copy a local group policy from one computer into another computer

[red99]

Hello Everybody,
I have been trying for over two months to copy a local group policy to a standard user in other computers that are not in the domain without affecting the administrator account. But it did not work. I used the LGPO.exe tool to export and import the local group policy. Here is the steps that I followed YouTube (select and right-click the link to see it)
Thank you!

 

[iko22]

Hello red99,

welcome to seven forums.

Did you run commands from an administrators command prompt? What error messages did you receive? What went wrong?

 

[red99]

Hello iko22,
First of all, thank you! I didn't receive any error. I run command as administrator. I copied the backed up file on a thumb drive and import it on another machine. But nothing happens.
I opted for another solution:
I used a Snap-in in the MMC to create group policy for a certain user and I copied it to a USB, but when I try to load it on another machine I get the error "Failed to open the Group Policy Object on this computer. You may not have appropriate rights." "Details: No mapping between account names and security IDs was done."

I am logged in as local admin so I should have the rights, even if I right click and select "Run as Administrator" I get the same error.

 

[iko22]

BOTH command needs be run from administrator's command prompt.

It could be, you need to make sure both computers are not on a domain, when each command is executed, otherwise policy data may be valid in one domain, and invalid in the domain that the GPO is being copied to.

As a last resort, you may wish to use LGPO to parse the backed-up registry.pol file into a readable text file and open it up in a text editor to check it contains what you believe to be correct, then parse this text file (using lgpo again) into a new registry.pol file.

Run lgpo.exe with the /v switch (verbose) and see if the execution output is any more informed.

 

[red99]

That is the kind of error I get when I try to run copied MMC into another computer.
This is my other way to copy the local group policy,knowing that both machines are not on the domain.

I made sure the administrator account has full control.