Applies ToWindows 8.1 Enterprise Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Pro Windows RT 8.1 Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

Symptoms

Assume that you run the gpresult /h command from a command prompt on a computer that is running Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. Or, you run the Group Policy Modeling wizard from the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) snap-in for the Group Policy Result report. Additionally, assume that the Group Policy Object (GPO) has no security filtering or Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) filtering. In this situation, you receive the previously mentioned message unexpectedly. 

Resolution

To resolve this issue, install update rollup 2955164. For more information about how to obtain this update rollup package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2955164 Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 update rollup: May 2014

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates For more information about the similar issue that is caused by security filtering or WMI filtering, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2866345 "AD/SYSVOL version mismatch" message is displayed unexpectedly in the Group Policy Results report in Windows

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