It thinks it has a GPO being applied.
Assuming it never has been connected to an AD, it could be a piece of malware has done it. You may find it in gpedit.msc, or look in the various Policies/Microsoft area of the registry, such as HKLM/Software/Policies
But being a desktop, I wouldn't break around. It could be rebuilt in under 10mins...
Thanks, had a quick poke around yesterday, couldnt find anything untoward or obvious, even tried disabling VP within the Policies, Reboot, back to Enabled again, Rebbot, no change.
The fact that its kicks in (Switches Off) a good 5 Mins or longer after a Cold Boot is whats bugging me, something hanging around in the background thats probably teling the OS "Hey Im another VP, so your not needed" is got me thinking along these lines, as said probably some piece of MWare or a Left Over Crap from somewhere.
Agreed on the Rebuild, probably easier and quicker cure long term, doing a Fresh OS isnt the issue, its all the other Crap I have to put on afterwards that takes time, having saif that I do tend to make an Image of any Fresh OS Installs, and then another Virgin Image of the OS with the basic Installs and Add Ons that I use before I actually start using the Drive, so poss just a question of finding the right Image Bak Up or more to the point however I labelled it at the time
, lets see if I get bored over Xmas.