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Event ID 1128: The Group Policy Client Side Extension … may have caused the Group Policy Service to terminate unexpectedly

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The Group Policy Client Side Extension … may have caused the Group Policy Service to terminate unexpectedly.

Event 1128
GroupPolicy
System log
Warning
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
The Group Policy Client Side Extension … may have caused the Group Policy Service to terminate unexpectedly. To prevent further failures in the Group Policy Service, this extension has been temporarily disabled until after the next system restart. Group Policy settings managed by this extension may no longer be enforced until the system is restarted. The vendor of this extension should be contacted if this issue recurs.

Controlled Folder Access would have blocked … from making changes to memory.

Event 1128
Windows Defender
Windows Defender/Operational log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
Controlled Folder Access would have blocked … from making changes to memory.
 	Detection time: …
 	User: …
 	Path: …
 	Process Name: …
 	Security intelligence Version: …
 	Engine Version: …
 	Product Version: …