Hi Kevin, Several possibilities (off the top of my head...not even looking at the code yet): 1) The account used to run the script does not have access to all of the GPOs. 2) Something wrong with "spaces" in the display names of the GPOs (causing them to be the same name...data overwriting) 3) [low probability] Many GPOs have the same name (e.g. New Group Policy Object). Jerry Cruz | Group Policies Product Manager | Boeing IT From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Gay Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:46 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Get-SDMgpo only returning 3/4 I'm using Powershell to create backups of all our GPO's, basically a daily script that runs and drops them into a folder with the GPO's name as the folder name. I've attached links and the script at the bottom if anyone would like to use it. But the real problem is that Get-SDMgpo only retrieves about 3/4 of all the GPOs in the domain, we have 61 GPO's, running Get-SDMgpo * (which grabs them all) only returns 48. So I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if they resolved it. I'm also using the free download of the cmdlets. http://www.gpoguy.com/powershell.htm - explanation of the cmdlets and download location. You'll need to see the howto so you can add the cmdlets to powershell. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/grep.htm - for grep used in the script, I just placed the files in system32. Script: #Add-PSSnapin SDMSoftware.PowerShell.GPMC #uncomment in case you get an error saying Get-SDMgpo is not understood. $gpmList = Get-SDMgpo * | grep "DisplayName" $strSavePath = \\server\share" # the log doesn't seem to work as well as I expected it to. $Date = Get-Date -format MM-dd-yyyy $Logs = \\server\share\Logs\" + $Date + ".txt" foreach ($gpmGPOName in $gpmList) { # Essentially this is performing an InStr() and then a Right() # so it can grab only the GPO name. $Index = $gpmGPOName.indexof(":") + 2 $Length = $gpmGPOName.length - $Index # See if it outputs correctly # echo $gpmGPOName.substring($Index, $Length) $gpmName = $gpmGPOName.substring($Index, $Length) echo $gpmName # put together the full path $strLocation = $strSavePath + "\" + $gpmName # Check for folder to put GPO in if (!(Test-Path $strLocation)) { md $strLocation } # Log some info. echo $gpmName >> $Logs echo $gpmName Export-SDMgpo -Name $gpmName -location $strLocation -Description $gpmName >> $Logs } Thanks, Kevin Gay Desktop Administrator Cherokee Nation Enterprises 918-384-6998 Catoosa, OK 74015