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blue exclamation point that's displayed next to an OU container in GPMC indicates that the container has Block Inheritance enabled
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blue exclamation point that's displayed next to an OU container in GPMC indicates that the container has Block Inheritance enabled

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It means that inheritance blocking has been turned on.<br />
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right click on this OU and see if there is a check mark next to block inheritance.<br />
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Good Luck,
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It means that inheritance blocking has been turned on.

right click on this OU and see if there is a check mark next to block inheritance.

Good Luck,

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That was it! &nbsp;Thank you!! &nbsp;:)
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Does anyone know what a blue exclamation point over an OU means? &nbsp;It suddenly appeared one day last week, and now the machines in this OU are not getting the group policies. &nbsp;Any help is appreciated! &nbsp;Thanks!
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Does anyone know what a blue exclamation point over an OU means?  It suddenly appeared one day last week, and now the machines in this OU are not getting the group policies.  Any help is appreciated!  Thanks!

Exclamation point over OU in GPMC

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).