Re: More than one GPO on the same OU

From: Chriss3 (noSpamHere_at_chrisse.se)
Date: 04/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:13:40 +0200

Please read answers inline.

You may found the follow link help full.

How does the Group Policy 'No Override' and 'Block Inheritance' work?
http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/15420/15420.html

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Christoffer Andersson
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> Hi
> General Knowlwdge/Basic Question
> I get confused between:
> 1: BLOCK POLICY INHERITANCE
> 2: NO OVERRIDE option of a GPO
> 3: PRIORITY (When 2 or more GPOs are applied on the same
> OU)
>
> I have a domain called AQ. This AQ domain has an
> Organizational Unit OU called ClientsOU where specific
> client computer accounts and user accounts reside.
>
> I configured my DEFAULT DOMAIN POLICY GPO linked to the
> whole domain with a simple GPO for testing. I only changed
> the settings found on:
> COMPUTER CONFIGURATION
>  ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES
>   WINDOWS COMPONENTS
>    WINDOWS INSTALLER
>     ALWAYS INSTALL WITH ELEVATED PRIVILAGES to (ENABLED)
>
> The rest of the GPO is left untouched (NOT CONFIGURED)
> On the ClientsOU instead, I added another GPO called
> ClientsOUGPO, where I configured only the following item:
> COMPUTER CONFIGURATION
>  ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES
>   WINDOWS COMPONENTS
>    WINDOWS INSTALLER
>     ENABLE USER CONTROL OVER INSTALLS to (ENABLED).
>
> Question(s):
> 1: Does that mean that the resultant configuration on
> computers in the ClientsOU get BOTH settings enabled?
> In other words, the
> ENABLE USER CONTROL OVER INSTALLS (NOT CONFIGURED) of the
> domain becomes (ENABLED) on the client PCs, and also
> ALWAYS INSTALL WITH ELEVATED PRIVILAGES becomes (ENABLED)
> too?
[Christoffer Andersson]
Yes you are right here. The ALWAYS INSTALL WITH ELEVATED PRIVILAGES needs to
be set in both User Configuration Part and Computer Configuration Part to be
come active.
>
> 2: If I check the BLOCK POLICY ENHERITANCE on the
> properties of ClientsOU, does that mean that I won't get
> ANY configuration from the DEFAULT DOMAIN POLICY settings?
> Meaning, will I only get :
> ENABLE USER CONTROL OVER INSTALLS set to (ENABLED) while
> the rest remain set to (NOT CONFIGURED)?
[Christoffer Andersson]
Yes no policys from higher-level objects are applied, No Override Option
takes precedence over Block Inheritance
>
> 3: The priority I believe is connected to two ore more
> conflicting settings, and that the highest GPO set on an
> OU wins the battle, right?
[Christoffer Andersson]
Yes if a No Override Option are set to anyother.
>
> 4: And finally, If I have 2 or more GPOs linked to the
> same OU, the resultant Computer/User settings would be the
> SUM of all GPOs' settings, but of course, with exception
> to conflicting settings of the same items where the
> highest GPO gets applied! RIGHT?
[Christoffer Andersson]
The down level GPO will be used if some settings conflicting
>
> Thanks a lot.
> Ihab
>


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