GPO without a Display Name..

trey.jonn · 09-10-2007, 04:38 AM

There is a GPO in my domain which does not have a display name & does NOT show in Active Directory users & Computers[ AD U& C] nor Group Management Console[GPMC], but does appear in ADSIEdit.msc. Its canonical name in ADSIEdit shows that it is located under a certain OU in AD - but it is not visible there[under that OU , nor is it visible under System\Policies where all the other Policies are present in AD U &C]...Is there some way to view this GPO in AD U & C or GPMC, and programmatically distinguish it from GPOs that are visible in AD U& C or GPMC?

I'm not sure how the above GPO was created - I created a simliar GPO using ADSIEdit.msc & not from within GPMC [Right clicked on the Domain node in ADSIEdit & created a new object of type groupPolicyContainer] This object has only Canonical Name attribute defined - no other attributes.This GPO without all attributes appears in Active Directory users & Computers[ AD U& C]

Why is this GPO not visible in AD U& C or GPMC?

Related - what makes a GPO a valid one?

09-10-2007, 04:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
trey.jonn Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 OS: XP	GPO without a Display Name.. There is a GPO in my domain which does not have a display name & does NOT show in Active Directory users & Computers[ AD U& C] nor Group Management Console[GPMC], but does appear in ADSIEdit.msc. Its canonical name in ADSIEdit shows that it is located under a certain OU in AD - but it is not visible there[under that OU , nor is it visible under System\Policies where all the other Policies are present in AD U &C]...Is there some way to view this GPO in AD U & C or GPMC, and programmatically distinguish it from GPOs that are visible in AD U& C or GPMC? I'm not sure how the above GPO was created - I created a simliar GPO using ADSIEdit.msc & not from within GPMC [Right clicked on the Domain node in ADSIEdit & created a new object of type groupPolicyContainer] This object has only Canonical Name attribute defined - no other attributes.This GPO without all attributes appears in Active Directory users & Computers[ AD U& C] Why is this GPO not visible in AD U& C or GPMC? Related - what makes a GPO a valid one?