Preferences

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

The Group Policy Management Console allows you to configure preferences when you edit any domain-based Group Policy object. The Preferences node appears under Computer Configuration and User Configuration. The editor displays preference extensions under two categories: Windows Settings and Control Panel Settings.

Preference extensions under Windows Settings include:

• Applications Extension: Configure settings for applications.

• Drive Maps Extension: Create, modify, or delete mapped drives, and configure the visibility of all drives.

• Environment Extension: Create, modify, or delete environment variables.

• Files Extension: Copy, modify the attributes of, replace, or delete files.

• Folders Extension: Create, modify, or delete folders.

• Ini Files Extension: Add, replace, or delete sections or properties in configuration settings (.ini) or setup information (.inf) files.

• Network Shares Extension: Create, modify, or delete ("un-share") shares.

• Registry Extension: Copy registry settings and apply them to other computers. Create, replace, or delete registry settings.

• Shortcuts Extension: Create, modify, or delete shortcuts.

Preference extensions under Control Panel Settings include:

• Data Sources Extension: Create, modify, or delete Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) data source names.

• Devices Extension: Enable or disable hardware devices or classes of devices.

• Folder Options Extension: Configure folder options; create, modify, or delete Open With associations for file name extensions; create, modify, or delete file name extensions associated with a type of files.

• Internet Settings Extension: Modify user-configurable Internet settings.

• Local Users and Groups Extension: Create, modify, or delete local users and groups.

• Network Options Extension: Create, modify, or delete virtual private networking (VPN) or dial-up networking (DUN) connections.

• Power Options Extension: Modify power options and create, modify, or delete power schemes.

• Printers Extension: Create, modify, or delete TCP/IP, shared, and local printer connections.

• Regional Options Extension: Modify regional options.

• Scheduled Tasks Extension: Create, modify, or delete scheduled or immediate tasks.

• Services Extension: Modify services.

• Start Menu Extension: Modify Start menu options.