MAKE SURE YOU ARE AN ADMINISTRATOR WHILE DOING THIS. OTHERWISE, THERE WILL BE NO EFFECTS MADE, WHATSOEVER.
1. Hold down the ‘Windows key (bottom left, in-between ‘alt’ and ‘ctrl’ buttons) + R’.
2. Type “servives.msc”.
3. Look for ‘Group Policy Client’.
4. Look at the status of the program (if blank, the service is NOT running).
5. Run ‘regedit’. To open, press ‘Windows key + R’ and then search ‘regedit’ and press ‘OK’.
6. It will ask you for permission to open this program. Click ‘Yes’.
– There will be a column on the left side.
7. Go to Computer -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Services -> gpsvc.
8. Click on ‘gpsvc’ (once).
9. Click on ‘netvcs’ (twice).
10. It will open a Window that has all of the program(s) started by ‘netvcs’.
11. If you cannot find ‘gpsvc’, that means that is not going to run.
12. When you close the window, it will give you a warning message. That is normal, don’t pass out.
13. Click ‘OK’.
14. Right-click the ‘Svchost’, select ‘New’, and then click on ‘Key’.
15. Call your new folder ‘netsvcs’.
16. Go back to your ‘Svchost’ folder (hit ‘F5’ to refresh) and then click on your ‘netsvcs’ folder.
17. Right-click on the blank space under default. Select New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value (still run 32-bit even on 64-bit) -> name it ‘CoinitializeSecurityParam -> double click on the new class -> make value data: 1 -> Click ‘OK’.
18. Right-click on the blank space under your new class. Select New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value -> name it ‘CoinitializeSecurityAllowLowBox -> double click on the new class -> make value data: 1.
19. Right-click on the blank space under your newest class. Select New ->DWORD (32-bit) Value – > name it ‘AuthenticationCapabilities’ -> make value data: 3020 (in HEXADECIMAL).
20. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.
21. Go to your Desktop -> hold ‘Windows key + R -> type ‘services.msc’ -> Go to ‘Group Policy Client’.
Group Policy Client should now be running!
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