Windows XP Group Policies?

[Nimrod]

Hi all,

I am trying to figure out how to develop and use Group Policies on WindowsXP without a domain, the machine is standalone.

Basically I have two user accounts on the machine, Administrator and SystemUser.

I am trying to create a policy that gives the Administrator access to everything but limits the SystemUser's access so that they are only able to see the "All Programs" section of the menu and nothing else.

The problem I have at the moment is that one I have put the policy on the machine it gets applied to both users regardless

Does anyone know how to specify the Policy for an individual user (or user group) ?? Or does anyone have any useful links ?

I have googled my heart out on this one

Thanks in advance

[Richie]

You need to go into the system32 folder and then find the "Group Policy" folder (its a hidden folder) then go into the "SECURITY" options of this folder and set it so that the SystemUser has full read access to it and the Administrator read access is denied.


This way it will not be able to read any of the group settings so full access will be allowed.

[Nimrod]

Cheers Richie, that sorted it out a treat

Now I just need to create a bootable CD that automatically sets up the profiles and then I can wonder around rebooting PCs and applying polices