Retrieving Group Policy settings from an image

OldGuyFromCdn · 25 Nov 2020

Not sure if this is the right spot or if this should be elsewhere, feel free to move if necessary.

Running W10 Pro 20H2

I did a clean install yesterday. I thought I had all my previous settings backed up but forgot the group policy ones. Is there a way to retrieve these from a previous image ? If not I'll restore the previous, make note of them then restore back to the new and apply them. No big deal but if it's possible I'd like to avoid that.

Thanks in advance for your assistance folks.

Paul Black · 25 Nov 2020

Hello @OldGuyFromCdn,

I don't know if this will get you started => Backup and Restore Local Group Policy Settings in Windows 10

I hope this helps.

OldGuyFromCdn · 25 Nov 2020

Okay, that should work Paul. I can restore the previous image, save the group policy settings to an external drive then restore back to the new image and apply them. I'll try that later.

Thanks, much appreciated.

Paul Black · 25 Nov 2020

OldGuyFromCdn said:

Okay, that should work Paul. I can restore the previous image, save the group policy settings to an external drive then restore back to the new image and apply them. I'll try that later.

Thanks, much appreciated.

You are VERY welcome.
I hope it goes OK.

OldGuyFromCdn · 26 Nov 2020

Okay, this worked. Thanks again Paul.

Almost done setting things up after the clean install.

Paul Black · 26 Nov 2020

Hello @OldGuyFromCdn,

OldGuyFromCdn said:

Okay, this worked. Thanks again Paul.

Almost done setting things up after the clean install.

You are VERY welcome.

Once you are done, you could backup the Registry and keep it somewhere safe!