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Chapter 7: Managing and Troubleshooting Group Policy. Introducing Group Policy. Active Directory Overview Group Policy Capabilities What’s New in Windows Vista Group Policy Domain vs. Local Policy. Active Directory Overview. Hierarchical Organizational Units Group Policy Objects (GPO)
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Introducing Group Policy • Active Directory Overview • Group Policy Capabilities • What’s New in Windows Vista Group Policy • Domain vs. Local Policy
Active Directory Overview • Hierarchical • Organizational Units • Group Policy Objects (GPO) • Apply Settings to Users and Computers • Last GPO applied wins
Group Policy Capabilities • Modify Registry Settings • Software Management with Group Policy • Security Settings • Scripts • IE Settings • Folder Redirection
What’s New in Windows Vista Group Policy • Printer Management • Power Management • Device Access
Domain vs. Local Policy • Active Directory - GPOs • Local Machine – LGPOs • Some Settings not available on LGPOs • Folder redirection • Remote Installation Services • Software Distribution
Troubleshooting Group Policy • Using gpresult.exe • Using GPUpdate.exe • Troubleshooting Group Policy with the GPMC • Troubleshooting Group Policy with Event Logs
Using gpresult.exe • GPOs applied in order • Local Policy • GPOs linked to the machine’s site • GPOs linked to the domain • GPOs linked to Ous • Helps determine where a setting came from • Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP)
Using GPUpdate.exe • Refreshes all GPO settings • Commonly used after a change • Can be limited to user settings, computer settings, or both
Troubleshooting Group Policy with the GPMC • Similar to GPResult.exe with GUI • Reports on User and Computer Settings
Troubleshooting Group Policy with Event Logs • Using Group Policy Operational Log • Custom Views to Find Correlations