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Local Security Policy Settings

New to Windows 2000 is the local policy editor GUI. You can find this tool by going to Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Local Security Policy. This tool allows you to set account policies as well as local security policies. We will talk more about account configuration later. For now, let's focus on the local security policies.

The Local Security Policy GUI is actually just a front end for changes to the Registry. Therefore, the use of regedit or regedit32 are no longer required to make common Registry setting changes. Generally, for these security changes, it is better to use the tool than to go into the Registry to make your own changes.

The policy items that are configurable through the Local Security Policy GUI. The following sections go into more detail about recommended changes to the security policy.

NOTE: Windows 2000 provides a number of security configuration templates that can be used to set system configurations, local security policy, and user management settings on the system. If you choose to use one of these templates, make sure you understand the changes that will be made to your system.

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