{"id":14292,"date":"2019-05-13T03:44:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T03:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=14292"},"modified":"2019-05-13T03:44:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T03:44:56","slug":"export-and-import-local-security-policy-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/export-and-import-local-security-policy-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Export and Import Local Security Policy in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I backup local security policy or transfer all policy settings from one system to another? In this tutorial we’ll show 2 simple ways to export and import local security policy in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Export and Import Local Security Policy with GUI<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Local Security Policy Editor comes with the import \/ export feature, making it much easier to migrate or replicate the same local security policy settings across multiple computers.<\/p>\n

Export:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + R together. When the Run dialog box shows up, type secpol.msc<\/strong> into it and hit Enter to open the Local Security Policy Editor.\n

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  2. Right-click on Security Settings<\/strong> in the left-side pane, and you can then select “Export policy<\/strong>” from the context menu.\n

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  3. Browse to the location where you want to save the security settings file (.INF), give it a name and click on Save<\/strong>.\n

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  4. Open the .inf file with your text editor. As you can see, it contains all your local security policy, including your account lockout and password policy.\n

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    Import:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Open the Local Security Policy Editor as before, right-click on Security Settings<\/strong> in the left pane and this time choose “Import policy<\/strong>“.\n

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    2. Browse to the location where you saved the security settings file, select the INF file and click on Open<\/strong>.\n

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    3. Reboot your computer to apply the new local security policy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 2: Export and Import Local Security Policy with Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

      To export the local security policy settings to a file (for example, security-policy.inf<\/em>), open the Command Prompt as administrator and type the following:
      \nsecedit.exe \/export \/cfg D:\\security-policy.inf<\/code><\/p>\n

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      When you need to import the local security policy settings from the .INF file, simply run this command:
      \nsecedit.exe \/configure \/db %windir%\\security\\local.sdb \/cfg D:\\security-policy.inf<\/code><\/p>\n

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      This method is very useful especially when you’re using the Home edition of Windows which has no Local Security Policy Editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How can I backup local security policy or transfer all policy settings from one system to another? In this tutorial we’ll show 2 simple ways to export and import local security policy in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7. Method 1: Export and Import Local Security Policy with GUI The Local Security Policy Editor comes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,3,39],"tags":[4212,2382,4211,2388],"class_list":["post-14292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","tag-backup-local-security-policy","tag-export-local-security-policy","tag-import-local-security-policy","tag-restore-local-security-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14292"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14305,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292\/revisions\/14305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}