Policy - Admin Locked Out

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John H

Major blunder on my part. I set up a new policy in AD to
tighten down a group of users and set the Do Not Override.
Long story short - the policy is being applied to the
Domain Admins as well. I am not restricted from a variety
of tasks, including opening AD.

Question - I can use Explorer and find POLs in the sysvol
structure. I also discovered that I can open and view them
in MS Excel; however, I do not understand the entries.
What would happen if I simply renamed or deleted the newly
created POLs (identified by file date) and log off, then
back on? Is there a way to regain full admin access?
 
The following link may be worth a try or you may consider a system state
authoritative restore on a domain controller if you have a backup from a
time when the policy was not in effect, though that should be a last resort
option. I would not try what you are considering as an alternative. You may
also want to post in the very active win2000.active_directory
ewsgroup. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;it;263166
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;241594
 
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