Active Directory Domain Services 2008 : Restore Group Policy Objects and Starter GPOs

Scenario/Problem: You modified the settings in a GPO. The new settings had a negative impact on your environment. You need to reverse the changes made to the GPO.

Solution: Restore a GPO.

To restore a GPO or a starter GPO, perform the following steps:

Tip

These steps can be applied to a GPO and a starter GPO.

1.	Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server 2008 RSAT installed.
2.	Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.
3.	In the console tree, navigate to the domain that contains the GPO or starter GPO you want to restore.
4.	If you want to restore a GPO, select the Group Policy Objects node. If you want to restore a starter GPO, select the Starter GPOs node.
5.	Right-click the GPO you want to restore, and select Restore from Backup.
6.	Click Next on the Restore Group Policy Object Wizard window, shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. The Restore Group Policy Object Wizard.
7.	On the Backup Location page, shown in Figure 2, type or browse to the location of the backup files. Figure 2. The Backup Location page.
8.	On the Source GPO page, shown in Figure 3, select the GPO or starter GPO you want to restore and click Next. Figure 3. The Source GPO page.
9.	On the Completing the Restore Group Policy Object Wizard page, shown in Figure 4, click Finish. Figure 4. The Completing the Restore Group Policy Object Wizard page.
10.	Verify that the restore progress bar shows it succeeded, as shown in Figure 5; then click OK. Figure 5. The progress bar for restoring a GPO.