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The [Windows] administrative method for controlling settings on client PCs using Windows 2000 or higher. [1]
-Administrators use Group Policy to specify options for managed configurations for groups of computers and users. Group Policy includes options for registry-based policy settings, security settings, software installation, scripts, folder redirection, Remote Installation Services, and InternetExplorer
maintenance.
+Administrators use Group Policy to specify options for managed configurations for groups of computers and users. Group Policy includes options for registry-based policy settings, security settings, software installation, scripts, folder redirection, Remote Installation Services, Internet Explorer
maintenance, and other components
.
-Normally applied
to an OrganisationalUnit
in ActiveDirectory
.
+Policy settings are contained in Group Policy objects (GPOs), which can be linked
to domains, sites, and organizational units
in Active Directory. GPOs are most commmonly linked to OUs
.
-[Microsoft's white paper on
Group Policy|http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000
/techinfo
/howitworks
/management
/grouppolwp
.asp
]
+[Microsoft's Group Policy TechCenter
|http://www.microsoft.com/technet
/prodtechnol
/windowsserver2003
/technologies
/featured/gp/default
.mspx
]
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[1] Part of something Microsoft descrives as !IntelliMirror with very little explanation of what !IntelliMirror actually is.
