The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of network connectivity to a domain controller

If you try to use the Group Policy, but for some reason things don’t go as planned and you see an error in the event logs – Group Policy processing failed due to lack of network connectivity to a domain controller then this message can help you.

From the appearance of the error, many users will find this confusing at first, and this is expected because we do not expect normal Windows 10 users to understand the error codes and their messages. Now we should note that this error appears at runtime gpupdate / force.

Do this should update GPO immediately, but when it fails, it can trigger Group Policy processing failed due to lack of network connectivity to a domain controller Fault. This error tends to appear with the CMD or the event log, so be sure to take note of it before continuing.

Since we understood how to master this problem, we decided to share our results with the community.

Group Policy processing failed due to lack of network connectivity to a domain controller

To fix Group Policy processing failed due to lack of network connectivity to a domain controller error that may appear when you run gpupdate / force you need to follow these steps:

1. Open local security policy
2. Change the assignment of user rights
3. Add a new user or group

Here are the steps in detail.

1]Open local security policy

OK, the first thing you will want to do in this situation is to start the local security strategy. We can do this by pressing the key Windows key + R to launch the Run dialog box, and from there, copy and paste secpol.mscand press the Enter key.

This should open the Security policy window, and from there it’s time to go further.

2]Assigning user rights

The next step is to open Assigning user rightst from the newly opened window. You can do this by going to Security settings, and below, select Local policies. Below, click on Assigning user rights. Finally, you will have to double-click on Access this computer from the network.

Basically, what this feature does is determine which user can access the network from another computer.

3]Add a new user or group

Finally, you need to add a new user or group to get things back to normal. In the window that appears after double-clicking Access this computer from the network, we expect users to click Add a user or group. Make any changes, then press the OK button and continue.

Please leave a comment if what we have presented here does not work for you.