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How do I remove an old GPO off a W2K3 server?

I am trying to (learning to) make changes to the local security policy and running into locks on items such as "password minimum age", etc. Looks like our IT admin originally had the server connected to a domain. I am working on it as local administrator off the domain and walking through the W2k3 MS Threats & Countermeasures Security Settings.

marin2214

In the Control Panel you will see there is "Group Policy Management" in side there you can see your entire AD structure and the + next to each one. If you expand the OU you are looking to delete the GPO from you can delete it from the OU or if you go down to "Group Policy Objects" you will see all Policys. If you delete from GPO at the bottom and not the OU you will be given the option to delete from all OU that it is linked to. You can also highlight the policy and in the right navagation pane you will see 4 tabs along the top, Scope, Details, Settings, and Delegation. Inside "Settings" you will see what options are configured on these policys, follow the heirarchy of User>Windows Settings>IE and so on to edit pre-existing policys. or just delete as you see fit.

Hope this helps.

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normasue

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Not quite the answer - but that actually answered a different question for me. Turned out I had to get IT help from the person who initially setup the server to remove it from the domain and I could continue with my settings.