Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 10 Pro clients.
Sooooo... I was experimenting with OUs early in my AD and I accidentally applied a GPO to my entire domain which shouldn't have been.
I now need to create a GPO to undo what I did.
Some of the changes were to
Computer Config -> Preferences -> Windows Settings -> Registry
and it was easy enough to simply create a different GPO that put back the default values, or delete the key entirely.However, I also have a scheduled task under
Computer Config -> Preferences -> Control Panel Settings -> Scheduled Tasks
that went out to all my computers, which I now need to remove. I want to create a new GPO for the purpose of removing that task. Well, there is aDelete
option forScheduled Tasks
, so that seems like the obvious method for accomplishing what I need to do. However, I'm not sure if it is it enough to simply precisely match theName
of the task, or if all the settings of the task must precisely match in order to successfully delete the task.I'm least sure about the changes that went out under
Computer Config -> Policies -> Administrative Templates
. So, I had several settings which I enabled or disabled. If I remember correctly, Administrative Template settings are stored in a special place in each local registry. If I simply unlink the original GPO (it already is), will the local computers stop using those Administrative Template settings? If not, if I link a new GPO with those same settings set toNot configured
, will it actually revert the settings to their original state or do I have to create a new Administrative Template that specifically sets each changed setting back to its original state? Basically, what is the best way to revert changes by these ADMX files to their default state?