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A setting on a workstation is wrong and I cannot tell which GPO wins.

With multiple GPOs the order is local, site, domain, OU, with enforced and blocked inheritance as overrides. RSOP and gpresult show what actually lands on a given machine or user.

Try this first

  1. 1On the affected PC run gpresult /h c:\temp\rsop.html /scope both and open the report.
  2. 2Find the setting, see which GPO is 'Winning GPO' and which other GPOs attempted to set it.
  3. 3In Group Policy Management verify the scope: linked at the right OU, security filtering correct, WMI filter not unintentionally blocking.
  4. 4If user settings fail to land on a terminal server, check loopback processing mode (Replace or Merge) on the computer object's OU.
  5. 5Change one variable at a time, run gpupdate /force, reboot if the setting only applies at logon, and retest.

When to bring us in

If the Winning GPO is correct but the effect is missing on the PC, suspect client-side extensions not running, a stopped Group Policy Client service, or a corrupt registry.pol.

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