Edit Administrative Template Policy Settings

Applies To: Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012

To edit Administrative Template policy settings

1. Open the Group Policy Management Console. Right-click the Group Policy object you want to edit and then click Edit .

2. In the console tree, click the folder under Administrative Templates that contains the policy settings you want to configure.

3. In the Setting column, click the name for a policy setting to read a description of the policy setting.

4. To change that policy setting, double-click the name of the policy setting.

5. On the policy setting dialog box, click one of the following:

   • Not Configured : The registry is not modified.

   • Enabled : The registry reflects that the policy setting is selected.

   • Disabled : The registry reflects that the policy setting is not selected.

6. Select any other options, and then click OK .

Additional considerations

• To complete this procedure, you must have Edit setting permission to edit a GPO. By default, members of the Domain Administrators security group, the Enterprise Administrators security group, or the Group Policy Creator Owners security group have Edit setting permission to edit a GPO.

• Settings for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE are under Computer Configuration , and settings for HKEY_CURRENT_USER are under User Configuration .

• If computer policy conflicts with user policy, computer policy generally takes precedence. However, if application authors disregard this convention, Group Policy cannot enforce it.

• Administrative Template policy settings are also known as registry-based policy settings.