AuditPol Error 0x00000522 occurred: A required privilege is not held by the client.

When running auditpol.exe you may see the error



Error 0x00000522 occurred:
A required privilege is not held by the client.


This can occur if you have UAC installed and you have not right clicked the command prompt and selected Run as Administrator.


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