Windows Vista and later and Windows 2008 and later improve your ability to troubleshoot group policy,
not only with our CLP tools but also with improved logging of group policy events.
Group policy event logs include the.
System log, you can find high level information about group policy, including errors created by the
group policy client service when it cannot connect to a domain controller or locate GPOs.
Application log.
You can capture events recorded by clients.
Side Extensions.
Group Policy Operational Log.
This log provides detailed information about group policy processing to find group policy logs.
Open the event viewer snap in or console the system and application logs are in the Windows Logs node.
The group policy operational log is found in applications and services logs backslash.
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You can download the group policy log view tool to create an HTML file containing all events relating
to one group policy refresh.