Windows 2012 R2 Servers Domain Controllers and Member Servers.
I get this event from time to time and on my DC's for that last week everyday.
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-GroupPol
icy
Date: 6/14/2020 05:17:19
Event ID: 1085
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: SERV012.network.com
Description:
Windows failed to apply the Group Policy Registry settings. Group Policy Registry settings might have its own log file. Please click on the "More information" link.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Gr
oupPolicy"
Guid="{AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-
A64C-4D69F
FFD92C9}" />
<EventID>1085</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>1</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000
00</Keywor
ds>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2020-06-14T09:
17:19.3474
91800Z" />
<EventRecordID>869404</Eve
ntRecordID
>
<Correlation ActivityID="{28E728A6-1C4F
-40AE-AABB
-E7A507F65
CEF}" />
<Execution ProcessID="860" ThreadID="3580" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>SERV012..network
.com</Comp
uter>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SupportInfo1">1</Dat
a>
<Data Name="SupportInfo2">4950</
Data>
<Data Name="ProcessingMode">0</D
ata>
<Data Name="ProcessingTimeInMill
iseconds">
6156</Data
>
<Data Name="ErrorCode">183</Data
>
<Data Name="ErrorDescription">Ca
nnot create a file when that file already exists. </Data>
<Data Name="DCName">\\TGCS012.ou
r.network.
tgcsnet.co
m</Data>
<Data Name="ExtensionName">Group
Policy Registry</Data>
<Data Name="ExtensionId">{B087BE
9D-ED37-45
4f-AF9C-04
291E351182
}</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
I have seen this error "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" and in the past the error would indicate which GPO was the problem.
But now I do not event see the GUID of the GPO in the error message.
Does anyone know how I can determine which GPO is causing this error?
Thank you
Tom