Using Group Policy Results to determine Resultant Set of Pol

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Use the Group Policy Results Wizard to see what Group Policy settings are actually in effect for a user or computer by gathering RSoP data from the destination computer. In contrast to Group Policy Modeling, Group Policy Results reveals the actual Group Policy settings that were applied to the destination computer. The target must be running Windows XP Professional or later.

The settings are reported in HTML and are displayed in a GPMC browser window on the Summary and Settings tabs in the details pane for the selected GPO. You can expand and contract the settings under each item by clicking hide or show all so that you can see all the settings, or only a few. To remotely access Group Policy Results data for a user or computer, you must have the Remotely access Group Policy Results data permission on the domain or organizational unit that contains the user or computer, or you must be a member of a local Administrator’s group on the appropriate computer and must have network connectivity to the destination computer. To delegate Group Policy Results, you need the Windows 2003 Server schema in your Active Directory. To update your schema, run ADPrep /forestprep on the domain controller with the schema operations master role.

To run the wizard, right-click the Group Policy Results container, and then click Group Policy Results Wizard.

When you have answered all the questions in the wizard, GPMC creates a report that shows the resultant set of policy for the user and computer you entered in the wizard. The display shows which GPO is responsible for each setting on the Settings tab, under the heading Winning GPO.

You can save the results by right-clicking the query and choosing Save Report.