Monday, February 23, 2015

Windows Server 2003 Error event 8194 with error code 0x8007000d

Symptoms: 
8194 Group Policy Files NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM nodename The client-side extension could not remove computer policy settings for '  { }' because it failed with error code '0x8007000d The data is invalid.'

1085 Userenv NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM nodename. The Group Policy client-side extension Group Policy Files failed to execute. Please look for any errors reported earlier by that extension.


Cause: 
Error event 8194 with error code 0x8007000d is usually caused by a corrupt file in the server’s group policy cache and/or by corruption of Group Policy\History registry hive

Solution:
Clear the Global Policy cache and delete the registry hive on the Windows 2003 server that is exhibiting the problem and get the cache/registry repopulated as per the following:
  • Open Windows Explorer.
  • Save the contents of folder %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Group Policy\History to another location.
  • Delete all files and folders in the History folder.
  • Delete the following registry hives:
  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\History
  • HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\History
  • Open Command Prompt and type gpupdate/force .