Local Policies

• http://sdbytes.blogspot.com/2012/10/group-policy-object-via-netc.html
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/fdcc/archive/2008/05/07/lgpo-utilities.aspx
• http://pete.akeo.ie/2011/03/porgramatically-setting-and-applying.html
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12926644/update-the-local-computer-policy-in-windows-7-with-igrouppolicyobject
• https://bitbucket.org/MartinEden/local-policy

• in Windows 2008, some group policy settings became Group Policy Preferences. Preferences can only be set using the Group Policy Mangement Console(GPMC), and is only avialable for domains. Becuase of that we'll have to craft our own Classic templates to make some reasonable defaults for our local users.

gpedit.msc

sample.adm

CLASS USER
CATEGORY "Windows Explorer Customization"
POLICY "Show file extensions of known file types"
KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced"
VALUENAME "HideFileExt"
VALUEON NUMERIC 0
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1
END POLICY
POLICY "Show All icons in the system tray"
KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer"
VALUENAME "EnableAutoTray"
VALUEON NUMERIC 0
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1
END POLICY
END CATEGORY

CATEGORY "AdditionalSettings"
CATEGORY "InternetExplorer"
POLICY "UseSoftwareRenderingInIE9"
KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main"
VALUENAME "UseSWRender"
VALUEON NUMERIC 1
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
END POLICY
END CATEGORY;
END CATEGORY;