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18-10-06 |
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2.0 |
Group Policy Processing Order?
Ever wondered what order Group Policy is applied in and what Policies are dominant? Here is a little helper, I hope?
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LOCAL GPO - this is a Group Policy Template portion. The location of the LGPO is \%systemsroot%\system32\grouppolicy\
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DOMAIN
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Sub-OU
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Normal Order of Processing
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Computer is turned on! |
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Computer - Start Up |
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| 1st | Process Local Machine Group Policy | |
| 2nd | The Computer finds out where the Computer is located in the Active Directory | |
| 3rd | The Computer applies the Computer settings from Group Policy Objects based on the location of the Computer in the Active Directory | |
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The Logon Dialog Box displayed |
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User - Logon |
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| 4th | The Computer finds out where the User is located in the Active Directory | |
| 5th | The Computer applies the User settings from Group Policy Objects based on the location of the User in the Active Directory | |
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The Users desktop is displayed |
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Loopback? Replace Mode
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Computer is turned on! |
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Computer - Start Up |
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| 1st | Process Local Machine Group Policy | |
| 2nd | The Computer finds out where the Computer is located in the Active Directory | |
| 3rd | The Computer applies the Computer settings from Group Policy Objects based on the location of the Computer in the Active Directory | |
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The Logon Dialog Box displayed |
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User - Logon |
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| 4th | The Computer finds out where the Computer is located in the Active Directory | |
| 5th | The Computer applies the User settings from Group Policy Objects based on the location of the Computer in the Active Directory | |
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The Users desktop is displayed |
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Loopback? Merge Mode
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Computer is turned on! |
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Computer - Start Up |
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| 1st | Process Local Machine Group Policy | |
| 2nd | The Computer finds out where the Computer is located in the Active Directory | |
| 3rd | The Computer applies the Computer settings from Group Policy Objects based on the location of the Computer in the Active Directory | |
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The Logon Dialog Box displayed |
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User - Logon |
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| 4th | The Computer finds out where the User is located in the Active Directory | |
| 5th | The Computer applies the User settings from Group Policy Objects based on the location of the User in the Active Directory | |
| 6th | The Computer finds out where the Computer is located in the Active Directory | |
| 7th | The Computer applies the User settings from Group Policy Objects based on the location of the Computer in the Active Directory | |
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The Users desktop is displayed |
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Regards
Matt Rowston
KB Keywords: Group Policy, Processing, Loopback, Merge Mode, Replace Mode, Active Directory