We have a windows 2008 R2 domain running at 2008 R2 functional level. Only one domain, only one forest. A few years back - when we were on 2003 Server, we had some settings in the default domain policy. I think a template had been added. Since upgrading to 2008, and now 2008R2, I have been trying to remove this gobbledy-gook from the default domain policy GPO but to no avail. I have run DCGPOFIX and then went back and reinput all the settings that belong in the default domain policy. It ran successfully because it wiped out all the settings I needed (the ones I put back), but the meta-garbage that I am trying to remove is still there. Here is just one entry (under "extra registry settings" at the end). This is only one of about a dozen such entries.
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Signatures\010103000F0000F0A00000000F0000F 0A614C454DE2F275250EF06B8C2EF42783446C39F2EB787105F5EAED29C857634\Icon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
Does anyone know a way for me to get rid of this meta-garbage? I can't believe I went through the process of running DCGPOFIX and manually added all the settings back, only to still have all this metadata garbage in the GPO. I hope it is not causing any problems other than just looking horrible. If anyone can help me I would be most extremely thankful.
Sincerely, Flux