Hi

I am not sure if this is the correct room to post my question, but here goes

I have a Windows 2003 server which is part of a domain. When I tried to change its local settings using gpedit.msc, the settings do not get saved and get reverted to Not Configured.

I checked the domain policies/higher level policies and those settings were not set, so there is no override problems here and I am logged in as domain administrator

I found something weird too... it seems that this problem might be for only some policy settings
If I tried to edit some other settings (say "allow undock without having to log on" in Security Options), the setting get saved

Next step, I ran gpresult on that server and I saw these

Computer Settings
Applied Group Policy Objects (Default Domain Policy)
Local Group Policy (Filtering: Not Applied (Empty))

User Settings
Applied Group Policy Objects (Default Domain Policy)
Local Group Policy (Filtering: Not Applied (Empty))

so it looked like no settings were set in local policy? But it does not make sense as I can see all the settings configured when I opened gpedit.

Still, I tried other ways too. I applied the same problematic setting in the default domain policy, ran a gpupdate /force from the member server, ran a RSoP on the member server and checked that I can see the correct parameter set for the problematic setting.

Then I opened gpedit. I can see that the icon next to the problematic setting has changed to two computers meaning that it knew this setting was taken from domain, but the parameter shown is not the correct one