The most obvious reason for the issue is that the NIC is not online, or the network is not yet available when the GPO is being processed on the client. Obviously the install never completes no mater how many times the computer is rebooted. Review the Policy Events tab in the console or the application event log for events between 4:32:35 PM and 4:32:35 PM. Group Policy will attempt to apply the settings the next time the computer is restarted.Īdditional information may have been logged. Software Installation did not complete policy processing because a system restart is required for the settings to be applied. 'Software Installation Pending 172 Millisecond(s) 4:32:35 PM View Log I have run into an issue where a new computer hardware configuration for our Windows 10 clients is not installing software referenced in the GPO. For several years I have successfully installed software through the use of Group Policy to remotely install (distribute) software to our computers.
