Before walking through any specific security settings, if you are the type of person who just wants to dig in and try it for yourself, let's take a minute and point out a few common locations inside GPME that contain multitudes of security-related settings. There is no way that we can cover all useful settings inside one chapter, so I encourage all of you to dig around inside these locations and find many additional configurations that will fit into your overall security strategy. As with most GPO settings, there are many options that can be configured inside either Computer Configuration or User Configuration, depending on your target audience for the GPO. Our primary location for security settings is, aptly named, inside the Security Settings folder, Computer or User Configuration | Policies | Windows Settings | Security Settings:
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