Re: Really Need Help

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 11/02/02 

From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 21:32:06 -0500

"Dexter Reed" <lactoz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:#pXOVddgCHA.2508@tkmsftngp08...
> Currently we are a Windows NT 4.0 Domain with many Windows 2000 and XP
> workstations. Our Corporate head office has dictated that we need to
apply
> local security settings on these desktops using a variation of the
> NIST2KWS.INF file (from the National Institute of Standards and
Technology)
> and Microsoft's HISECWS.INF file. My first question is does any one know
> where I can get a copy of the NIST2KWS.INF file? I tried searching the
NIST
> site but could not find the file. Secondly is SECEDIT the best way to
> deploy the new INF security template that I build or is there a better
> (free) tool available?

For the NIST template, try searching www.google.com or asking your corporate
head office. It's short-sighted for them to send you incomplete
instructions like they did.

www.nsa.gov also has some useful instructions for how to use group policy to
roll out templates, along with [I think] some templates of their own.