Edit Local Group Policy With Power Shell Scripting

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The PowerShell execution policy prevents unintended or accidental execution of a PowerShell scripts. You can use Group Policy to set the PowerShell execution policy in your network.
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  • Change Local GPO using PowerShell Mini Spy. Here are the Group Policy Objects I want to change. You can have the script run at logon that would change this, you can even have the script.
  • This command attempts to set the execution policy for the shell to Restricted. The Restricted setting is written to the registry, but because it conflicts with a group policy, it is not effective, even though it is more restrictive than the group policy. Example 3: Apply the execution policy from a remote computer to the local computer.
  • Using Group Policy Preferences to Manage the Local Administrator Group. Consider testing and using a script such as this to get a local group membership backup. **End Note** What can we do to help reduce the risk?

Jeffery Hicks

In Add or Remove Snap-ins, in Available snap-ins, double-click Group Policy Object Editor. The Group Policy Wizard opens with the Local Computer object selected. Click Finish, and then click OK. In the Local Group Policy Editor MMC, expand the following path. Use your favorite text editor, remove the lines of the policy settings you don’t need and save the updated file. Start an elevated PowerShell session and run the script. Figure 11 Figure 12. Open up GPMC, or refresh GPMC, and the new unlinked GPO shows in the Group Policy Objects node.

Jeffery Hicks is a multi-year Microsoft MVP in Windows PowerShell, Microsoft Certified Professional and an IT veteran with 25 years of experience specializing in automation. He works today as an author, trainer and consultant.

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In a previous article I explained about PowerShell’s execution policy and demonstrated how to set it from an elevated PowerShell session.

The default policy is Restricted so if you only need to configure a policy on a handful of machines you could run the command interactively. You could even use a remoting command.