Defining manageable settings, Defining, Manageable – Lenovo THINKPAD Z60M User Manual

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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

a

ThinkVantage

Technology

product

checks

for

a

setting,

it

will

look

for

the

setting

in

the

following

order:

v

Computer

policies

v

User

policies

v

Default

user

policies

v

Computer

preferences

v

User

preferences

v

Default

user

preferences

As

described

previously,

computer

and

user

policies

are

defined

by

the

administrator.

These

settings

can

be

initialized

through

the

XML

configuration

file

or

through

a

Group

Policy

in

the

Active

Directory.

Computer

and

user

preferences

are

set

by

the

user

on

the

client

computer

through

options

in

the

applications

interface.

Default

user

preferences

are

initialized

by

the

XML

configuration

script.

Users

do

not

change

the

values

directly.

Changes

made

to

these

settings

by

a

user

will

be

updated

in

the

user

preferences.

Customers

not

using

Active

Directory

can

create

a

default

set

of

policy

settings

to

be

deployed

to

client

systems.

Administrators

can

modify

XML

configuration

scripts

and

specify

that

they

be

processed

during

the

installation

of

the

product.

Defining

manageable

settings

The

following

example

shows

settings

in

the

Group

Policy

editor

using

the

following

hierarchy:

Computer

Configuration>Administrative

Templates>ThinkVantage

Technologies>

Client

Security

Solution>Authentication

Policies>Max

Retries>

Password

number

of

retries

The

ADM

files

indicate

where

in

the

registry

the

settings

will

be

reflected.

These

settings

will

be

in

the

following

registry

locations:

Computer

policies:

HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue

and

Recovery\

HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Client

Security

Solution\

User

policies:

HKCU\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue

and

Recovery\

HKCU\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Client

Security

Solution\

Default

user

policies:

HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue

and

Recovery\User

defaults

HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Client

Security

Solution\User

defaults

Computer

preferences:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Rescue

and

Recovery\

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Client

Security

Solution\

User

preferences:

HKCU\Software\Lenovo\Rescue

and

Recovery\

HKCU\Software\Lenovo\Client

Security

Solution\

106

Rescue

and

Recovery

Deployment

Guide

Version

4.1

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