Re: Managing User Profiles With Group Policies

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:26:57 -0800

Thank you for your quick response. The policies are being
applied to both user profile and the machine. When I log
in as admin I don't understand how I can change settings
in another users profile on my pc. If ex. testguy logs
into my machine, his IE is locked and has no control
panel. When I am logged in as admin, all my stuff works.
How can I change testguys settings logged in as me(admin)?
>-----Original Message-----
>There are two issues here; one is whether the policy is
user based or
>machine based. If user based, then yes an Administrator
can log in and
>change settings; however these would be temporary since
the next time the
>user logs in he would be locked out again. You have not
mentioned it but I
>gather that you intend to copy the administrator's
profile onto the users'
>for the changes to stick?
>
>If the policy is machine based, again you can override
temporarily the with
>a local Admin account (run secpol.msc), but the Group
Policy would come back
>next time the system restarts.
>
>Also look on the Group Policy on the Domain Controller
and see what OU it is
>applicable to; it may give you more ideas.
>
>"Ronnie" <randersen@ci.livonia.mi.us> wrote in message
>news:15bcb01c4168b$e4af1080$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Is it possible to manage a user profile that is locked
>> down by group policies logged in as an administrator?
>> For instance:
>> UserA is locked down using group policies from a Windows
>> 2000 network. The Control Panel is locked out and also
>> Internet Explorer properties. Can an administrator log
>> on to UserA's computer and make adjustments to the
>> settings in UserA's profile that are locked out by the
>> group policies?
>
>
>.
>

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