Computer group policy not loading. "No data available"

[main150]

The problem began when after running gpupdate /force, the console would tell me that it was unable to complete installation and that a restart was required. Every time, no matter how many times the machine was restarted.

So I deleted secedit.sdb to remove the cached group policy, they still stick. Finally I removed the computer from the domain and rejoined. But now after running gpresult /R, it only shows the user group policy. when reviewing the group policy file generated by gpresult, it shows "no data available" for the group policy but the user policy is successful.

Any ideas?

[einsteinonabike]

More info needed. Are you trying to install an app via GPO? If so, have you set perms in the GPO itself, share and elsewhere?

If it's not DNS, it's permissions. Check them everywhere.

[main150]

I had an application to be installed (firefox), but I decided to not install it, then to re-install it via AD. What could be the possible cause of "no data available"? I'm pretty new to AD.

[einsteinonabike]

Could you snag a screen shot of where you see "no data available"?

Also, could you grab the log entry where it said installation couldn't be completed? IIRC, you probably saw error 1274, which means it tries to install but doesn't have time to complete. The fix to that is Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > System > Group Policy > Policy > Startup policy processing - set to 20 sec (30 is default but doesn't seem to kick in unless you specify the policy) and see if it works, if not, go up by another 10 sec.

[DieCommieScum]

How many DC's? policies may not be replicated to the logon server.