Exploring group policy administration
This lab contains the following exercises:
Exercise 8.1 Configuring the Local Computer Policy
Exercise 8.2 Configuring Processing Order
Exercise 8.3 Configuring Priority Order
Exercise 8.4 Using Block Policy Inheritance and Enforce
Exercise 8.5 Cleanup for Exercise 8.6
Exercise 8.6 Configuring Account Policies
Post-Lab Cleanup
Estimated lab time: 130 minutes Exercise 8.1
Configuring the Local Computer Policy
Overview
In this exercise you will be configuring Group Policy to see its effects on a Winodws 7 machine (Workstation##) that is a member of the domain. You will also test the implementation of a Local GPO before you move on to testing Group Policy Objects (GPOs.)
Completion time
20 minutes
PART A: Configure the Workstation## Computer to Remove the Properties Option When Right-Clicking My Computer
8. Press Ctrl+Prt Scr to take a screen shot of the Group Policy Management Editor showing that the Remove Properties from the Computer icon text menu is enabled, and then press Ctrl+V to paste the resulting image into the lab08_worksheet file in the page provided.
Exercise 8.2
Configuring Processing Order
Overview
In this exercise you will test to see whether or not domain policies override configured computer settings. In the previous exercise you configured a local GPO and this exercise will test which GPO will take precedence if a conflict occurs between a local and domain based GPO.
Completion time
30 minutes
PART B: Verify that the Domain GPO Overrides the Local Computer Policy Question 2
Do you see the Properties menu option? Based on the results, what does this tell you about how Group Policy Objects are processed?
No. It tells me that the user doesn’t have administrative permissions to change the properties of this computer.
PART F: Testing the Results
Question 3
Do you see a Music option? Do you see a