..in a Google search:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=The+Group+Policy+Client+failed+the+logon+Access+is+denied&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=
Hope this helps.
Grif
When I treid to logon to my laptop with Vista Ultimate after a power down I got (and keep getting "The Group Policy Client failed the logon
Access is denied." Can somebody tell me how to get around this. All logon on this machine get the same message and I have no access to the computer.

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