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The Group Policy Client Service Failed The Logon in Windows

The document discusses an error message "The Group Policy Client Service Failed The Logon" that occurs when logging into a standard Windows user account. It provides steps to fix the issue by modifying registry entries to create keys and values related to the GPSvc service under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Following the steps and rebooting should resolve the login error.

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The Group Policy Client Service Failed The Logon in Windows

The document discusses an error message "The Group Policy Client Service Failed The Logon" that occurs when logging into a standard Windows user account. It provides steps to fix the issue by modifying registry entries to create keys and values related to the GPSvc service under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Following the steps and rebooting should resolve the login error.

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In Windows 8/10, you can face different types of issues while logging in to your user account. Today in this article well discuss one of these errors. It is about the failure of Group
Policy Client service while logging into Windows 10 / 8 using a standard user account. When we tried to log on using the administrator account on the same system, it lets us
enter in. Here is the screenshot of error we just received on the issued computer:

As you can see in the above error image, there is no help about this issue offered. You just have the OK button there which links you nowhere. So how do we fix this issue? Well, as
usual, the fix for this problem follows the procedure to modify registry entries. Since youre able to log in as the administrator, you can follow the steps mentioned below. Thus you
can consequently fix the issue and then log in, as the standard user account as well.

The Group Policy Client Service Failed The Logon


1. Press Windows Key + R combination, type put Regedt32.exe in Rundialog box and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.

2. Navigate to the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\gpsvc
3. You dont need to modify anything under the key mentioned above. Just make sure that it is intact there properly. Next, you should locate this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost

4. Now create a multistring value in the right pane of this location and name it as GPSvcGroup and associate the Value data GPSvc with it. Moving on create a new subkey to the
Svchost key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost and name it as GPSvcGroup.

5. Finally, came to the right pane of this so created subkey GPSvcGroup and create following two DWORDs with corresponding Value data:

AuthenticationCapabilities 12320 Use Decimal base

ColnitializeSecurityParam 1

Now close the Registry Editor and reboot and verify the status of the issue. Your problem should be fixed by now.

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