Re: Policy - Admin Locked Out

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From: Christian Schindler (christian.schindler_at_ntx.at)
Date: 02/06/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 18:25:11 +0100

What settings are configured?

Christian

"John H" <johnh@fbcc.org> wrote in message
news:bef801c3ecc8$26aa86b0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I totally blundered. Trying to better secure a group of
> trainees accounts, I created a new policy and set the Do
> Not Override option. Now, the policy is being applied to
> me - the Domain Admin. I cannot access AD to fix my self-
> created problem.
>
> I searched for POL files using Windows Explorer and found
> newly created entries in the sysvol structure (identified
> by date stamp). I also discovered that I can open them in
> MS Excel though I did not try to edit as I don't fully
> understand the entries.
>
> Question: If I rename or delete the newly created POL
> entries in the sysvol file structure, will that allow me
> to logoff, log back on, and regain admin rights? Is that
> too easy? If not, then how do I reset my permissions in
> order to regain control?

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