Delete a Group Policy GPO: what will happen?

[jmair]

I have a few GPOs stat stop things like students locking machines. If I delete that GPO, will the user retain that last GPO push or will it revert to a default state (allowing them to lock their computer) for example?

[plexer]

It will stay as it was set.

 

If you want to reverse it you'll need to change the GPO.

 

Ben

[jmair]

It will stay as it was set.

 

If you want to reverse it you'll need to change the GPO.

 

Ben

 

 

That's exactly what I needed to know. Thanks!

[tmcd35]

Following on from that it's important to note that policies usually have three settings -

 

1 - Enabled

2 - Disabled

3 - Not Applied

 

If you have previously enabled a policy that you don't want anymore then you must specifically change to "Disabled", and vise-versa. Changing to "Not Applied" after a policy has been used will leave it set on machines that have already picked up the policy. So a previously Enabled policy will still be Enabled on old machines, but new machines won't have the policy set.