GPP Internet Settings Disappear

[RowlandoGloom]

Good Morning,

 

Here's an interesting one.

 

In GPP, when I set an Internet Settings preference for any version of I.E., all the settings disappear after a few minutes. You re-open the preference and everything is removed.

 

When viewing the XML in \\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\{guid}\Users\Preferences\InternetSetings - over time the entries slowly disappear, leaving only the targeting groups (with no settings) in the XML.

 

I have tried with several GPOs, both old and new - it keeps happening.

 

No other GPPs have any issues at all - just the internet ones.

 

Every time I search Google, the only results are about people who can't find the old IE Maintenance policy, not this specific issue.

 

Cheers for your help.

Paul.

[fairm010]

Are you pressing F6 (I think its that) to turn the red line green?

 

Another useful undocumented thing from MS.

[RowlandoGloom]

I am.

 

It turns green, I add the settings.

 

When I re-open it, they are missing and the lie has reverted to red.

[fairm010]

You need to put your settings in then press it to turn it green.

[RowlandoGloom]

I've tried that too.

 

So why do they remain for a few minutes?

 

Opening and closing the preference several times, they remain there, then suddenly they disappear?

[fairm010]

Odd. Do you have a central store or per DC?

[RowlandoGloom]

Each of the 3 DCs has it's own copy of the SYSVOL etc..

 

Replication etc. is working properly too.

 

These are GPPs - which are saved as XML files and not .pol files which use the .adm / .admx templates.

 

 

 

Thanks,

Paul.

[andy_nic]

i had this issue had to rebuild my websettings GPO ever since then I've had no issues.

[RowlandoGloom]

i had this issue had to rebuild my websettings GPO ever since then I've had no issues.

 

I'll give creating a new one another go.

 

I just don't understand why it would happen. As the rest of GPPs are XML files, you'd think others would have the same / similar problem. Stuff just randomly disappearing from what is basically a text file is crazy.

 

Cheers everyone.