Thanks Darren for the info. I will give that a try when I am over there next. I tried some options with gpresult yesterday but couldn't get the /z switch to work. But it seems to be working today. Maybe I had \ instead of / Thanks Dave ________________________________ From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:15 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: local group policy Dave- Unfortunately, this is really tough to do. There's no export capability on the local GPO. The best you can hope for is, if you don't have any domain-based GPOs applying to these computers, then you can do an RSOP report against each machine, perhaps using gpresult.exe with the /z option. Then you can take the output of those reports and use that to do your comparisons. The thing to keep in mind would be that the local security settings will not be reported reliably in many cases, because they do not generate RSOP data. Not a great answer but depending upon what you need to compare, you can probably get part-way there. Darren Darren Mar-Elia For comprehensive Windows Group Policy Information, check out www.gpoguy.com <http://www.gpoguy.com/> -- the best source for GPO FAQs, video training, tools and whitepapers. Also check out the Windows Group Policy Guide <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735622175/qid=1122367169/sr=8-1/ref=p d_bbs_1/104-1133146-9411929?v=glance&n=283155> , the definitive resource for Group Policy information. Group Policy Solutions at www.sdmsoftware.com/products From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Clapham Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:53 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] local group policy I am needing a way to view and print for comparison's sake the enabled and disabled polices on the local workstation (XP Pro SP3). I have entered local policies using gpedit.msc. Just wanting to make sure I have the same polices on different machines. Thanks, Dave Pawnee Heights Schools Kansas