Master Windows 2003 Group Policies Table of Contents ( )

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Master Windows 2003 Group Policies
By Guy Thomas (Revised November 2005)
Table of Contents (Use Find to locate headings)
General Computer Settings User Settings
GP Home
GP Overview
GP Inheritance
GPMC & Tools
GP Results &
Modelling
GP Top 10 Tactics
GP Troubleshooting
WMI Filters
Spreadsheet.
Computer Software Settings
Computer Windows Settings
Security Account Policies
Local Policy - Audit
Local Policy - User Rights
Local Policy - Security Opt
Event Logs
Restricted Groups
System Services
Windows Components
Computer Adm Templates
Terminal Services
Software Installation
Windows Configuration
Scripts
Folder Redirection
IE Maintenance (Best)
Administrative Templates
Windows Components
Internet Explorer
Start Menu
Desktop
Control Panel
Network
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Who is this Group Policy ebook for?
Administrators who want a detailed view of Windows 2003 Group Policy settings.
Experienced network managers who wish to lockdown their users’ Start menu.
Network Architects who need to turn a desktop vision into reality.
Those upgrading from Windows 9x or NT 4 to XP.
What are Windows 2003 Group Policies?
If you wish, Group Policies can control every aspect of a computer desktop.
While the plan is to control the configuration of both the user and the
computer settings; the technique is to define each setting once in active
directory. For example, if you need to change everyone’s proxy server, then
add the IP addresses to a group policy rather than edit every Internet
Explorer manually.
It may help to remember that Group Policies manipulate registry values, so if
the item that you want to control is in the registry, then it can be set by a
policy. Where registry keys do not have ready-made policies, it is possible
to create your own policy templates. However, designing your own
templates would be a specialist job for your developers.
Some say there are 700+ built-in polices…