Re: Registry tatooing

In news:0CF69BAD-EC15-4463-B708-91CB8F71CFDE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Erik Cheizoo <echeizoo.XenD.nl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated, which I
commented on below:
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as registry reset (if you don't
count setup.exe as an viable solution ;-) )
The only way to revert tattooed settings is creating a reverse policy
(with the opposite setting), leave it for a few weeks (till all
workstations/users have logged on at least once) and then set the
setting to not defined.

I must agree. Administrative policies work very similar to NT4 System
Policies. I remember one NT4 customer years ago who had system policies in
place. He decided he didn't want them anymore and just yanked the policy.
Well, to his disliking, the settings remained. I suggested to put the policy
back in place, set the settings he didn't want to 'disalbed', and wait for
the policy to apply (usually wait a day or two to make sure all workstations
get the settings). Then onve applied to all workstations, set those same
settings back to 'default' (grayed out), wait for it to apply, then yank it.


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Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
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