Group Admin Policies and Word Macros

Hi there,

A few days ago, (Jan 17th 2024), after a MS update appears to have gone wrong, my computer has locked down group admin policies saying I no longer manage certain functions. Word Macros pop up an error that says 'System Error &H80070057 (-2147024809). The parameter is incorrect'. When I click on Help it says 'Your organization's administrator turned off the sevrice required to use this feature'.

I am my own adminstrator and I own the hardware and software. When is it acceptable to override that relationship and decide arbitrarily that I am no longer in control of my own machine? Is there a solution please? I have seen some very odd suggestions without explanations - like turn off telemetry, turn on telemetry, tick the send optional forensic data function, none of them appear to be a comprehensive solution for group policy lockdown that has appeared out of nowhere.

I'd appreciate any help the community can provide. Everything I have found so far has not worked. I repaired office three times, and discovered once my dotm file had been deleted. When I restored that, the macros worked for a day and then reverted to the current situation. Its all very odd.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

Brent