Although group policies are ignored, all other policies work as expected.

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The following four reasons can cause this behavior:

•	The Grouppol.dll file should be in the Windows\System folder.
•	The group in question is not a global group (or group priority is not set in the correct order).
•	A policy file for a specific user exists and overwrites group policies.
•	The registry has not been updated to include the Grouppol.reg entries.

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WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

The Grouppol.reg entries can be added by double-clicking the Grouppol.reg file. (The following entries are added automatically if support for group policies has been installed--refer to the Windows 95 Resource Kit, page 494.)

Or, you can manually add the following entries:

•	Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon Value name (STRING): PolicyHandler Value data: GROUPPOL.DLL,ProcessPolicies
•	Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ MSNP32\NetworkProvider Value name (STRING): GroupFcn Value data: GROUPPOL.DLL,NTGetUserGroups
•	Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ NWNP32\NetworkProvider Value name (STRING): GroupFcn Value data: GROUPPOL.DLL,NWGetUserGroups

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