Group Policy Client-Side Extensions
Group policies are divided into policies and preferences, but even further within the policy different portions or sections of Group Policy will determine how, when, or if that particular section of a group policy will be processed. Group policy processing on the client side is managed by the Group Policy client-side extensions (CSEs). The CSEs are dynamic link library (DLL) files that are installed on the local client server or workstation OSs. When group policies are processed, it is actually the CSEs that apply the settings on the client. There are both policy and preference CSEs on the client system, and each CSE has its own default processing behavior, as discussed in the next section.
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