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 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 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.