Thanks Ryan,
I did a gpo result and found that my client audio redirection policy produced a sysvol version mismatch alert. But yet the same policy shows up later in the resulting group policies. Apparently there's a hotfix for this sysvol mismatch error which I will need to look into.
As far as the local machine Porte Redirrector Service, this specific service does not seem to have a parameter in 2012 gpo administrative templates. The gpo has a policy called enabled video and audio redirection. The local machine services is named differently as remote desktop user mode port
redirector. The computer in question is a windows seven machine. I think I'll check a windows 10 machine to see if there's a difference in the results.
Thanks.
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Troy:
Two things to look at here.
1. Have you tried running the Group Policy Results wizard against one of the machines that should be getting the policy and verified the policy is in fact there and isn't showing as blocked by anything?
2. In that same policy, set the Remote Desktop Services User Mode Port Redirrector service to enabled, that way its forced. I admit though, I've never had to mess with that service when working on remote systems, its been handled automatically so if enabling that service is fixing things, I'd wonder how that service is being disabled in the first place. One other thing, you have verified the Windows Audio service is running and isn't being disabled somehow right?
Ryan
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