Question About LGPO In Vista

I have a copy of Vista Business and I have used Gpedit.msc to alter some
settings to my liking. What I would like to know is this: is there an easy
way to backup the local group policy modifications I have made and reapply
them should I ever need to reinstall my operating system?

I have search MS's Technet but I can't seem to find the answer I am looking
for.

And thanks in advance.

I guess you could start by backing up the c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy
folder.


"Jeff_Flowers" wrote:

> I have a copy of Vista Business and I have used Gpedit.msc to alter some
> settings to my liking. What I would like to know is this: is there an easy
> way to backup the local group policy modifications I have made and reapply
> them should I ever need to reinstall my operating system?
>
> I have search MS's Technet but I can't seem to find the answer I am looking
> for.
>
> And thanks in advance.

So, all setting applied by gpedit.msc are kept in the
c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy folder? Will Vista's new security setup allow
this folder to be restored easily?


"Sam Yost" wrote:

> I guess you could start by backing up the c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy
> folder.
>
>
> "Jeff_Flowers" wrote:
>
> > I have a copy of Vista Business and I have used Gpedit.msc to alter some
> > settings to my liking. What I would like to know is this: is there an easy
> > way to backup the local group policy modifications I have made and reapply
> > them should I ever need to reinstall my operating system?
> >
> > I have search MS's Technet but I can't seem to find the answer I am looking
> > for.
> >
> > And thanks in advance.

Good question. Not much documentation on this subject and this is all I
found so far. But I will keep looking into it because I am interested in it
also.

"Jeff_Flowers" wrote:

> So, all setting applied by gpedit.msc are kept in the
> c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy folder? Will Vista's new security setup allow
> this folder to be restored easily?
>
>
> "Sam Yost" wrote:
>
> > I guess you could start by backing up the c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy
> > folder.
> >
> >
> > "Jeff_Flowers" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a copy of Vista Business and I have used Gpedit.msc to alter some
> > > settings to my liking. What I would like to know is this: is there an easy
> > > way to backup the local group policy modifications I have made and reapply
> > > them should I ever need to reinstall my operating system?
> > >
> > > I have search MS's Technet but I can't seem to find the answer I am looking
> > > for.
> > >
> > > And thanks in advance.

BTW: Here is a decent link regarding Vista and group policy. I didn't
realize you can have multiple local polices based on users.

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articl...icy-Part1.html


"Jeff_Flowers" wrote:

> So, all setting applied by gpedit.msc are kept in the
> c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy folder? Will Vista's new security setup allow
> this folder to be restored easily?
>
>
> "Sam Yost" wrote:
>
> > I guess you could start by backing up the c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy
> > folder.
> >
> >
> > "Jeff_Flowers" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a copy of Vista Business and I have used Gpedit.msc to alter some
> > > settings to my liking. What I would like to know is this: is there an easy
> > > way to backup the local group policy modifications I have made and reapply
> > > them should I ever need to reinstall my operating system?
> > >
> > > I have search MS's Technet but I can't seem to find the answer I am looking
> > > for.
> > >
> > > And thanks in advance.