RE: Windows and Group Policy

From: Mark Holland (MarkHolland_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 04:31:01 -0800

Cypour,

You access Group Policy through either the Active Directory Users &
Computers mmc snap-in or the Sites & Services Snap-in.

As a start, try going in to AD Users & Computers, right clicking on your
domain object and select Properties, then click on the Group Policy Tab.

GP objects can be created at a OU, Domain (Users & Computers) or Site level
(Sites & Services)

If you say you have imported the templates I am thinking you may have
installed them on the local policy as apposed to group policy.

Oh and Group Policy then applies to all user / computer objecs either
beneath the domain / OU or site level.

Mark

"Cypour" wrote:

> I'm totally confused.
> Can someone please explain how Group Policy works, and from where does
> it work?
>
> I'm trying to set up Windows Update Services.
>
> I import the administrative template and configure everything,
> but I don't seem to be able to understand how group policy works.
>
> Where do I have to run gpedit.msc?
>
> On my domain controler?
>
> Or do i add the group policy by the properties of the OU in active
> directory user's and computers?
>
> I'm totally confused.
>
> Can someone please help???
>

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