Restore a Group Policy Object

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Use this procedure to perform an authoritative restore of a Group Policy object.

Administrative credentials

To perform this procedure, you must have edit, delete , and modify permissions on the specific Group Policy object.

To restore a Group Policy object

  1. Open Group Policy Management Console (GPMC).

  2. In the console tree, double-click Domains to expand the list of domains.

  3. Double-click the desired domain to expand the contents of that domain.

  4. Right-click Group Policy Objects, and select Manage Backups.

  5. Right-click the object to be restored, and select Restore from Backup.

  6. Select the backup location, click the policy backup to be restored, and then click Restore.

  7. Click OK to restore the selected GPO backup.