Configure Local Group Policy via the command line

29 Apr 2011

Apply a security policy using an .inf file

[Unicode]Unicode=yes
[Version]signature=”$CHICAGO$”
Revision=1
[Profile Description]
Description=profile description
[System Access]
MinimumPasswordAge = 10
MaximumPasswordAge = 30
MinimumPasswordLength = 6
RequireLogonToChangePassword = 0
NewAdministratorName = “NewAdminAccountName”
NewGuestName = “NewGuestAccountName”

Simple to apply from a cmd line

secedit /configure /db %windir%\security\database\localdb.sdb /cfg %systemdrive%\install\local\policy\policyname.inf /verbose