- Joined
- 8 Apr 2005
- Messages
- 16,950
I have been loving this site lately
http://thelazyadmin.com/index.php?/archives/412-Whats-New-in-Vista-Group-Policy-Changes.html
The first thing you'll notice is that Vista has over 3,000 group policy settings. Compare that to the 1500 settings in XP SP2 and approximatley 1200 in Windows 2000 and the power of group policy over Vista becomes quite apparent. Up to 80 percent of these additional settings are security related further emphasising the security push Microsoft is making.
Some of the other new settings will allow you to
-configre Windows Defender
-block storage device driver install (i.e. USB Key, Portable Hard Drives)
-block PCI device driver install
-make users local Standard Users
-control Windows Firewall
-manage Network Access Protection (requires Longhorn Server)
http://thelazyadmin.com/index.php?/archives/412-Whats-New-in-Vista-Group-Policy-Changes.html