1.3.2.2 Client Scenario

When a client computer that is affected by a GPO starts, or if it is connected to the network after it has been started, it performs policy application by retrieving the policy settings for the computer account from the DC using the Group Policy: Core Protocol specified in [MS-GPOL].<2>

When a user logs on or when policy application occurs, the computer connects to the network after the user has logged on. When policy application is performed, the client computer retrieves the policy settings for the user from the DC, by using the Group Policy: Core Protocol.

In both cases, if the Deployed Printer Connections client-side plug-in GUID is read from one or more of the GPOs as part of the GPO processing, the client computer invokes the Deployed Printer Connections client-side plug-in component to perform policy application.

When the Deployed Printer Connections client-side plug-in performs policy application, the client computer identifies the directive to add the printer connection, which is specified by the administrator, either to all users of the machine or to only the current user.

  • In computer policy mode, the printer connection was deployed by the administrator as a machine connection, and the printer connection is applied to all users of the computer.

  • In user policy mode, the printer connection was deployed by the administrator as a user connection, and the printer connection is applied only to the current user of the computer.