Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0001im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:108px; left:62px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Arial'>Office 2000 And</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:165px; left:62px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Arial'>IntelliMirror</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:260px; left:62px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>IntelliMirror,</b></i> <i><b>part</b></i> <i><b>of</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:281px; left:62px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Windows</b></i> <i><b>2000,</b></i> <i><b>can</b></i> <i><b>be</b></i> <i><b>used</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:259px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>P</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:261px; left:276px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>redictably enough, Windows 2000 is a good fit for Office 2000 in the organi </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:274px; left:276px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>sation. The key in a Windows 2000 network is Active Directory, a structured</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:287px; left:276px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and centralised data store for users, computers, printers, domains, sites and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:299px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>other network objects.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:301px; left:62px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>automate</b></i> <i><b>corporate</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:320px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Group Policy is the set of administrator defined policies for managing these re </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:322px; left:62px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>rollouts</b></i> <i><b>of</b></i> <i><b>Office</b></i> <i><b>2000</b></i> <i><b>and</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:332px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>sources. This, as the name implies, is a tool for establishing and enforcing a set of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:342px; left:62px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>provide</b></i> <i><b>hot desking</b></i> <i><b>facilities.</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:345px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>rules that decides which functions determining can be performed by which users</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:358px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>on which computers in a Windows based network; Group Policy functions are</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:371px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>carried out by snap in utilities working within the Microsoft Management Console.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:374px; left:62px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>By Dennis Jarrett</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:383px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>By comparison with NT, Group Policy means a smaller number of domains to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:390px; left:62px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>IT Journalist</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:396px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>administer plus more precise tuning of privileges and configurations to allow a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:409px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>better fit between the end user and their role in the organisation. The downside is</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:421px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>that the Group Policy approach can demand a lot of rethinking and analysis about</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:434px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the organisation of networks.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:455px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The new terminology might also be a stumbling block for a while. Take the concept</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:467px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>of containers, defined as network objects similar to a domain or organisational unit</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:480px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'> except that domains and organisational units correspond to a physical entity such</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:493px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>as an office or a business workgroup, while containers don't have a physical</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:505px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>equivalence.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:526px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Domains, for instance, will be familiar from NT 4.0 but they behave rather</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:539px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>differently in the Windows 2000 environment. NT domains tend to be more or less</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:551px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>independent and have trust relationships with each other that administrators</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:564px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>generally have to set up and manage on a domain by domain basis. This leads to a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:577px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>proliferation of domains (and of administrators). It also divorces the users from their</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:589px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>particular place in the organisation; a user's rights are determined by the domain.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:610px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Under Windows 2000 a particular Group Policy with which that user is associated</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:623px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>determines a user's rights, including the ability to install new applications or to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:635px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>access the Internet.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:662px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Groups</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:684px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The Group in Group Policy is easier to apprehend. It's a collection of network</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:697px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>resources users, in this case which carry the same privileges. The policies that</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:709px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>apply to a particular group are listed in GPOs, Group Policy Objects, which can then</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:722px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>be associated with an Active Directory container. (Group Policy is detailed in the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:735px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit).</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:755px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The GPO can be applied at any level of the Active Directory hierarchy. It might</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:768px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>include:</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:790px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:788px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Registry based settings, including Office 2000 system policies.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:803px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:801px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Scripts.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:816px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:814px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Folder redirection.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:828px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:827px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Security settings.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:841px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:839px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Remote installation services.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:854px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:852px; left:261px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Software installation and maintenance.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:877px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>So designing the system of domains and the organisational units within domains is</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:890px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>a key preliminary for organisations moving to Windows 2000 and it can be tricky</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:903px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>to get the mix right. Too many domains and organisational units will complicate the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:950px; left:52px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Issue 133:August 2001</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:943px; left:261px' class="ft6"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>PC</b> <b>Network</b> <b>Advisor</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:950px; left:612px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>File: E1536.1</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:962px; left:52px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>page 19</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:962px; left:544px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>End User Support:Software</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:967px; left:284px' class="ft7"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>www.pcnetworkadvisor.com</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre><< < GO <a href='page0002.htm'>></a> <a href='page0004.htm'>>></a></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>