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Reset windows security settings to default

Posted by sporg

Ever had a problem with windows security settings and just wished you could reset the security settings back to default. Well here is a quick article showing how.

One word of warning this method relies on the setting contained in a file called Secsetup.inf, this file contains the original security settings and will not contain security settings that have been changed during the windows setup or by other applications you may have installed. I would recommend this solution only as a last resort or in cases where you have a backup or setting up the computer form scratch is not a problem.

Now to the fun part

• Click Start, then Run.
• In the run dialog type in “cmd” then click OK

For Windows XP users type in the following command then press ENTER on your keyboard:

• secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose

For Windows Vista users, type in the following command then press ENTER

• secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose

 

 

 

 

When the process has completed you will see a message telling you that the task is complete. In some cases you will also receive a warning message but these warning can be safely ignored. But to make sure it may be worth checking in %windir%\Security\Logs\Scesrv.log. This file will contain the reason for the warning.Secedit parameters

For further information Click Start, then Run. Type in %windir%\help\secedit.chm and Click OK for help on secedit.

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