Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Creating Local Administrators and Non-Administrators Policies

When a Windows system is first deployed, only the local computer group policy is created. Local group policies for Administrators, Non-Administrators, and individual local users need to be manually created if they are to be utilized. The process of creating the Administrators or Non-Administrators policy must be performed from the local machine using the Group Policy Object Editor. In the following example, create a local group policy for the Administrators group. To create a local user group policy for administrators, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Windows Server 2012 system with an account with administrator privileges.

2. Open the charms bar by moving your cursor to the lower-right ...