February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
23h 11m
English
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System Policies
A system policy can be used in a Windows NT domain as a remote administration tool for implementing a similar computing environment on all clients and limiting the abilities of users to change configuration settings on their systems or allowing them to run only a limited set of programs. One application of system policies is to use them along with mandatory profiles to implement a collection of computers for public use, such as in a library, school, or Internet cafe.
A system policy is a collection of registry settings that is stored in a file on the PDC and is automatically downloaded to the clients when users log on to the domain. The file containing the settings is created on a Windows system using the System Policy Editor. Because the format of the registry is different between Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000/XP, it is necessary to make sure that the file that is created is in the proper format. This is a very simple matter because when the System Policy Editor runs on Windows 95/98/Me, it will create a file in the format for Windows 95/98/Me, and if it is run on Windows NT/2000/XP, it will use the format needed by those versions. After the policy file is created with the System Policy Editor, it is stored on the primary domain controller and is automatically downloaded by the clients during the logon process, and the policies are applied to the client system.
On Windows NT 4.0 Server, you can run the System Policy Editor by logging in to the system as Administrator ...
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