Re: Group Policy Setup For Users On XP Pro Local Machine.

From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (cnfrisch_at_nospamgmail.com)
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 08:43:32 -0500

Please visit the experts in the Group Policy newsgroup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.group_policy 

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Carey Frisch
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"everythingkat" wrote:
| How do I use the Group Policy editor (gpedit.msc) to setup policies on newly 
| created group on Windows XP Pro Local Machine? I can create new groups and 
| assign users to them, but can only seem to modify the 'Local Group' which in 
| turn affects ALL users (including the Administrator!)Both MMC and GPEDIT dont 
| give me a tab to select and set policy restrictions for a new group IE: I 
| create a group in MMC called "Secure Users" and add users to that group. What 
| I can't do is find anyway of setting the policys to affect that group. Like 
| for instance if I want users to be able to access control panel and the 'Run' 
| command, but not the 'Guest' user, or any secure users, I would want to take 
| user 'Guest' and any other users I want and setup a group policy for them so 
| that normal users in the 'Users' group DO get the Control Panel, and Run 
| command, but any users I add to the 'Secure Users' group do not get these 
| features. Will someone please tell me how I assign these policys to a newly 
| created group. Remember, this is on a standalone Local Machine, and not a 
| network domain.

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