Comparing Group Policy backups
To compare two or more GPO backups
1 Select Group Policy | GPO Backup.
3 Click Compare.
Table 86. GPO comparison tool bar
Filter the display to show All, Differences only, Changes only, Added only, Removed only, or Similarities only.
Type characters in the Find box and the cursor automatically goes to the first occurrence.
Restoring a Group Policy object
To restore a selected Group Policy object
1 Select Group Policy | GPO Backup.
2 Click Restore Group Policy.
a Select Restore to Domain.
b Click Add Domain.
d Click OK.
6 Click OK.
Troubleshooting
Active Administrator® includes the ability to view event log entries on Windows® 2000 and later client computers so administrators can quickly view Group Policy object application and errors on remote computers. The Client-side Troubleshooting page provides several options to make management easier.
To troubleshoot Group Policy
1 Select Group Policy | Troubleshooting.
3 Click Retrieve Events.
Enabling logging
To enable logging for troubleshooting
1 Select Group Policy | Troubleshooting.
3 Click Retrieve Events.All Group Policy Events for the selected computer display. To refresh the Group Policy events list, click Refresh Events.
Table 88. Group policy logging options
Select Detailed to enable detailed Group Policy logging to the Windows® application log.
Generate logging relating to Software Deployment Group Policies
Select Verbose to enable logging of the Group Policy Application Deployment process.
• To view the Appmgmt.log file, select View Logs | Software Deployment Log.Generate logging for Group Policies relating to User Configuration
By default, Active Administrator® generates a troubleshooting file. To enable detailed logging, select Verbose Logging from the Level list.
NOTE: Verbose logging significantly increases the size of the UserEnv.log file on the target computer.
• To view the UserEnv.log file, select View Logs | User Config Log.
5 Click Apply Changes.
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