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Removing "Remote Installation Services" (GpoRemoteInstallationExtension) settings from the user settings of a Group Policy object.

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In the Group Policy Management console you may see a "Remote Installation Services" section under the User Configuration. If you edit the Group Policy object you're not able to see this section. Scanning the Active Directory domain with XIA Configuration shows the following warning. The Group Policy extension type 'GpoRemoteInstallationExtension' in the 'User' configuration is unknown. This issue can occur when a Group Policy object contains a deprecated configuration section for Remote Installation Services.  Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) was a component of Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 Server that supported PXE booting.  The configuration section may persist in old Group Policy objects that have been upgraded. You can safely ignore this - the computers receiving this Group Policy object will ignore these sections, and  XIA Configuration  will just display this as a warning not an error. It is also possible to remove the GpoRemoteIn...