Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Deployment Resource Kit

Chapter 20. Policy Management

Group Policy is the best way to manage computers running Microsoft Windows XP Professional. This chapter describes policies for most desktop deployment scenarios and suggests best practices for configuring many of them.

In this chapter:

Overview

Security Settings

Software Restriction

Folder Redirection

AutoProf Policy Maker

Administrative Templates

Using the Group Policy Tools

Best Practices

Checklist

• Have you planned the security polices, such as password policies, you want to deploy? See Chapter 3, for more information.

• Have you identified any legacy applications that won’t run in the security context of a restricted user? See the section "Security Settings" to learn how to cope with these applications without putting users ...