Mishra wrote: » I think I figured this out by typing it all here and thinking about it more... This is how this works (NO ONE has a diagram like this online... this would make so much more sense) How GPOs are appliedNormally OU A (which hosts users) has group policy B applied GP B has computer settingsuser settings User settings are only applied OU B (which hosts computers) has group policy B applied GP B hascomputer settings user settings Computer settings are only appliedLoopback processing mode applied REPLACE OU A (which hosts users) has group policy B applied GP B has computer settings user settings NO settings are only applied OU B (which hosts computers) has group policy B applied GP B hascomputer settings user settings All settings are appliedLoopback processing mode applied MERGE OU A (which hosts users) has group policy B applied GP B has computer settingsuser settings User settings are only applied FIRST OU B (which hosts computers) has group policy B applied GP B hascomputer settings user settings All settings are applied
Devilsbane wrote: » Thats kind of a long way to describe it, and honestly I didn't follow. Normal Mode: 1. Computer Settings 2. User Settings Loopback mode: 1. Computer Settings 2. User Settings 3. Computer Settings (From the GPO linked to the user) In replace mode, the step 2 settings are forgotten. In merge mode, both settings are added together with the computer settings having a higher priority (because they were applied last)
