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Clear Group Policy on Windows workstation.


@echo off

if exist "C:\Documents and Settings\%1\ntuser.dat" (

echo ** Attempting to load the user settings from %1 into the registry **
reg load HKU\Temp "C:\documents and settings\%1\ntuser.dat"

echo ** Registry hive has been loaded. **
echo ** Attempting to clear keys and re-create needed ones. **

reg delete "HKU\Temp\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\History" /f
reg add "HKU\Temp\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\History"
reg add "HKU\Temp\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\History" /v DCName /t Reg_SZ /d %logonserver%.DOMAIN.COM

echo ** Keys have been cleared. Now unloading registry hive. **

reg unload HKU\Temp

echo ** Registry hive has been unloaded. **
echo ** Forcing Group Policy to reload on reboot. **

gpupdate /force /boot

echo ** Rebooting Computer **

shutdown -r -c "Shutting down PC to re-initialize group policy."

) ELSE (
echo ** ERROR: File not found. Are you sure you entered the username correctly? **
echo ** The username you entered was %1. **
echo ** The proper usage of this script: fixgp.bat username **
)

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