Re: Location of local policies

The registry is one location.

Registry.pol files are located in...
%Systemroot%\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine
and
%Systemroot%\System32\GroupPolicy\User

Subfolders of the Group Policy template
The Group Policy template folder contains subfolders, including, but not
limited to, the following:

* adm: Contains all the .adm files for this Group Policy template.
* Scripts: Contains all the scripts and related files for this Group Policy
template.
* User: Includes a Registry.pol file that contains the registry settings
that are to be applied to users. When a user logs on to a computer, this
Registry.pol file is downloaded and applied to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER portion
of the registry. The User folder contains an Applications subfolder.
* User\Applications: Contains the .aas files (application advertisement
scripts) that are used by the operating system–based installation service.
These files are applied to users.
* Machine: Includes a Registry.pol file that contains the registry settings
that are to be applied to computers. When a computer initializes, this
Registry.pol file is downloaded and applied to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
portion of the registry. The Machine folder contains an Applications
subfolder.
* Machine\Applications: Contains the .aas files that are used by the
operating system–based installation service. These files are applied to
computers.

Storage of Group Policy objects
Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

hh SPconcepts.chm::/Storage.htm

Administrative Templates
Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

hh SPconcepts.chm::/ADM.htm

The Group Policy Reference
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/w2rkbook/gp.mspx

Group Policy Registry Table
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 Group Policies by policy name
Number of policies in database: 844
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gplistall.asp

Policies open in a new window and have registry references.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:69819DAF-79D5-4B42-89A7-B26AAF9C9F7B@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
arielqs <arielqs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Hi, does someone know something about the location of local policies? Some
people say that local policies are stored in the windows registry, but I
am not sure.

If someone can answer me and give me a formal reference about this, it
would be wonderful.

Thanks,

.

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