Client-side Processing of Group Policy

Some of the Group Policy components include client-side extensions (.dlls) that implement Group Policy at client computers. The client-side extensions are loaded as needed when a client computer is processing policy. The client computer first gets a list of Group Policy objects. Next, it loops through all the client-side extensions and determines whether each client-side extension has any data in any of the Group Policy objects. If a client-side extension has data in a Group Policy object, the client-side extension is called with the list of Group Policy objects that it should process. If the client-side extension does not have any settings in any of the Group Policy objects, it is not called.

Table 22.4 lists the client-side extensions.

Table   22.4 Client-side Extensions

Client-side extension	DLL file name
Registry (in Administrative Templates	Userenv.dll
Disk Quota (in Administrative Templates)	Dskquota.dll
Folder Redirection	Fdeploy.dll
Scripts	Gptext.dll
Software Installation	Appmgmts.dll
Security	Scecli.dll
IP Security	Gptext.dll
EFS (Encrypting File System) Recovery	Scecli.dll
Internet Explorer Maintenance	iedkcs32.dll
Remote Installation Services	none