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Creating multiple local Group Policy objects

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Creating multiple local Group Policy objects

- When using local Group Policies you can apply more than one local Group Policy to a specific computer. Having multiple local Group Policy objects provides flexibility to standalone systems. In the case of client workstations, the system must be running Vista or higher in order to apply more than one local Group Policy. In the case of standalone servers, the server must be running Server 2008 Release 2 or higher in order to apply more than one local Group Policy. Local Group Policies come in Three Layers of Support. First, you have the local group policy layer, then you have the administrative/non-administrative group policy layer. Then finally, you have the user-specific group policy layer. The Local Group Policy layer works just like the single policy support of older Windows systems did. The local policy layer consists of both user and computer settings. The computer settings of the policy are contained in the local group policy. The computer configuration policy is set by that…

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