Re: Assigning Policies to User Groups in XP

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe@mvps.org)
Date: 11/12/02 

From: "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:04:49 -0800

You can bypass policy and use registry keys in HKCU to imitate group
policy on a per-account basis. See Windows Registry Guide : Security:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/category.php/4 for more information on
how to find the keys you want to use.

This works best in a workgroup setting. 

-- 
Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
(Please respond only in the newsgroup)
"D.Stewart-White" <d.stewart-white@talk21.com> wrote in message 
news:429b01c289ac$498b4780$3aef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA09...
> Ok so how do I set up a policy that only applies to a one
> group? Be it a system group "Limited" or administrator
> created one.
>
> Dave
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Local Group Policy only applies to all accounts.
> >
> >--
> >Roger Abell
> >MS MVP (Security)
> >
> >"d.stewart-white@talk21.com" <D.stewart-white@talk21.com>
> wrote in message
> >news:988d01c28993$0e89e0b0$39ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA08...
> >> Using XP Professional as a Standalone PC I want to
> either
> >> reconfigure the "limited User Account" or create a
> custom
> >> user account.
> >>
> >> Which ever account choosen I want to assign policies to
> >> that account.
> >>
> >> I have started Microsoft Management Console and added
> the
> >> required snap-ins, but an unable to see how to link the
> >> user account with the disabled policy
> >> Looking in the Local Security Settings some user rights
> >> can be assigned to the MS user groups but
> >> not all
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >> Dave
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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