I have been having this problem for a while, and never been able to figure it out. We have 2 Windows 2008 R2 controllers. At HQ, all of our desktops (WinXP Pro SP3) work fine and get no errors. All of our branch computers can log on to the domain but not process group policies. In the application log we get
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1058
Date: 4/9/2013
Time: 7:24:47 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TLH11018
Description:
Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO cn={11C84A30-0281-4777-B570-DAED34149B5E},cn=policies,cn=system,DC=private,DC=flabar,DC=org. The file must be present at the location <\\private.flabar.org\SysVol\private.flabar.org\Policies\{11C84A30-0281-4777-B570-DAED34149B5E}\gpt.ini>.
(Access is denied. ). Group Policy processing aborted.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1030
Date: 4/9/2013
Time: 7:24:47 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: TLH11018
Description:
Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. A message that describes the reason for this was previously logged by the policy engine.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Ive read through the other posts on this, and followed many of the solutions. I checked that sysvol is there, the group policy is there, permissions are correct, DNS is working, replication is working. I can log on to a branch PC and get to the specified file. We do have sonicwall and Steelhead devices at the branches which I suspect might be involved, but where else can I look to try and figure this out? Thanks in advance.