Re: removing 8.3 naming convention restriction from group policy

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 08/20/04


Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:35:40 -0700


"Liam Mac" <LiamMac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:48BC5D2D-6011-4CB0-8A6B-33A5CDDB9076@microsoft.com...
> Hi There,
> I'm currently in the process of hardering my Windows 2003 Domain
controllers
> by implementing group policys. I have been folllowing the Microsofts
> recommend group security policy's for hardering DC's. However the
Microsoft
> Security policy template that I imported makes a number of changes to
> registry. I need to enable support for 8.3 naming covention, which has
been
> disabled by the group policy registry changes. I not able to access the
> registry settings set by policy with group policy editor.
> How do I acess the registry setting set by a policy ?
>

You need to change the registry setting in the GPO, and this
change will then be applied to the machines with the prior
value.

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA


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