ThefollowingexamplesaresettingsthatActiveDirectorycanmanageforClientSecuritySolution:
•Securitypolicies.
•Customsecuritypolicies;suchaswhethertouseaWindowspasswordorClientSecuritySolution
passphrase.
Administrative(ADM)templateles
TheADM(Administrative)templateledenespolicysettingsusedbyapplicationsontheclientcomputers.
Policiesarespecicsettingsthatgoverntheapplicationbehavior.Policysettingsalsodenewhetherthe
userwillbeallowedtosetspecicsettingsthroughtheapplication.
Settingsdenedbyanadministratorontheserveraredenedaspolicies.Settingsdenedbyauseronthe
clientcomputerforanapplicationaredenedaspreferences.AsdenedbyMicrosoft,policysettingstake
precedenceoverpreferences.
Forexample,ausermayputabackgroundimageonhisdesktop.Thisistheuser'spreferencesetting.An
administratormaydeneasettingontheserverthatdictatesthatausermustuseaspecicbackground
image.Theadministratorspolicysettingwilloverridethepreferencesetbytheuser.
WhenaThinkVantageTechnologyproductchecksforasetting,itwilllookforthesettinginthefollowing
order:
•Computerpolicies
•Userpolicies
•Defaultuserpolicies
•Computerpreferences
•Userpreferences
•Defaultuserpreferences
Asdescribedpreviously,computeranduserpoliciesaredenedbytheadministrator.Thesesettingscanbe
initializedthroughtheXMLcongurationleorthroughaGroupPolicyintheActiveDirectory.Computerand
userpreferencesaresetbytheuserontheclientcomputerthroughoptionsintheapplicationsinterface.
DefaultuserpreferencesareinitializedbytheXMLcongurationscript.Usersdonotchangethevalues
directly.Changesmadetothesesettingsbyauserwillbeupdatedintheuserpreferences.
CustomersnotusingActiveDirectorycancreateadefaultsetofpolicysettingstobedeployedtoclient
systems.AdministratorscanmodifyXMLcongurationscriptsandspecifythattheybeprocessedduring
theinstallationoftheproduct.
Deningmanageablesettings
ThefollowingexampleshowssettingsintheGroupPolicyeditorusingthefollowinghierarchy:
ComputerConguration>AdministrativeTemplates>ThinkVantageTechnologies>
ClientSecuritySolution>AuthenticationPolicies>MaxRetries>
Passwordnumberofretries
TheADMlesindicatewhereintheregistrythesettingswillbereected.Thesesettingswillbeinthe
followingregistrylocations:
Computerpolicies:
HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\ClientSecuritySolution\
Userpolicies:
HKCU\Software\Policies\Lenovo\ClientSecuritySolution\
Defaultuserpolicies:
HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\ClientSecuritySolution\Userdefaults
Computerpreferences:
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