Group Policy is the central component of the Change and Configuration Management features of the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 operating system. Group Policy specifies settings for groups of users and of computers, including registry-based policy settings, security settings, software installation, scripts...
This step-by-step guide demonstrates advanced techniques for Group Policy management using the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) and Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM). AGPM increases the capabilities of the GPMC, providing:
Q: I've been testing the MS AntiSpyware product; any plans to integrate control of its settings and configuration through GPO? A: We are exploring how to integrate Group Policy management with AntiSpyware but have nothing to announce at this time. Stay tuned![MSFT] JUDITHH (Expert): Q: ...
This policy setting allows members of the local Administrators group to install and update the drivers for any device, regardless of other policy settings. If you enable this policy setting, administrators can use the Add Hardware Wizard or the Update Driver Wizard to install and update the driver...
In the Group Policy Management Editor, Windows Update policies for computer-based configuration are located in the path PolicyName > Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update.Note By default, these settings ar...
Step 2: Initializing Printer Mapping In the Group Policy Management Editor, navigate toComputer Configuration>Policies>Windows Settings>Deployed Printers Right clickand selectDeploy New Printer In the new printer interface window you can either type the UNC path name to the shared printer on the se...
Group Policy enables Active Directory–based change and configuration management of user and computer settings on computers running Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP. In addition to using Group Policy to define configurations for groups of users and computers, ...
Figure 3. Group Policy Management EditorIn Figure 3, callout numbers 1 and 2 point to Computer Configuration and User Configuration, respectively. The Computer Configuration folder contains settings that apply to computers, regardless of which users log on to them. These tend to be system and ...
If you must create a new policy, select New, and then define the policy's name. Otherwise, go to step 5. Select the policy that you want, and then select Edit. The Local Group Policy MMC snap-in appears. Expand Computer Configuration, expand Windows Settings, expand Security Settings, ex...
How to Back Up the Group Policy Settings Manually There are two methods for manually backing up Group Policy settings. Let's look at the first one: manually copying the group policy configuration files. Method 1. Copy the GroupPolicy Directory ...