Missing default GPOs

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Is there a way to "restore" the default GPOs in Windows 2000 AD, without having to demote/promote the existing DC? Somehow, our Default Domain Policy was deleted and we don't have a backup to restore from
 
Yes. Someone will remember where to find it - it's in
Support Tools, ResKit, or on the MS Website if you
search for it.

Default Domain and Default Domain Controller GPOs

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Herb Martin
Sarip said:
Is there a way to "restore" the default GPOs in Windows 2000 AD, without
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having to demote/promote the existing DC? Somehow, our Default Domain
Policy was deleted and we don't have a backup to restore from.
 
Is there a way to "restore" the default GPOs in Windows 2000 AD, without having to demote/promote the existing DC? Somehow, our Default Domain Policy was deleted and we don't have a backup to restore from.
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Yes, check out DcGPOFix.exe:
http://tinyurl.com/2ldpk

You can get it from WinXP or Win2K3 in %windir%\system32\dcgpofix.exe

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Marin Marinov
MCT, MCSE 2003/2000/NT4.0,
MCSE:Security 2003/2000, MCP+I
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Dcgpofix is included in Windows Server 2003 and recreates the default
policies in that version of the OS. For Windows 2000, you should use
recreatedefpol.exe to restore the default group policy objects. This used
to be a utility we had to send out, but it was posted publicly a couple of
days ago (on 5/10/2004 to be precise) to the following website:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/1/8/618ecc9d-2edd-42fe-9a53-7f19711
54697/RecreateDefpol.EXE


David Pharr, (e-mail address removed)

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| > Is there a way to "restore" the default GPOs in Windows 2000 AD,
without having to demote/promote the existing DC? Somehow, our Default
Domain Policy was deleted and we don't have a backup to restore from.
| >
| >
| Yes, check out DcGPOFix.exe:
| http://tinyurl.com/2ldpk
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| You can get it from WinXP or Win2K3 in %windir%\system32\dcgpofix.exe
|
| HTH
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| Cheers,
| Marin Marinov
| MCT, MCSE 2003/2000/NT4.0,
| MCSE:Security 2003/2000, MCP+I
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| This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
| rights.
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Thanks for the correction, David, my brain seems to get more and more
Win2K3-ed every day ;)

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Cheers,
Marin Marinov
MCT, MCSE 2003/2000/NT4.0,
MCSE:Security 2003/2000, MCP+I
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