Windows 10: Backup/Transfer Local User Group Policy?

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  1. Backup/Transfer Local User Group Policy?


    OS: Windows 10 Pro (version 2004)

    I have been going crazy trying to figure out how to backup and transfer a user group-only policy without using a domain. I need to be able to setup a policy for non-administrators and use all the same setting configurations on dozens of computers that are not networked together or using a domain with a central policy, it has to be local-only.

    So I found a program by Microsoft called LGPO which backs up a local group policy and allows you to import it onto another computer but I have to verify it does not backup the SID, because some day these machines will be on the same network which is why I bare metal cloned a sysprepped base image before trying to apply this policy.

    The problem I am running into is that when I make changes to the "User Configuration" in the group policy editor it affects the users in the Administrators group as if I was applying them to "Computer Configuration" because there is no way for me to specify which user groups I want the policy applied to.

    I was going to try messing with Group Policy Management Console but its missing from Windows Administrative Tools in Windows 10 Pro. The other method I found was opening a console window (MMC) and adding snap-ins (Group Policy Object Editor). Then clicking browse under group policy object, selecting the users tab and select the group I want to apply the policy to. This generates a GPO (Local Computer\Non-Administrators Policy) that I can then make changes to the way I would in policy editor. This works, and if I run the command "gpupdate /boot" it applies this policy to only non-administrators. The thing is I can not export this object out of console, it only gives me an option to "export list" and if I run LGPO to back it up it does not work. I noticed after the policy is applied if I look in the group policy editor the settings are not reflected there under "User Configuration" which must be why LGPO is not backing up the non-administrators policy even after it has updated and is working correctly. I also tried to save the console and open it on another computer but the settings are not saved.

    So I need to either figure out how to get LGPO to backup the non-administrators policy or figure out how to make changes to user groups within group policy editor. Seems like this is a feature of the Group Policy Management Console but I was not able to add it to Windows 10 Pro with the add/remove features method.

    *Banghead

    Please help!

    :)
     
    pinkfloydeffect, Sep 23, 2020
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  2. Backup/Transfer Local User Group Policy?

    OS: Windows 10 Pro (version 2004)

    I have been going crazy trying to figure out how to backup and transfer a user group-only policy without using a domain. I need to be able to setup a policy for non-administrators and use all the same setting configurations on dozens of computers that are not networked together or using a domain with a central policy, it has to be local-only.

    So I found a program by Microsoft called LGPO which backs up a local group policy and allows you to import it onto another computer but I have to verify it does not backup the SID, because some day these machines will be on the same network which is why I bare metal cloned a sysprepped base image before trying to apply this policy.

    The problem I am running into is that when I make changes to the "User Configuration" in the group policy editor it affects the users in the Administrators group as if I was applying them to "Computer Configuration" because there is no way for me to specify which user groups I want the policy applied to.

    I was going to try messing with Group Policy Management Console but its missing from Windows Administrative Tools in Windows 10 Pro. The other method I found was opening a console window (MMC) and adding snap-ins (Group Policy Object Editor). Then clicking browse under group policy object, selecting the users tab and select the group I want to apply the policy to. This generates a GPO (Local Computer\Non-Administrators Policy) that I can then make changes to the way I would in policy editor. This works, and if I run the command "gpupdate /boot" it applies this policy to only non-administrators. The thing is I can not export this object out of console, it only gives me an option to "export list" and if I run LGPO to back it up it does not work. I noticed after the policy is applied if I look in the group policy editor the settings are not reflected there under "User Configuration" which must be why LGPO is not backing up the non-administrators policy even after it has updated and is working correctly. I also tried to save the console and open it on another computer but the settings are not saved.

    So I need to either figure out how to get LGPO to backup the non-administrators policy or figure out how to make changes to user groups within group policy editor. Seems like this is a feature of the Group Policy Management Console but I was not able to add it to Windows 10 Pro with the add/remove features method.

    *Banghead

    Please help!
     
    pinkfloydeffect, Sep 23, 2020
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