Hello, We have just converted our PDC to a Workgroup. What procedure is used to reset all folder permissions back to default, or factory? Sincerely, Johnathon

Hi Desktop works, Thank you for posting in windows server forums, i would like you to eloborate on your request of resetting folder permissions, can you mention are you looking for any specific folders ?Questions: -- What partition does your Operating system resides ( FAT / NTFS ) ?-- I have read that performing system state restore will reset the folder permissions ( NTFS ) -- But also you can try with cacls.exe utility to reset the permissions of system directories.Workaround--------------Dumpacl utilty which will dump the permissions of the folder of both administrators and non-administrators -- You can use this utility on fresh windows 2003 installation and manually reset the permission on demoted PDC.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc750018.aspxMore Info======Below link gives a understanding of files and folder permissions ( though this might be for windows 2000 , you can use for reference ) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727008.aspxsainath !analyze

Hi, Thanks for responding. It is a second hard drive in the system used just for user data, NTFS, I would like to just reset the permissions on this drive back to default if that is possible. I'll check out your links. Thank you! Johnathon

Hi Johnathon,Using the above tool you can reset the permission on your required folders.Please do run the utilities and provide us the feedback.sainath !analyze