Re: GPEDIT, Administrators and Users

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/29/04


Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:51:46 -0500

bbford,

I can only assume that you should probably leave Group Policies alone. The Security Console does not apply any restrictions that can't be applied via GPEDIT (with the sole exception of preventing users from running the Console itself), and only does so on a per user basis. Unless you managed to lock yourself out of the Security Console, all changes are easily reversed. And of course, there is a feedback link, which it appears you never used.

-- 
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"bbford" <bbford@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:2Y1Sb.15466$dF4.11441@fe02.usenetserver.com...
> Hi,
> 
> On WinXP Pro, I am trying to setup gpedit on 1 pc which has 1 administrator
> and 3 limited users.
> 
> By reading through the newsgroups, I  learned  how to apply the gpedit
> restrictions to all the users except the administrator. I did this by
> denying access to the administrator on the gpedit security menu.
> 
> I would like to take this 1 step further. I would like to have the gpedit
> restrictions apply to  2 out of the 3 limited users. So far, I have not been
> able to do this.
> 
> Can this be done on XP? Are all limited users grouped together?
> 
> I tried using the "Doug Knox Secruity Console"  but it messed up my system
> so bad,  I had to use system restore...
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> 


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