Re: Group Policy: Default printer & software restriction

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:41:13 +0530, swobopio wrote:

Let me clarify/add some more to this...

I used gpedit.msc which gives me two areas which I can configure:
1) Computer Configuration
2) User Configuration

.. I can't see anything dealing with actual "groups"... it seems that
any changes that I do affect all users of this computer (not just a
specific group). Is there a way I can add groups or anything of the
sort?

If you want the GPO to affect a specific "group" of users you need to apply
it to the GPO in which the users/computers reside. The "Group" part of
Group Policy refers to the ability to "group" different policies into a GPO
not to groups of users or computers.
There is lots of detail on how GPOs work in both online help and TechNet.

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