SCCM - Endpoint Protection Policy Application State Failed

How to resolve the issue in System Center Configuration Manager 2012 under the Endpoint Protection Status Screen, under Endpoint Protection Policy Application State a client shows "failed":



  1. Browse to C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\ on the client affected
  2. Delete Registry.pol
  3. Restart the SMS Agent Host service


Or write a script to deploy to the clients affected containing the following:


del C:\windows\system32\grouppolicy\machine\registry.pol /q

net stop ccmexec

timeout /t 20

net start ccmexec