Re: Group Policy Defaults

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 03/26/03 

From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 05:38:48 -0700

Note that as given these two have different effects.
The first will reset the security policies, the second will
also reapply settings for filesystem, registry, services, etc.

For what the poster indicates, the first option seems the
way to go. 

-- 
Roger 
"Nick Finco [MS]" <nfinco@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:#3GuLzv8CHA.1600@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Open the Local Security Policy, right click on Security Settings, and choose
> Import Policy.  Navigate to your windows directory, then 'security', then
> 'templates'.  Double click on 'Setup Security.inf' to configure that to your
> system.
> 
> Another way you can do this is to open a command prompt and execute 'secedit
> /configure /cfg "%windir%\security\templates\setup security.inf" /db
> "%windir%\security\database\ss.sdb"'.
> 
> This will get you back to your system defaults.
> 
> N
> 
> -- 
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> 
> 
> "Matt" <mattw@lifelinestechnology.com> wrote in message
> news:37f201c2f2fb$1f2867d0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> > Whats the quickest way to reset group policy to its
> > default settings on an xp pro system, locally.  There isnt
> > a domain policy on this system yet. I was playing around
> > with local policy settings and somehow locked admin and
> > every user out.  I finally got back in as admin, but cant
> > get the policy to reset to its default settings. Thanks in
> > advance.
> > Matt
> 
>

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