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What is the best way to recreate the Default Domain Policy on an a production system.

I have corruption on my default domain policy and  I need to recreate it. What is the best way to remake this policy without causing little or no down time on the domain?

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Say, you don't do backups of your DCs? The GPOs are just files and files can be restored from backups.
If you prefer an empty, default def.dom.pol, read https://support.microsoft.com/kb/556025?wa=wsignin1.0 for options.
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Thanks for the quick response, we have backups, but the problem is I am not sure when the GPO became corrupt. I also found those options before. Does anyone know which option is the easiest? Does Dcgpofix.exe work well?
"I am not sure when the GPO became corrupt" - I'd restore it from backup, it's just a folder. Do you have file level backups of your DC?
I do have file level backups, unfortunately I believe that this became corrupt before I started working here and that was almost 3 years ago. I know we have changed how our backup works and I believe, got rid of the old things. I think I am stuck with remaking it. I do have a printed copy of the GPO with the settings that were in it.
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Thanks for the answers, I found out I did have some corrupt files and also the Certificate Services Client was messed up. After fixing that issue I ran the dcgpofix and reconfigured everything. Everything seems to be working. Thanks for the help.