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I'd still backup the GPOs much easier to restore a GPO if you have the backups versus a system state restore.<br />
Thanks<br />
Mike<br />

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I'd still backup the GPOs much easier to restore a GPO if you have the backups versus a system state restore.
Thanks
Mike


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Hi All,<br />
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We are running in Windows 2003 Domain level<br />
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I am slightly worried that we may lose GPO's due to corruption, people messing around with them etc.<br />
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I see I can backup GPO's by going to GPMC &gt;&nbsp;GPO &gt;&nbsp;Backup All<br />
<br />
Is this the recommended method? Will this cause any sort of downtime?<br />
<br />
...and &nbsp;what is the common cause of losing GPO's?
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Hi All,

We are running in Windows 2003 Domain level

I am slightly worried that we may lose GPO's due to corruption, people messing around with them etc.

I see I can backup GPO's by going to GPMC > GPO > Backup All

Is this the recommended method? Will this cause any sort of downtime?

...and  what is the common cause of losing GPO's?

Backing up GPO's

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