"group Policy Client Service Failed"

"The universal unique identifier (UUID) type is not supported."

This happened when I turned on my Windows 8.1 laptop today. I entered my password, the wheel spun around for ages and then that message appeared. I clicked OK, returned to the login screen, and was able to login successfully. But I don't want that happening again, so is there a quick and easy fix for this?

 

I have not experienced this issue but, this is what Microsoft has to say.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-za...e-universal-unique-identifier-uuid-type-is-no

 

Thanks. I tried reading those workarounds. Then I tried understanding them. Couldn't really manage either, unfortunately.

 

Open an elevated Command Prompt.
Copy and paste the following code.

Code:

cmd /c reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\gpsvc" /v Type /t REG_DWORD /d 0x10 /f

Press Enter and restart.

 

Thanks for translating all that stuff into English for me. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked. I opened an Administrator Command Prompt, copied and pasted that code and hit Enter like ya said, but I got a message saying ERROR: Access is denied.

 

He didn't say that, he said Restart

 

What do ya mean he didn't say that? He said,

 

My bad ... point is did you restart?

 

Actually reading what people have actually said can be a great help.

Of course I didn't restart. I got an error message I wasn't expecting. Why would I restart when I was expecting things to go smoothly? I got an error message and immediately came back here.

 

There's no option to run as administrator when you right-click the Command Prompt WINDOW itself. You have to right-click the Command Prompt option in a menu to do that. And I DID do that. I know how to open an elevated Command Prompt. I opened my Classic Start Menu, selected Programs and then Windows System and from there, Command Prompt. I right-clicked, selected Run as administrator, clicked Yes on do you want the program to make changes or whatever, and the Administrator Command Prompt appeared. It said

C:\Windows\system32>

I copied and pasted the exact code Eldon gave me, hit Enter, and got ERROR: Access is denied.

 

8.1 in its default state - i.e. no Classic Shell - has Command Prompt (Admin) on its right click start icon.