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Sorry about that one! &nbsp;I was unaware that GP's updated every 60 minutes by default. &nbsp;We had a policy that broke, when the policy refreshed there were no settings configured.
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Sorry about that one!  I was unaware that GP's updated every 60 minutes by default.  We had a policy that broke, when the policy refreshed there were no settings configured.

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We have a domain running Server 2003 (2003 native mode). &nbsp;I am trying to determine what would force GPO settings to drop and reconfigure during a user session to multiple users (20% of the environment).<br />
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Any ideas? &nbsp;
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We have a domain running Server 2003 (2003 native mode).  I am trying to determine what would force GPO settings to drop and reconfigure during a user session to multiple users (20% of the environment).

Any ideas?  

GPO settings drop during a user session Server 2003

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

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).

Windows Server 2003

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