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More info?)
"Aliakbar Kachwala" <aliakbar@ccipl.com> wrote in message
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> hi
> I am very new to the active directory and need to configure group policies
> but after i set the policies how do I activate them
Depends on what you mean by "set".
If you merely "edit" a GPO you must also LINK
it to a container (Site, Domain, OU).
However, if you choose to "add" it to such a
container the linkage is implicit and you only
have to edit it and wait for replication (to other
DCs) and for refresh by running machines or
when they reboot.
Note: Software updates normally only activate
at reboot.
There are other things that can PREVENT a policy
from applying to a user or computer but they are
all set "on" (or active) by default.
E.g.,
Disabling portions of the GPO or the entire gpo,
permissions and in Win2003 WMI filters, etc.