I added a custom template in the Group Policy Editor but not all the policy settings appear in the Administrative Templates tree, how can I view these?
Registry based Group Policy is separated into two separate categories, ‘Policy’ and ‘Preference’. The ‘Policy’ settings are those defined under nominated Group Policy registry keys for the user or computer. The key locations are: Computer policy: HKLM\Software\Policies (preferred) HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies User policy: HKCU\Software\Policies (preferred) HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies The above registry keys have special permissions applied to them that restrict a standard user from changing these setting directly through the registry editor. ‘Preference’ settings are any policy settings that are not contained under these registry keys. These settings are considered preference as the user can potentially change them. By default in the GPMC and the Group Policy Editor you cannot view these settings.
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