Resultant Set of Policies (RSoP)

Windows Server 2003 contains several tools that can be useful when configuring group policy, these include Security Templates and the Resultant Set Of Policies (RSoP) utility. The RSoP utility allows you to analyze an object such as a computer or a domain to see what policies will be applied to it. The RSoP will simulate…

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Computer Configuration for Group Policy

The Computer Configuration section of a GPO deals with general policies of specific computers. These policies affect all users who log onto that computer. Computer Configuration is divided into different sections: Software Settings, Windows Settings, Administrative Templates. There’s no intrinsic logic to this division, you just have to get used to knowing where to find…

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User Configuration Group Policy

User Configuration applies to all users in the site, domain or Organizational Unit that the GPO applies to. User Configuration is applied at logon, whereas Computer Configuration is applied when the computer is started. Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson Many of the policies in User Configuration are similar to those applied…

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Group Policy Inheritance

Group policy inheritance affects the order in which different policies are processed. This may not sound impressive, but it’s important. Sadly, this is only true up to a point. There are other considerations. For example, a later GPO may not make any conflicting changes to an earlier policy so the earlier policy appears to survive.…

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Introduction to Group Policy

Group policies are used to restrict what a user can and can’t do. For example, they can be used to remove the “run” command from a users start menu, or to set a specific background image. Group policies are very similar to the local policies , but on a workstation computer the Domain group policy…

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