Windows Path issues may prevent Group Policy from applying correctly

Issue:
Even though the event log displays EventID 1704 "Security policy in the Group policy objects are applied successfully. ", group policy still has not applied successfully;

Resolution:
Check the Windows Path; it should contain at a minimum the following locations and be less than 1024 characters in length.

C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows\System32\WBEM