What is a local security policy?

Let's talk about what a local security policy is. This has nothing to do with political activity. A policy is a set of configuration parameters that are used for one or more objects of a particular class. If you still do not understand what is at stake, now I will talk about this in more detail.

So, imagine that we have an object with you. For example, take the desktop operating system Windows. It has certain properties. These include the background image, and a screensaver, and so on. You have the ability to change any of these listed properties. Do you periodically change the background for your desktop or screensaver? This is exactly what we are talking about.

Now back to the topic of the article. Politics are exactly the same properties of an object. Only the priority is much higher, it is set by the administrator of a particular system. If it is defined, then you will not be able to change the properties of this object yourself, because in this case the value of the policy will be constantly used. So that you fully understand this, I will give an example on the same desktop. If an administrator created a policy that sets a specific background for your desktop and it is active, then you will no longer be able to change these properties. In other words, you can not change this background any more.

The local Windows 7 security policy allows you to change policies that relate to security. This function is started via the start menu. When you log into it, you will need to go to the administration, where the local security policy will be located. Windows XP allows you to change the properties related to security in the same way. It is worth noting that the usual users are not interested in such settings.

You can also call (through the start menu and the "Run" function) a specific editor. To do this, type gpedit.msc and press the enter key. Local security policy can be edited by this interface. The window that appears will give you this opportunity.

Have you ever wanted to add a search link on the Internet to the start menu? Or do you have to periodically clean up your journal of documents that you recently opened? Or maybe you want to hide the notification area? All this can be done. The local security policy is responsible for this issue. To do this, go to the user configuration window, from there go to the administrative templates and select the start menu setting with the task bar, and also define the necessary policy for yourself.

Now we make a double click on the policy and in the window that appears, we have an opportunity to get acquainted with the settings in detail. If they suit us, this local security policy is enabled, and then the "Apply" button is pressed. In order for this to take effect, you must log out of the system, then go back to it. For some cases, you need to restart the computer.