RE: can group policy be reset to original defaults?

From: JSilva (JSilva_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/19/04


Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 07:43:06 -0700

Yes you can reset the domain policy to its defaults..
Remember that password policies are per domain only..they cannot be set at
the OU level.

Follow this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313222

It will guide you on how to reset domain policies..

"totoro" wrote:

> we have Windows 2000 w/ AD, and a VPN between two sites. we have mucked up
> our policies to the point where people cannot change their passwords when
> prompted. access is denied. the problem used to be localized at the remote
> site, on non-win2k machines, but now win98, and XP pro machines are affected
> also. at the primary site this was never a problem, but now it is for
> non-win2k and XP machines.
> I have gone through numerous account settings giving out privelages to
> changes passwords, but it never works. the setting takes, but it never allows
> users to change passwords. too many people have messed with it, and there is
> no way to track what they did (at one point we had 3 administrators.
> can privelages be reset to the the original win2k default?



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