Question : How to reset inheritance on all Sharepoint subsites?

I have a Sharepoint site with multiple subsites.  Some of the subsites are set to NOT inherit permissions from the parent site and I've lost track of which subsites those are.  I would like to reset the inheritance settings for all of the subsites to inherit permissions again.  It's okay to lose whatever permissions are set on the subsites.  I don't see a GUI option in Sharepoint to do this.

I found another EE question on this topic with a solution, but it is done via programming:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/MS-SharePoint/Q_24211942.html

I'd like to implement this solution, but I'm not sure exactly how.  Do I copy the code to a text file, rename it to a .COM, .BAT, or .VBS and run it from the Sharepoint server command prompt?  Is this a PowerShell command?  Is there another way to do this perhaps?

Thanks much.

Answer : How to reset inheritance on all Sharepoint subsites?

You might try using a policy to set permissions back to inherit but there is a cool free sharpoint tool to help you manage your site permissions accross your farm.  The tool is called Sharepoint SUSHI & a free download is available here:  http://sushi.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Security%20Reports.  There are other tools out there to help manage permissions amongst other things, but this tool generates reports for free!  Can't beat that in today's economy.

If you decide to use a policy, there is alot of information available on the web & lots of tutorials on setting one up for the first time.  Policies are really the way to go as they can stop site administrators from deleting permissions that you want to keep intack etc.

Permissions & heiarchy really are the foundation to a healthy farm.  Good luck with this.  :)
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