
(this sets the service to manual, it’s disabled by default) net start remoteregistry To resolve this, enable the service on the remote machine with the following commands sc config remoteregistry start =demand When using the Registry wizard, the remote computer must have the Remote Registry service enabled, otherwise you will be greeted with the error message “The network path was not found”.

Right Click and select New, you will be present with 3 options. Expand Computer Configuration, Preferences, Windows Settings and head down to Registry. Right click the New GPO, and select editĤ. Always link the GPO later, when you have tested it.ģ. If you create at a live OU level, any changes (and mistakes) will be deployed if you’re unlucky enough for the computers or users to perform a Group Policy refresh as you’re creating the GPO. Right click Group Policy Objects and select New, give the GPO a meaningful name, this does not link it to an OU so will not affect any computers or users.


Open the Group Policy Management ConsoleĢ. You have made some changes to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on a reference machine, and would like to deploy the same registry settings to an OU of computers.ġ. As with any Group Policy based changes, use a test Organizational Unit to confirm and test changes before making them live. This post will run through a couple of examples to give you a starting point and some guidance for using this in your own environment. Group Policy Preferences allow you to deploy and modify registry settings quickly and easily.
