Permit or restrict access to a snap-in

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To permit or restrict access to a snap-in

Open MMC.
On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, and then click Add.
Under Snap-in, click Group Policy Object Editor, and then click Add.
In the Select Group Policy wizard, do one of the following:
- To edit the local Group Policy Object, leave the Group Policy Object box set to Local Computer, and then click Finish.
- To specify a different Group Policy Object, click Browse, select the object, click OK, and then click Finish.
Click Finish, click Close, and then click OK.
In the console tree, click Restricted/Permitted snap-ins.

Where?
- PolicyName Policy/User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Management Console/Restricted/Permitted snap-ins
In the details pane, double-click the snap-in that you want to permit or restrict, and then do one of the following:
- To enable the user to access this snap-in (unless the user is restricted by the Restrict users to the explicitly permitted list of snap-ins policy), click Not Configured.
- To permit the user to access this snap-in, click Enabled.
- To restrict the user from accessing this snap-in, click Disabled.

Notes

To open MMC, click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK.
This feature applies only in a network where Group Policy object has been configured; a system administrator must enable Group Policy object.
For more information, click the Explain tab in the snap-in Properties dialog box, and see Help.

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