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Event ID 1125: The processing of Group Policy failed because of an internal system error

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The processing of Group Policy failed because of an internal system error.

Event 1125
GroupPolicy
System log
Error
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
The processing of Group Policy failed because of an internal system error. Please see the Group Policy operational log for the specific error message. An attempt will be made to process Group Policy again at the next refresh cycle.

Your IT administrator would have caused Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard to block a potentially dangerous network connection.

Event 1125
Windows Defender
Windows Defender/Operational log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
Your IT administrator would have caused Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard to block a potentially dangerous network connection.
 	Detection time: …
 	User: …
 	Destination: …
 	Process Name: …