You’ll find all the Internet Explorer-related Group Policy Preferences underneath the User Configuration node when you drill down to Preferences and then Control Panel. Due to the way Group Policy settings and Group Policy Preferences get applied, combining them will add significantly to the boot and logon times in your environment.įirst of all, there are no Internet Explorer-related Group Policy Preferences in the Computer Configuration.
Managing Internet Explorer 10 with Group Policy Preferences ^Īlthough the steps are the same, in step 3, where you configure the Internet Explorer 10 Group Policy Preferences, things are a bit different.Īs a best practice tip, don’t combine Group Policy Settings and Group Policy Preferences in the same Group Policy Object. These steps can be found in Part 2 of this series. Of course, we recommend you to use the same six steps for Group Policy Preferences as you did for Group Policy Settings. Group Policy Preferences can be configured to be applied once, where Group Policy settings are applied at boot and/or logon and are refreshed in the background every 90 to 120 minutes.The Internet Explorer-related Group Policy Preferences mimic the Internet Options screens from Internet Explorer, where Group Policy Settings use the Group Policy Settings hierarchy.However, you should be aware of two main differences between Group Policy Settings and Group Policy Preferences:
As I’ve mentioned in Part 1, both Group Policy settings and Group Policy Preferences share the distribution method, allowing for a hierarchical approach and WMI filtering, and the management tool: the Group Policy Management Console ( gpmc.msc).
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