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GroupPolicy/Registry issue
what you can do in the first case, just create a new UO and block all GPO, put your host in that UO and see without GPO if your computer still have the issue. From there, you can put 1 GPO at the time and you will see who goes wrong with your host.
Thank you for the suggestion. So I created a new OU, blocked GPO inheritance and moved a test host into the OU. I deleted every key under Computer\HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects the rebooted. I logged into the host as a local user to keep any domain user GPOs from being applied, and when I checked the registry, there were 2 new keys. I rebooted, logged back in and checked to find 6 total keys. I rebooted a 3rd time and there were still just the 6 keys. I waited a bit, rebooted again and found a total of 10 keys in there. Then I let the host sit for a couple hours and now there are 16 keys. Even with block inheritance enabled, GPOs are being created in the registry. Any other ideas are appreciated. Thanks
Thank you for the suggestion. So I created a new OU, blocked all GPO inheritance and moved a test host into it. I deleted every key under Computer\HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects
rebooted and logged in as a local user, to keep any domain user GPOs from being applied. When I opened registry editor, two new keys had been created. I rebooted again and after logging in and opening the registry, there were a total of 6 keys. I rebooted a third time and checked to find 8 keys there. A 4th reboot did not yield any new keys but I give it 30-60 minutes and see if there are any additional keys.
in that case, did you try rsop.msc to check if you have a local gpo on your local computer?
you can tell what is the key in the gpo ?
The only local policy assigned is to set chrome as the default browser, and a few chrome related settings.
Here is a screenshot the keys, there are now 40 of them
