Windows 2000 Group Policies

You can specify and edit group policies for Windows* 2000 workstations.

There is some cross-over in policy settings between Windows 2000 group policies and ZENworksTM for Desktops (ZfD) Extensible Policies, such as under User Configuration > Administrative Templates.

Note that the Internet Explorer Maintenance policy settings are not used.

The Windows settings (for Security and Administrative Templates) are stored on the NetWare® server.

Network Location of Existing/New Group Policies
Enter or browse for the location of the Windows 2000 group policies.

WARNING: Make sure you have selected the correct directory path in this field because you could destroy data upon exiting the Microsoft* Management Console (MMC) editor. All of the files in the selected directory and any of its subdirectories will be deleted before the Active Directory group policy that you edited is copied back to it.

If you accidentally select a directory that does not contain a group policy, MMC will display your server's default settings and save those settings into the selected directory when you exit MMC.

Edit Policies
If you are running on a Windows 2000 workstation, the MMC editor is accessed using the Group Policy snap-in.

If you are editing a User Package policy, make changes only to the User Configuration section. If you are editing a Workstation Package policy, make changes only to the Computer Configuration section.

To save any changes you make in MMC, click the Close button (X). The menus do not provide an Exit option.

WARNING: Clicking this button, even if no changes are subsequently made, timestamps Directory Services, pushes the policy the next time it runs, and sends additional packets on the wire.

Import Active Directory Folder
Click this button to browse to the the folder where the Active Directory group policy (the policy you want to import to NDS®) resides. You can then copy the Active Directory group policy to the directory specified in the Network Location of Existing/New Group Policies field.

If the specified directory does not exist, it will be automatically created.

WARNING: Make sure you have selected the correct directory path in the Network Location of Existing/New Group Policies field because you could destroy data. All of the files in the selected directory and any of its subdirectories will be deleted before the Active Directory group policy is copied to it.

Group Policies Remain in Effect On User Logout
Check this box to indicate that the pushed group policies will remain in effect on the local Windows 2000 desktop after the user logs out.

Applied Settings Types

Check to allow Windows user, computer, and security settings to be pushed with a User or Workstation policy. This differs from earlier releases in which user settings were pushed with User packages and computer and security settings were pushed with Workstation packages.

User
Check to push settings under User Configuration with the Group policy.

Computer
Check to push settings under Computer Configuration (Except Security Settings) with the Group policy.

Security
Check to push Windows security settings with the Group policy. Clicking this option applies all security settings under Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings, including: Account Policies, Local Policies, Public Key Policies, and IP Security Policies on Local Machine. You cannot choose to push individual policies and policies are not additive.


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