How to remove all Group Policies on SBS
Dear experts,
I have inherited a SBS 2003 environment from another IT support person. There are some group policies in place. I understand the concept of GPO but haven't worked with them in real life situation.
The GPs in place do lock down client workstations to a certain extent. I am OK with things like Password policy but when it restricts users changing the DISPLAY of their desktop I think thats over the top.
So does anyone know a way to remove ALL Group Policy at once? In SBS there is a Group Policy thing in the Server Management console (where in ordinary W2K3 we managed GP in AD), do I have to manage GPs in Server Management console or can I do it within AD?
I don't want to remove the Default Domain Policy if that would affect how people work. So what I want is a tool to detect all GPs and list the results hence I can decide what to remove.
Thanks in advance.
I have inherited a SBS 2003 environment from another IT support person. There are some group policies in place. I understand the concept of GPO but haven't worked with them in real life situation.
The GPs in place do lock down client workstations to a certain extent. I am OK with things like Password policy but when it restricts users changing the DISPLAY of their desktop I think thats over the top.
So does anyone know a way to remove ALL Group Policy at once? In SBS there is a Group Policy thing in the Server Management console (where in ordinary W2K3 we managed GP in AD), do I have to manage GPs in Server Management console or can I do it within AD?
I don't want to remove the Default Domain Policy if that would affect how people work. So what I want is a tool to detect all GPs and list the results hence I can decide what to remove.
Thanks in advance.
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GAWD keamo. I just wrote that! A second too late for me again.
At least mine gave him a little bit of a different option. : )
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Does GPMC works on vista machine? I read articles regarding that and it looks great. It says it works on XP or W2K3 machine but hasn't mentioned vista. I guess it does but just want someone to confirm :)
http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rdixon/archive/2008/06/10/gpmc-for-windows-vista-sp1.aspx
You may want to review that post but it appears to work on Vista and XP.
You may want to review that post but it appears to work on Vista and XP.
I noticed both downloads would give you the tool you are looking for.
Thanks for the points and grade. Take care!
Group Policy Management tool if you don't already have it.