What to do when the initialization of Local Group Policy objects (LGPO) fails.

Browser policies are applied via local group policies. This error occurs when the respective system files are corrupted. In case of any issues, check the event viewer for group policy failure under Event Viewer → Windows Logs → System (Group Policy events).

To rectify the group policy failure, follow the below steps:

1. Rename the registry.pol file at C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Registry.pol to a different name of your choice.
2. Restart the machine once.
3. Run gpupdate /force command from the cmd admin.
4. Open cmd under admin mode and run sfc /scannow command. This may sometimes solve the group policy issue.
5. If the issue still persists, open cmd under admin mode and perform DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth.
6. To check if the group policy is rectified, open services.msc under run.
7. Check if the Group Policy Client service is running.

After resolving the group policy issue on the target machine, redeploy the policy from Browser Security Plus console.

Note: The policies deployed using Browser Security Plus are applied via LGPO on the target machine. Ensure that LGPO is enabled for the administrator account on the target machine as our solution always runs on system privilege.

Steps to enable LGPO on target machine:

1. How to enable Local Group Policy on the target machine?
   You will have to perform the following steps manually on the target computer:
   1. Go to Run

   2. Type gpedit.msc

   3. Click Group Policy

   4. Click on "Turn Off Local Group Policy Objects Processing" as shown below.
      
      

   5. Ensure that you have chosen "Not Configured" as shown in the below image.
      
      You have now enabled Local Group Policy on the target machine.