I found the GPTTmpl.ini file, it has 890 (approx) entries listed and everything is duplicated. I guess my question at this point is do I just remove all of the duplicate entries? Steve On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Steve Chambers <schambers1969@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Is there an easy way to see what File and Registry settings are being > applied by the security policy? Guess if i knew that i could just delete > everything else. > > Thanks! > > Steve > > > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Steve Chambers > <schambers1969@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Tell me about it, this is something that was already in place when I >> started with the company. In fact I have a feeling it has been this way for >> quite some. Nobody seems to know anything about it and I don't know if the >> file and registry security policy is even being utilized. I will make a >> point of verifying that though. >> >> From what research I have done, it looks like it was imported from the >> Compatible (compatws.inf) Security Template? >> >> Steve >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Darren Mar-Elia <darren@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: >> >>> 850? Ouch. Even half that number is a lot of keys to be re-permissioning >>> using GP. Keep in mind that security policy re-applies itself every 16 hours >>> by default, not to mention at other times when it may refresh. That means >>> that every key is being re-permissioned each time GP refreshes. Generally >>> speaking I recommend avoiding the use of File and Registry security policy >>> for large numbers of keys or files. What template did you deploy that uses >>> all these permissions? >>> >>> In terms of cleaning it up, you can certainly do it manually from the UI, >>> or you can edit the underlying GPTTmpl.inf file that stores the settings >>> within the SYSVOL part of that GPO. >>> >>> Darren >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: "Steve Chambers" <schambers1969@xxxxxxxxx> >>> To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Sent: 10/17/2008 3:40 PM >>> Subject: [gptalk] Re: Compatible Security Template applied twice? >>> >>> Thanks Darren, >>> >>> Kind of sounds dumb but what would the recommended method be for cleaning >>> it >>> up? Looks like there is approximately 850 Registry Keys listed so cut >>> that >>> in half. >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Darren Mar-Elia <darren@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Steve- >>> > It does not sound normal to me and at the very least could cause >>> confusion >>> > down the line and extra work on the client if its not cleaned up. >>> > >>> > Darren >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: "Steve Chambers" <schambers1969@xxxxxxxxx> >>> > To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > Sent: 10/17/2008 3:32 PM >>> > Subject: [gptalk] Compatible Security Template applied twice? >>> > >>> > Hi! >>> > >>> > Upon reviewing our companies Default Domain Policy i noticed that all >>> > Registry Key entries are duplicated in Group Policy (Hope that makes >>> > sense)*********************** >>> > You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to >>> > gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field >>> OR by >>> > logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list >>> are >>> > available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ >>> > ************************ >>> > >>> >>> *********************** >>> You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to >>> gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR >>> by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list >>> are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ >>> ************************ >>> >> >> >