Looks like there is a reskit tool designed to help with this process--http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/13804/how-can-i-convert-a-nt-40-pol-file-to-a-windows-2000-group-policy-object.html
If that doesn't work, since NT4 system policies tattoo the registry, you are probably going to have to use the older System policy editor tool to load up your ntconfig.pol from your netlogon share (or a copy) and see what is there. You could open the .adm file manually in notepad to see what settings you had been using, and maybe even convert some of those to AD-based policies and preferences. -Bonnie -----Original Message----- From: SMREKAR, JACK [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: polices Ok, a little more clarification. Is there a way to do this so that we do not have to do it to all machines. We have 2 machines that we set/change polices from. We are having inconsistent results of some settings. So what we are looking at doing is trying to remove some of the very old polices that we are no longer using and are just hanging around. Jack Smrekar Appleton Area School District 920-993-7062 Ext. 2123 A+ N+ Server + -----Original Message----- From: Bill Monicher [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: polices There was a means of setting policies in NT 4 Problem with that is that once set, they stay set, so there may be artifacts lurking. command line tool gpresult is good because you can script it. If you really wanted to be thorough, you could also write a script that dumped the relevant registry sections of each client profile, but that would be a huge undertaking of limited value. How many machines do you have that would have logged on in the days of your NT 4 domain? Not many, I'll bet. Just ignore them and use gpresult. Flag all of the machines that may be "polluted" with old NT 4 applied policies and schedule 'em for rebuild. --BM On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:13 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > You can view group policies through the Settings tab in GPMC.msc or by using > the RSOP tool. I am amazed to hear that you set Group Policies in NT4 mind, > I thought they only arrived with Active Directory! Or are you referring to > local system policies? > > 2008/12/22 SMREKAR, JACK <[email protected]> >> >> Is there a tool that will go through group polices and let you know what >> is set and what is not set. We have polices that have been set way back >> with NT 4 and now that we are upgrading to Win 2008 and already have a 2008 >> DC in place so we are trying to clean up the polices that we have to >> hopefully avoid some of the issues we are having. >> >> >> >> I know that there is a tool from Microsoft but I am pretty sure that it >> does not go through the polices that are set and not set >> >> >> >> Jack Smrekar >> >> Appleton Area School District >> >> 920-993-7062 Ext. 2123 >> >> A+ N+ Server + >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
