Exporting/Importing Group Policy Settings

[MrTBC]

2000 Server/XP SP2
I have a large number of GP settings configured in Active Directory. I would like to export these in some format and then import them into the local GP of several laptops.
Is there any way to do this please?

Thanks very much.

 

[mrmoneymatters]

Have you looked at security configuration and analysis tool?

Network Admin
A+, Network+, MCSA 2000, MCSE 2000

 

[MrTBC]

Thanks mrmoneymatters - I've had a quick look at this and can't see anything obvious. I can also see that by default the Local GP snap-in in XP doesn't appear to have any kind of import option.

 

[Oz1127]

MrTBC, I think you may be sol on this one. The only option for importing to the local security policy is an "inf" file. And when you export/backup the GPO from GPMC the exported files are placed in a folder and stored in .xml format. Here's an example from a template we apply to desktops at work.


[System Access]
MinimumPasswordAge = 2
MaximumPasswordAge = 60
MinimumPasswordLength = 7
PasswordComplexity = 1
PasswordHistorySize = 13
LockoutBadCount = 5
ResetLockoutCount = 480
LockoutDuration = -1
NewGuestName = "guest-disabled"
ClearTextPassword = 0

[System Log]
MaximumLogSize = 5120
AuditLogRetentionPeriod = 0
RestrictGuestAccess = 1

[Security Log]
MaximumLogSize = 25024
AuditLogRetentionPeriod = 0
RestrictGuestAccess = 1

[Application Log]
MaximumLogSize = 5120
AuditLogRetentionPeriod = 0
RestrictGuestAccess = 1

[Event Audit]
AuditSystemEvents = 3
AuditLogonEvents = 3
AuditObjectAccess = 3
AuditPrivilegeUse = 2
AuditPolicyChange = 3
AuditAccountManage = 3
AuditProcessTracking = 2
AuditAccountLogon = 3
CrashOnAuditFull = 0

Try something like this, I think it's your only option and you can import it. Later.