Lenovo ThinkVantage (Rescue and Recovery 4.5) - Manual (Page 68)

Table 28.
Parameter (Required): Description
/A Clear MBR and install PC DOS MBR
Parameter (Optional):
/Dn Apply changes to drive. Use n=0 for the first drive.
/Y Yes to all
/? Display Help
/H Display Help
Active Directory Support
Active Directory is a directory service. The directory is where information about users and resources is
stored. The directory service allows access so you can manipulate those resources.
Active Directory provides a mechanism that gives administrators the ability to manage computers, groups,
users, domains, security policies, and any type of user-defined objects. The mechanism used by Active
Directory to accomplish this is known as Group Policy. With Group Policy, administrators define settings that
can be applied to computers or users in the domain.
ThinkVantage Technology products currently use a variety of methods for gathering settings used to control
program settings, including reading from specific application-defined registry entries.
For the Rescue and Recovery program, Active Directory can manage such settings as:
• Set back up locations.
• Set back up dates and times.
Administrative (ADM) template files
The ADM (Administrative) template file defines policy settings used by applications on the client computers.
Policies are specific settings that govern the application behavior. Policy settings also define whether the
user will be allowed to set specific settings through the application.
Settings defined by an administrator on the server are defined as policies. Settings defined by a user on the
client computer for an application are defined as preferences. As defined by Microsoft, policy settings take
precedence over preferences.
For example, a user may put a background image on his desktop. This is the user’s preference setting. An
administrator may define a setting on the server that dictates that a user must use a specific background
image. The administrators policy setting will override the preference set by the user.
When the Rescue and Recovery program checks for a setting, it will look for the setting in the following order:
• Computer policies
• User policies
• Default user policies
• Computer preferences
• User preferences
• Default user preferences
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