Basic knowledge about Windows XP group policies

What isWindows XP Group PolicyWhat about it? What does it do? How does one apply the Local Group Policy of Windows XP Professional? This article provides detailed answers to these questions.

I. Basic knowledge about Windows XP group policies

Windows XP group policy is the main tool for administrators to define and control programs, network resources, and operating system behavior for users and computers. You can set various software, computer, and user policies by using Windows XP group policies. For example, you can use "Group Policy" to delete icons from the desktop, customize the "Start" menu, and simplify the "control panel ". In addition, you can add scripts that run on the computer when the computer is started or stopped, and when the user is logged on or logged off), or even configure Internet Explorer.

This article focuses on the application of the Local Group Policy of Windows XP Professional. Windows XP group policies can be configured on the Local Computer in two ways: Local Computer Configuration and local user configuration. All policy settings are saved to the relevant items in the registry. Save the computer policy settings to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE related items in the registry, and save the policy settings to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER related items.

The first method is the command line method. The second method is implemented by selecting the GPE plug-in the MMC console.

1. Start the command line in the Windows XP Group Policy Editor

Click Start> run, and enter gpedit in the open column of the run dialog box. msc, and then click OK to start the Windows XP Group Policy Editor. Note: The Group Policy Program is located in "C: \ WINNT \ SYSTEM32" and the file name is "gpedit. msc ".)

In Windows XP Group Policy window 1), you can find that the control object in the left pane is given in a tree structure, in the right pane, you can set specific policies for a specific configuration on the left. In addition, you may have noticed that the "local computer" policy in the left-side pane consists of two subkeys: "Computer Configuration" and "user configuration, in addition, some of the items in the two are repeated, for example, both of them contain "software Settings" and "Windows Settings. So what is the difference between setting the same project under different subkeys?

Here, "Computer Configuration" is used to set the system configuration of the entire computer. It works for the running environment of all users on the current computer; "user configuration" is used to set the system configuration of the current user, which only works for the current user. For example, both of them provide the "Disable automatic playback" function. If this function is selected in the "Computer Configuration", the automatic operation function of all users will be invalid; if this feature is selected in "user configuration", only the automatic operation function of the user's CD is invalid, and other users are not affected. Pay attention to this when setting.

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2. Open Windows XP group policy as an independent MMC snap-in

To open the Windows XP Group Policy Editor by selecting the GPE plug-in on the MMC console, follow these steps:

1) Click Start> Run, type mmc in the displayed dialog box, and click OK. Open the Microsoft Console window. 2.

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2) Select the "Add/delete Management Unit" command under the "file" menu.

3) in the "independent" tab of the "Add/delete Management Unit" window, click "add.

4) The "add independent management unit" dialog box is displayed. In the "available independent management unit" list, select the "Group Policy" option and click the "add" button. 3.

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5) because the Windows XP group policy is applied to the local computer, in the "select group policy object" dialog box, click "Local Computer" to edit the local computer object, or Click Browse to find the target Windows XP Group Policy object.

6) Click "finish"> "close"> "OK" to open the Windows XP Group Policy object.

Note:

If you want to save the Windows XP Group Policy console and choose to open the Windows XP Group Policy object in the console through the command line, in the select group policy object dialog box, select the check box that allows you to change the focus of a Windows XP group policy management unit when starting from the command line.

After introducing the basic knowledge of Windows XP group policies, I believe that readers have a general understanding of Windows XP group policies. While