The Windows 2000 Default Policy Restore Tool.

Jerold Schulman

May 20, 2004

1 Min Read
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Recreatedefpol.exe is a tool developed to restore the Default Domain policies in case of accidental deletion, on Windows Server 2000 Server, Windows Server 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows Server 2000 Datacenter Server, running SP2 or later.


Extract the files to a folder, switch that that folder, and launch the RecreateDefPol.exe utility.


NOTE: See tip 6493 Window Server 2003 Default Group Policy Restore Utility v5.1.


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