There is quite a bit of information to keep track of in the Group Policy world. You have the four tiers of GP processing (local/site/domain/OU), then the two different sets of policy settings available inside GPME (User Configuration settings versus Computer Configuration settings)—we haven't even discussed Group Policy Preferences yet—and then all of our Scopes, Links, Security Filters, WMI Filters—the list goes on and on. So, we may as well throw one more wrench into the mix, this thing called Group Policy Loopback Processing.
Loopback Processing is essentially the act of getting User Configuration settings to apply to Computer accounts. Wait a minute, that goes against everything we have learned so far, ...
