Types of Group Policy
The two main areas in group policy are user and computer. This is not to say that they are different group policies; indeed, every group policy has a user and a computer section.
Computer Group Policy
The computer portion of a group policy modifies the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) subtree of the Registry of the machine on which it is applied. This section can be seen in Figure 20.6, which is a snapshot of the Default Domain Controllers group policy. This group policy is automatically created when you install the Active Directory and is applied to every DC in the domain. The hostname that shows in the top line in the tree pane, [gold.fis.local], shows the DC on which the group policy editor is focused. This DC is where changes ...
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