Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP) data is often critical to the Group Policy troubleshooting process. Usually when working a support ticket, you are trying to correct some behavior by identifying the GPOs applying to a machine or user, and then digging into those policies to figure out what settings contained within are the ones causing your problems.
If you happen to be sitting in the cubicle next to the user having trouble, getting the RSOP data is very easy: just walk over there and do it! Unfortunately, this is rarely the case. Usually the IT staff are in their own section of the building, perhaps on another floor, or in many cases in an entirely different ZIP code. While you certainly could use some kind of remote-assistance technology to screen-share with the user and plunk out the commands right there on the local system, a capability exists inside...