Default Domain Controllers Policy

[Muffin`]

Hi guys,

I need some help settling my mind, I'm in a new company and just going through the GPO's and I want to reset the Default Domain and Default Domain Controllers Policy’s back to their default state as there's some odd stuff in there. All this stuff added to the Domain Policy, Is it really going to be doing anything other than allowing random stuff to access the DC's? Has this all appeared because the domain has been raised from 03 to 08 R2? I'll be making a few backups before I reinstate them too!

Cheers

 

[Muffin`]

Not SBS but everything was on one box at one time. There's no SMS/SCCM now, not sure on what modifications if any have been made to the schema if at all yet.

I've found a QB about it and it looks to extend from incompatability from older versions of MS OS's. But with a full 08 R2 domain and W7 and Vista clients its should be good in the hood. But I'll leave it till I'm feeling adventerous.

Cheers

 

[Muffin`]

Aye you can make a full backup of all the GPO's and they can be reinstated easily. I just wondered if someone had seem something similar and just reset it all, but I'm not that much of a maverick so I'll leave it till I know the systems better.

Although every time someone edited the Default Policy’s the standard response is to just dcgpofix. Looking at that config if it wiped the ability for desktops to authenticate with the DC I think it'd come up shortly afterwards.