply.

By the way ,we can upload the contents to the OneDrive and paste the link in the case  if we want to share the logs or something occupies many lines next time .It is brief and clear for the others who want to join in us .Thanks for your understanding  and cooperation.

Best regards

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May 7th, 2015 9:12pm

Hi MeipoXu,

Unfortunately, the GPO did not work well. Now, some of the other GPOs(printers etc.) are not being applied along with the previous ones so it has made things even worst.

There hasn't been any changes to the network recently and it is a gigabit network. How else can I isolate the issue?

I will post in the GPO catalog hoping some resolution as my users have started to lose their patience now.

May 9th, 2015 3:32am

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