GPO's and workgroups

[Dan]

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Will GPO's affect workstations that are not in domains and only in workgroups?

 

[Barry]

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"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Will GPO's affect workstations that are not in domains and only in
> workgroups?

no

 

[Guest]

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GPOs are objects that live only in domains.
Stand-alones have a more limited but similar local security
policy, but it is always specific to a single machine

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80F4E82C-B202-469E-9307-09B6F635A4AF@microsoft.com...
> Will GPO's affect workstations that are not in domains and only in
workgroups?