Re: Individual User settings with Group Policy

That's the first time I've heard of OUs. I just looked it up in the Help file
and it refers to Active Directory, which I'm also not clear on, but from what
I've previously read about it, I get the impression it's more Windows
2000-related?

Anyway, I take it an OU would somehow need to be created with, and
appropriately named, with the Group Policy snap-in, for each OU required?
Could you talk me through the basic creation of an OU? I'd be grateful if you
could make Active Directory a bit clearer as well.

Thanks

"Malke" wrote:

daztrue wrote:

The Group Policy snap-in, along with its extended snap-in, Local Security
Policy, provide numerous settings under User Configuration, but I can't
find a way to apply these to individual User accounts. Is this possible,
or can these snap-ins only be used to apply settings for all accounts,
using the same settings? Surely there is some way an administrator can
make specific settings to individual users and groups.

Of course you can do this. Create Organizational Units (OUs) and put
users/groups into each OU. Then set your Group Policy to apply to the OUs
as desired. For example, you might make OUs for Marketing, R&D, IT, regular
worker drones, etc.

Malke
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