To set permissions for Software Installation

1.

Open the Group Policy object that you want to edit.

2.

In the console tree, right-click the icon or the name of the Group Policy object, which appears as follows:
Group Policy object name [domain_name] Policy,
and then click Properties.

3.

Click the Security tab, and in the Group or user names box, click the security group for which you want to set permissions.

If you want to change the set of security groups that have permissions on this Group Policy object, click the Add or Remove buttons to add or remove security groups.

4.

If the security group represents administrators (who manage software for users and computers in the organization), in the Permissions box for the selected security group, select the Allow check box for Full Control, and then click OK.

If the security group represents users (who use software that is assigned or published by an administrator), in the Permissions box for the selected security group, select the Allow check box for both Apply Group Policy and Read, and then click OK.

Note

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Related Topics

Edit the local Group Policy object

Default permissions

Open Group Policy as a stand-alone MMC snap-in

Open Group Policy from Active Directory Sites and Services

Open Group Policy from Active Directory Users and Computers

Ways to open the Group Policy snap-in

To open the Group Policy snap-in, see Related Topics.

The permissions that you set in this procedure pertain only to the Group Policy object In addition, the network must have a shared folder (a software distribution point) that contains the packages to be installed. Administrators must have Full Control of the software distribution point, and users must have Read permission. For information about permissions and how to set them, see Access Control 


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