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 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.