Configuring Group Policy - MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration - page 268

Figure 7-10

Create a new GPO with a Starter GPO

Activity 7-6: Creating and Using Starter GPOs

Time Required: 20 minutes
Objective: Create Starter GPOs to be used to create new GPOs.
Description: Now that you're more comfortable working with GPOs, you want to start building
a library of Starter GPOs for creating new GPOs. You create two: one in the Computer
Configuration node for configuring printers and one in the User Configuration node for config-
uring Start menu options.
1. Log on to your server as Administrator, if necessary.
2. Open GPMC. Right-click the Starter GPOs folder and click New .
3. In the New Starter GPO dialog box, type StartPrintersC in the Name text box. (“Start”
stands for Starter GPO, “Printers” refers to the Printers node, and “C” refers to the
Computer Configuration node of the GPO.) In the Comment text box, type Starter GPO for
the Printers node of Computer Configuration , and then click OK .
4. Right-click the StartPrintersC GPO you created and click Edit . In the Group Policy Starter
GPO Editor, click to expand Computer Configuration , Policies , and Administrative
Templates , and then click the Printers node. In the right pane, double-click Automatically
publish new printers in Active Directory . In the Properties dialog box, click Enabled , and
then click Apply . Click the Explain tab and read the explanation of this policy setting. Click
OK .
5. Double-click Always render print jobs on the server . In the Properties dialog box, click
Enabled , and then click Apply . Click the Explain tab and read the explanation of this policy
setting. Click OK .
6. Close the Group Policy Starter GPO Editor. In GPMC, right-click the Group Policy Objects
folder and click New . In the New GPO dialog box, type PrintConfigGPO in the Name text
box, click StartPrintersC in the Source Starter GPO list box, and then click OK .
7. Right-click PrintConfigGPO in the Group Policy Objects folder and click Edit . In GPME,
expand Computer Configuration , and navigate to the Printers node under Administrative
Templates to verify that your Starter GPO settings are there. Now you can link this new
GPO to a container with computer accounts that have print servers installed, and the printer
policies will be in effect on these servers. Close GPME.
8. To see the other method of using Starter GPOs to create new GPOs, click the Starter GPOs
folder in GPMC. Right-click StartPrintersC and click New GPO From Starter GPO . The
New GPO Wizard starts. Click Cancel .
9. Create another Starter GPO named StartStMenuU , which will be used as a baseline for Start
menu options in a later activity.
10. Right-click the StartStMenuU GPO and click Edit . In GPME, click to expand User
Configuration , Policies , and Administrative Templates , and then click Start Menu and
Taskbar .