Re: Group policy order conflict

[Craig Wilson]

In General, If you have GPOs being applied from Multiple Sources (Locally
Configured, Domain, ZENworks), then the application will not be reliable.
I would recommend only applying from a single source.

"joedownloader" <joedow...@no-mx.forums.novell.com> wrote in message
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> I am having a problem with group polices and I'm hoping someone can help
> clarify how this works.
>
> All our workstations are preconfigured with a local group policy that
> sets the screensaver timeout to 3 minutes and cannot be changed by the
> user. On some workstations we wish to change this timeout to 30
> minutes.
>
> As of now the only way we get this to work is to delete the group
> policy folders on the local workstation. Then the correct timeout
> policy setting gets applied but we are losing all of the preconfigured
> local workstation settings.
>
> The workstation policy package is assigned to a workstation role. The
> workstation is than an assigned member of the workstation role.
>
> I would like the workstation policy package to overwrite any
> conflicting policies on the workstation but leave all the rest. I hope
> this makes sense.
>
> I haven't been able to determine for certain what order policies are
> applied to the workstation and how the settings in the Workstation
> Policy Manger in Console One affect those.
>
>
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