Managing preference items
Once you have created new preference items in a GPO, you can
use the Group Policy Management Editor to manage those items. As
Figure 6 shows,
the management tasks you can perform on preference items
include
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Enabling or disabling the item. -
Moving the item up or down in the preference extension
item list. Preference items are processed from the bottom of
this list to the top. -
Displaying the XML for the item. -
Opening the properties of the item to modify its
configuration settings on the General or Common tab.
Quick check
Quick check answer
Windows Settings extensions
Figure 7
shows the different preference extensions for Windows settings that
are available under Computer Configuration and User Configuration.
These preference extensions can be used to configure the following
types of settings for users or computers targeted by the GPO:
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Applications Use this to
configure settings for applications. -
Drive Maps Use this to
create, modify, or delete mapped drives, and configure the
visibility of all drives. -
Environment Use this to
create, modify, or delete environment variables. -
Files Use this to copy,
modify the attributes of, replace, or delete files. -
Folders Use this to create,
modify, or delete folders. -
Ini Files Use this to add,
replace, or delete sections or properties in configuration
settings (.ini) or setup information (.inf) files. -
Network Shares Use this to
create, modify, or delete (“un-share”) shares. -
Registry Use this to copy
registry settings and apply them to other computers. You can
create, replace, or delete registry settings. -
Shortcuts Use this to create,
modify, or delete shortcuts.
Control Panel Settings extensions
Figure 8
shows the different preference extensions for Control Panel settings
that are available under Computer Configuration and User
Configuration. These preference extensions can be used to configure
the following types of settings for users or computers targeted by the
GPO:
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Data Sources Use this to
create, modify, or delete Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) data
source names. -
Devices Use this to enable or
disable hardware devices or classes of devices. -
Folder Options Use this to
configure folder options; create, modify, or delete Open With
associations for file-name extensions; create, modify, or delete
file-name extensions associated with a type of file. -
Internet Settings Use this to
modify user-configurable Internet settings. -
Local Users and Groups Use
this to create, modify, or delete local users and groups. -
Network Options Use this to
create, modify, or delete virtual private networks (VPNs) or
dial-up networking connections. -
Power Options Use this to
modify power options and create, modify, or delete power
schemes. -
Printers Use this to create,
modify, or delete TCP/IP, shared, and local printer
connections. -
Regional Options Use this to
modify regional options. -
Scheduled Tasks Use this to
create, modify, or delete scheduled or immediate tasks. -
Services Use this to modify
services. -
Start Menu Use this to modify
Start menu options.
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