Mastering Windows Group Policy

Changing the order of link precedence

If you ever find yourself in a position where multiple GPOs are linked to the same place and they are fighting each other for settings, it will probably be in your best long-term interests to revisit those GPO settings and edit them so that you can create harmony between all of the GPOs that are linked to a particular location. However, sometimes this is simply not possible, and so you may have to throw those GPOs into the boxing ring and let them duke it out.

Thankfully, changing the priority of GPOs is very easy. We do this from the same location we have been working in previously, inside GPMC's Linked Group Policy Objects tab. When multiple GPOs are listed here and you want to change the Link Order ...