Sunday, 26 July 2009

Loopback processing of Group Policy, explained.

Hi guys,

Today I want to write a few words about Loopback processing of Group Policy. When you deal with this setting for the first time it may be a little bit confusing. You can find explanations of this policy setting on the internet, but in my case I will try to explain everything in simple words.

As we know group policy has two main configurations, user and computer. Accordingly, the computer policy is applied to the computer despite of the logged user and the user configuration is applied to the user despite of the computer he is logged on.
For example we have a Domain, this Domain has two different organizational units (OU) Green and Red, Green OU contains a Computer account and Red OU contains User account. The Green policy, which has settings “Computer Configuration 2” and “User Configuration 2” is applied to the OU with the computer account. The Red policy, which has settings “Computer Configuration 1” and “User Configuration 1”, is applied to the OU with the User account. If you have a look at the picture below it will become clearer.




















If Loopback processing of Group Policy is not enabled and our User logs on to our Computer, the following is true:


















As we can see from the picture, the User gets Computer Configuration 2 and User Configuration 1. This is absolutely standard situation, where policies are applied according to the belonging to the OU. User belongs to the Red OU, he gets the Red User configuration 1 accordingly.

Now let’s enable the Loopback processing of Group Policy for the Green OU. In this case if the User logs on to the Computer, the policies applied in the following way:


















As we can see, now the User is getting User Configuration 2 despite of the fact that he belongs to the Red OU. So, what has happened in this scenario, the User Configuration 1 was replaced with the User Configuration 2, i.e. with the configuration applied to the Computer account.

As you have probably noticed, the picture above says “Loopback in replace mode”. I have to mention that the Loopback processing of Group Policy has two different modes, Replace and Merge. It is obvious that Replace mode replaces User Configuration with the one applied to the Computer, whereas Merge mode merges two User Configurations.





















In Merge mode, if there is a conflict, for example two policies provide different values for the same configuration setting, the Computer’s policy has more privilege. For example in our scenario, in case of the conflict the User Configuration 2 would be enforced.

In the real work environment Loopback processing of Group Policy is usually used on Terminal Servers. For example you have users with enabled folder redirection settings, but you do not want these folder redirection to work when the users log on to the Terminal Server, in this case we enable Loopback processing of Group Policy in the Policy linked to the Terminal Server’s Computer account and do not enable the folder redirection settings. In this case, once the User logged on to the Terminal Server his folder redirection policy will not be applied.

To enable Loopback Processing navigate to: Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Group Policy/Configure user Group Policy loopback processing mode

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Thank you!

Kudrat
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166 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 January 2010 at 13:29

    First time i am understanding this! You've a great teacher!...Thanks alot.

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  2. Kudrat Sapaev3 January 2010 at 13:38

    I am glad it has helped you :-)

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  3. Anonymous6 January 2010 at 05:45

    Perfect -- i now fully understand.. thank you very much

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  4. Kudrat Sapaev6 January 2010 at 07:53

    You are very welcome :-)

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  5. Anonymous13 January 2010 at 06:04

    I have an issue where I have users on a domain but also have a terminal server Icon on the desktop. I want lock down polices on the terminal server session but not on the local machines. Is loopback the answerer here?

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  6. Kudrat Sapaev13 January 2010 at 10:09

    Hi,
    Mostly Loopback Processing is used for the Terminal Services Servers, in order to set policies User Configuration policies different from the normal environment. In your situation it really depends on what exactly you want to achieve. If by "lock down polices" you mean set different folder redirections or anything else related to the user configuration, then the answer is YES, loopback processing is what you need. But if you want to do something else, then, as I said, it really depends on the task.

    If you will have more questions about Terminal Services, please feel free to post your question here:

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ru-RU/winserverTS/threads

    Me and other IT professionals will be happy to help.

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  7. Anonymous14 January 2010 at 02:29

    Thanks very much, really appreciate your help

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  8. Kudrat Sapaev14 January 2010 at 02:38

    Not at all :-)

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  9. Anonymous20 January 2010 at 07:18

    Excellent example.. at last I get it.. many thanks

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  10. Kudrat Sapaev20 January 2010 at 07:46

    Thank you for your feedback!

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  11. Anonymous26 January 2010 at 23:27

    Amazing explanation.......

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  12. Kudrat Sapaev27 January 2010 at 00:19

    Thank you :-)

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  13. Anonymous9 February 2010 at 07:48

    Hi Kudrat

    Once again thank you for the simple way you have explained this.

    I am puzzled by 'if there is a conflict, for example two policies provide different values for the same configuration setting, the Computer’s policy has more privilege.'

    I have a loopback 'merge' policy on the terminal server OU, where 'Hide Internet Explorer icon on desktop' is Not configured. I also have a policy on the users OU with 'Hide Internet Explorer icon on desktop' set to enabled.

    BUT when I log on as a user from that OU, Internet explorer icon is not hidden!

    Any ideas?

    Simon

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  14. Kudrat Sapaev9 February 2010 at 08:53

    Hi Simon,

    Thanks for your comment.
    Could you please try to set "Hide Internet Explorer icon on desktop" setting in the Terminal Services GPO to Disabled and see if it will resolve the problem.

    If you will have questions, could you please post them to this forum:


    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ru-RU/winserverTS/threads
    Thanks,

    Kudrat

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  15. Anonymous16 February 2010 at 19:21

    Is there any way to get 'Computer Configuration 1' to apply to the Green OU?

    I have a Computer Policy that I do not want to apply to a specific group of users.

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  16. Kudrat Sapaev16 February 2010 at 23:28

    Hi,

    Computer configuration is applied to the computers. Any user logged to that computer will be subject to that policy. Maybe in your case there is different possible solution. Can you post your configuration and task to this forum?

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ru-RU/winserverTS/threads

    There we can try to help you with the solution.

    Thanks,

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  17. Anonymous1 March 2010 at 18:34

    This is by far the best example I've read so far. Right now I'm preparing for my 70-294 and this topic has been haunting me. I keep getting it wrong my practice exams!

    But hopefully not anymore!

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  18. Kudrat Sapaev1 March 2010 at 23:04

    Thank you!
    And good luck with your 70-294

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  19. Anonymous5 March 2010 at 10:00

    From Brazil.

    Excelent tutorial ! Thanks !

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  20. Kudrat Sapaev5 March 2010 at 12:07

    Obrigado! :-)

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  21. Anonymous29 May 2010 at 15:34

    that is very helpful thank you

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  22. Kudrat Sapaev30 May 2010 at 00:54

    I am glad it has helped.
    Thank you.

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  23. Anonymous28 June 2010 at 07:48

    At last. I have a AD exam coming up and GP Loopback processing was really making my head hurt - I couldn't get the concept sorted out. Your explanation clicked after one read.

    Thanks a lot - top work.

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  24. Kudrat Sapaev28 June 2010 at 11:42

    Thanks very much, and good luck with your exam!

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  25. Neeraj31 July 2010 at 14:11

    Hi, I have question, In the above given example you explained that how loop back processing works, But I want to know the name of GPO where we should enable loop back setting. Or we can create a separate GPO on computer OU and enable Loop Back setting. and if yes then will this GPO filter out all the user settings inherited from the parent GPOs?

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  26. Kudrat Sapaev31 July 2010 at 15:11

    Hi Neeraj,

    About the place to enable the policy take a look at this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231287

    I would not recommend to set Loopback Processing on the default Computers OU. If you need to enable this policy for some computers, it would be a good idea to separate them in a different OU, it does not have to be under Computers OU.

    Also keep in mind that Computers OU contains computer objects and if the GPO linked to the Computers OU has any User settings they will not take effect on the logged in user unless you have Loopback Processing enabled.

    If you will have more questions about the Group Policy, please feel free to ask them in this forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverGP/threads

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  27. JMB26 January 2011 at 04:15

    hey man... perfect! can i translate this post and put in my blog, giving the credits for you?

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    JMB

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  28. Kudrat Sapaev26 January 2011 at 04:18

    Hi,

    Yes sure, if it helps other people I am always happy to help.

    Thanks,

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  29. Bastiaan28 January 2011 at 00:21

    I read many articles and never understood it clearly until i read this article. Thnks alot!
    Bastiaan

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  30. Kudrat Sapaev28 January 2011 at 00:33

    Thanks Bastiaan

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  31. Anonymous12 April 2011 at 21:41

    brilliantly explained

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  32. Anonymous19 May 2011 at 08:58

    Great and very helpful Explanation!

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  33. Kudrat Sapaev19 May 2011 at 09:20

    Thanks!

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  34. Anonymous16 June 2011 at 01:45

    dall'Italia... Grazie davvero! Esempio chiarissimo! Thanks! Michele CMV

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  35. Kudrat Sapaev16 June 2011 at 02:12

    Grazie :-)

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  36. Anonymous19 June 2011 at 21:43

    Hi Kudrat,
    I am facing a situation where I need to disable the shutdown option for a group of people. Unfortunately I am dealing with 70 plus servers and some of these users have local admin access on the servers.
    How would I tackle this issue?? Any help is much appreciated.

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  37. Kudrat Sapaev20 June 2011 at 02:06

    Hi,

    Thanks for your question. It is a bit inconvenient to discuss it here, so if you could publish your question on this forum would be good:

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/hu-
    HU/winserverTS/threads

    Thanks,

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  38. INFINITY GROUP6 July 2011 at 17:48

    How nicely explained. Even a layman can understand this. Thankyou

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  39. Kudrat Sapaev6 July 2011 at 23:51

    Thanks

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  40. Anonymous5 August 2011 at 05:39

    hi, that's a clear explanation. Thanks a lot.

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  41. Anonymous6 September 2011 at 18:38

    Thanks Kundrat to take the time to explain this without taking anything in return.

    TaD

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  42. Kudrat Sapaev6 September 2011 at 23:59

    Not at all, glad it has helped.

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  43. Anonymous28 October 2011 at 01:02

    THANKS !!

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  44. Anonymous18 November 2011 at 04:29

    Nice.
    Thank you.

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  45. Anonymous9 December 2011 at 02:13

    Hi Kudrat

    This is very good explanation and easy to understand. Thanks....

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  46. Anonymous14 December 2011 at 23:51

    Very Simple Thanks

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  47. Anonymous15 December 2011 at 10:22

    Cheers!!

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  48. Anonymous16 January 2012 at 11:20

    If only knowledge base articles were this clear and to the point. Excellent Job Kudrat!

    The only thing you should add is where to find the loopback processing option, and the fact that it is enabled individually per GPO.

    It's found in EACH GPO under: Computer Configuration, Policies, Administrative Templates, System, Group Policy,"User Group Policy loopback processing mode"


    Bravo!

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  49. Anonymous6 February 2012 at 13:47

    Very good explanation! Made everything clear for me! thanks!

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  50. Anonymous7 February 2012 at 09:13

    this is the first time i have ever understood this!! thank you!! you have saved my brain :)

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  51. Anonymous15 February 2012 at 00:13

    Thanks a lot!!!! First time I understood........

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  52. Kudrat Sapaev16 February 2012 at 04:27

    Thanks guys, glad it helped you.

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  53. Manish Rai13 March 2012 at 12:25

    A very good explanation...Kudos !!

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  54. sysadminvlfd17 March 2012 at 19:19

    Even 3 years after your original post... You continue help someone to understand the loopback processing. Thank you for your help.

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  55. Suman B. Singh19 March 2012 at 03:46

    Wow.. Loved to read these red and green codes. After 3-4 years I got clear concept.

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  56. Anonymous20 March 2012 at 12:50

    Thank you for making this clear :)

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  57. Kudrat Sapaev22 March 2012 at 02:35

    Thanks guys,
    Glad to help.

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  58. Anonymous28 March 2012 at 12:26

    Nicely explained.. Great

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  59. Vijay (Victor) Pereira4 April 2012 at 09:46

    nice one dude!! i was totolly confused with this one.!! thanks.. :))

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  60. Anonymous4 April 2012 at 15:42

    This is like someone has just switched the light on! I knew Loopback Processing existed (and I still think the title of it sucks!) but I couldn't quite grasp what it was all about.

    Now I really think I get it! It's a Eureka moment!! And it will help achieve what I may need it to (depending on a business decision that needs to be made).

    Thank you, Kudrat.

    JJ

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  61. Kudrat Sapaev5 April 2012 at 04:20

    Thanks guys

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  62. Anonymous21 April 2012 at 13:49

    Thanks a lot, greate explanation.

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  63. Adam26 April 2012 at 11:53

    one of the best documents I read in a long time. Thank you

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  64. Kudrat Sapaev26 April 2012 at 12:15

    Thanks guys, happy to help.

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  65. Anonymous27 April 2012 at 05:15

    I truly thank you for this article!!! You've helped us setup TS policies in our environment as everywhere else on the net, it was very confusing.

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  66. Kudrat Sapaev27 April 2012 at 05:24

    Glad it helped.
    Thanks,

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  67. Anonymous3 May 2012 at 08:38

    Thank you Kudrat, you are GEM!!

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  68. Anonymous11 May 2012 at 16:55

    Atlast I understood it now. Thanks a lot brother. This page should appear first when we google "Loop Back Policy"

    Thomas C

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  69. Param16 May 2012 at 06:34

    Thanks..!! Great Work..

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  70. Dylan13 June 2012 at 20:15

    Thanks Mate!

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  71. Anonymous28 June 2012 at 23:50

    Great Explanation

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  72. Anonymous17 July 2012 at 06:05

    Firt time its clear to me...really excellent explanation!

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  73. Anonymous8 September 2012 at 07:40

    Thanks a lot.
    It helps me a lot in understanding, very good!!

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  74. Kudrat Sapaev10 September 2012 at 01:35

    Thanks guys!

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  75. Anonymous26 September 2012 at 05:57

    For years I have tried to grasp the complex explanations of this from AD manuals and online forums. They never made sense. This one is simple and perfectly explained. Thanks!

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  76. alshik27 September 2012 at 06:29

    I really appreciate your help. The article helped me to understand what it is for and how it work.
    Thank you very much for that.

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  77. Anonymous29 October 2012 at 09:40

    Thanks a lot for this explanation. All this loopback business now makes sense :)
    Keep up the good work!

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  78. Anonymous2 November 2012 at 02:37

    Good one

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  79. Anonymous12 November 2012 at 12:32

    great, very easy to understand

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  80. Anonymous15 November 2012 at 11:38

    Trank you very much. Best explanation i was googling for.
    You should be a teacher bro!

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  81. zia24 January 2013 at 07:55

    Well done I like ur style of explanation...

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  82. Anonymous6 February 2013 at 21:23

    Awsome explanation... Thanks for writing!

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  83. Anonymous19 February 2013 at 01:33

    First time I am understanding this. Thanks

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  84. Kudrat Sapaev19 February 2013 at 02:01

    Cheers guys, glad it is helping.

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  85. Anonymous15 March 2013 at 10:49

    Thank you

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  86. HSDPA27 March 2013 at 01:54

    thanks ....... the first time i fully understand it ...need more for other feature ...waiting you

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  87. Anonymous3 April 2013 at 17:29

    Great Article, well written and easy to understand what potentially is a very confusing setting.

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  88. rajnish6 April 2013 at 19:53

    Great and thanks for such clear explanation...

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  89. Anonymous11 April 2013 at 21:57

    and there's the light bulb.

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  90. Unknown18 April 2013 at 11:48

    simply put and understandable.

    Thanks.

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  91. Anonymous4 June 2013 at 00:24

    Great job, clear and precise.

    TY

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  92. Anonymous11 June 2013 at 08:39

    Great explanation.

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  93. Unknown13 June 2013 at 17:33

    Thank you buddy, you are gonna help he get through this exam.

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  94. Anonymous25 June 2013 at 07:21

    Great Example with description...

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  95. Anonymous18 August 2013 at 11:04

    Good Job. Nice Explanation

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  96. WhatToDoNext21 August 2013 at 08:36

    I want to add my name to this long list. Thank you very much! I have struggle with this for about a month and a half.

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  97. Kudrat Sapaev21 August 2013 at 11:09

    Thanks guys,

    I am glad that four years after publishing this article is still helping people.

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  98. Unknown22 August 2013 at 08:41

    Very good way to explain. crystal clear .

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  99. Anonymous27 August 2013 at 13:33

    I wish Microsoft could explain things so simply !

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  100. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 06:19

    Superb Teaching keep it up....

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  101. Anonymous17 September 2013 at 06:26

    I was working for several years with GPOs, but never fully understand Loopback...until reading your Article, thanks a lot!

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  102. Anonymous15 October 2013 at 22:46

    Perfect article if you add how you turn it on as stated in a previous comment.

    Keep up the good work ;-), you have helped a lot by clarifying this subject.

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  103. Anonymous23 October 2013 at 07:34

    Thanks again. Microsoft should hire you to write their articles!

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  104. Anonymous25 October 2013 at 12:26

    Thanks

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  105. Anonymous27 October 2013 at 13:28

    I could not fully understand what the loopback processing is , despite of being MCITP certified . After reading your post the loopback processing idea is absolutely clear to me . thanks a lot ! You definitely have talent of explaining things ..............

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  106. Anonymous18 November 2013 at 18:45

    Very nice. Nicely done. Easily understood.

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  107. Anonymous24 November 2013 at 13:29

    Excellent Job. Very easy to understand.

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  108. Unknown22 December 2013 at 22:33

    You are the one who should be a teacher. Thats the best explanation.

    Thanks you

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  109. Anonymous6 January 2014 at 07:59

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  110. Anonymous8 January 2014 at 00:42

    Great Article....thanks a lot for explaining in simple terms....

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  111. Anonymous18 January 2014 at 22:50

    Great explanation... Thank you very much!

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  112. Anonymous11 April 2014 at 03:13

    Thnx a clear explanation!

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  113. Anonymous18 April 2014 at 00:35

    Nice!

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  114. Anonymous22 April 2014 at 02:34

    Finally understood thanks!

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  116. Lebo9 June 2014 at 03:49

    Many thanks Kudrat. Fantastic explanation.

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  117. Erik11 June 2014 at 06:36

    Thanks Kudrat, this really helped me to understand! I have one more question: I want to apply a user-policy to specific computers, but I don't want to put this computers in a separate OU. I prefer doing it by group membership. I don't get this work... Has anyone a suggestion?

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  118. The IT Stuff11 June 2014 at 07:26

    Hi, You could try filtering the GPO: http://kudratsapaev.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/filterin-group-policy-from-applying.html
    You can filter using Computer Objects as well.

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  119. Unknown8 July 2014 at 07:29

    Finally a very clear explanation....

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  120. Anonymous31 July 2014 at 03:52

    best explanation on loopback processing

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  121. Anonymous5 August 2014 at 07:58

    That's awesome. Thanks Kudrat

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  122. Anonymous6 August 2014 at 17:32

    Kudrat, this is very helpful! Thanks for taking the time out to make this easy to understand.

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  123. Anonymous13 August 2014 at 04:08

    Struggled with this before. This post save me from unnecessary troubleshooting

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  124. Anonymous30 August 2014 at 03:03

    Really excellent article......understood completely before coming to the last point......Thanks Pro

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  125. Anonymous12 September 2014 at 22:44

    WOW...what an explanation.....keep up the good work for others.

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  126. Anonymous21 September 2014 at 08:40

    Fantastic explanation! Thanks a million!

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  127. Anonymous8 October 2014 at 19:13

    very good explanation. simple and to the point!~

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  128. Anonymous5 November 2014 at 04:02

    good ...!! I clicked on ads too .......!

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  129. Anonymous6 November 2014 at 07:25

    Thank You :-)

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  130. Unknown15 November 2014 at 13:07

    Thaks very much. Good explanation

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  131. Anonymous21 November 2014 at 19:08

    Thank You Very Much Dude.................

    Arunabha

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  132. Anonymous23 November 2014 at 05:03

    Thanks. you really explained that well.

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  133. श्याम28 December 2014 at 08:32

    First time i am understanding it.. Thanks Sir!

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  134. sajuc14 January 2015 at 22:50

    Excellent.. right in the bullseye...

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  135. Waseem Khan21 January 2015 at 02:18

    Excellent. I have never ever read this concept so easily despite having read the same concept from other source so many times at the time of need. I THINK NOW THIS IS THE LAST TIME I GOOGLE FOR LOOPBACK PROCESSING. :-)
    Thanks

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  136. Unknown7 May 2015 at 16:46

    very gud buddy, very easy to understand, well explained, laymans' explanation, keep posting such articles , cheers

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  137. Unknown14 May 2015 at 10:13

    Six years later, still a gem. Thanks for the refresher.

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  138. Anonymous14 May 2015 at 20:51

    Awesome! I have been struggling with this very same situation for two weeks now. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for and this article explained it very simply
    Thanks a million!
    by the way, I did click on the ads in this page :)

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  139. The IT Stuff15 May 2015 at 01:25

    Thanks :-)

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  140. Anonymous25 June 2015 at 09:41

    Oh my Gosh! This has been causing me many a sleepless night! PERFECT............ thanks for bringing this up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  141. Aman11 September 2015 at 03:55

    Its really useful for me.... Eagerly waiting for your next Tech articles......... :)
    Thanks man....!!!

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  142. Anonymous16 September 2015 at 07:15

    Good Article....Very clear with Diagrams to help understand

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  143. Anonymous24 November 2015 at 20:50

    thank you for the excellent explanation - i didnt understand the explanation in the microsoft course manual but i had no problem understanding your explanation.

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  144. bizy27 November 2015 at 03:10

    Nice one man. Great job !!!

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  145. Anonymous4 December 2015 at 07:20

    Thank you! that was much easier to understand. compared to other explanations...

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  146. Meg22 April 2016 at 10:02

    This is excellent, Kudrat! And I tried to click on what I believe is every ad :)

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  147. Anonymous20 June 2016 at 06:13

    Best example ever! Thank you.

    Fil.

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  148. Anonymous27 July 2016 at 18:28

    Well explained.. Thansk

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  149. Anonymous28 July 2016 at 04:58

    First time, a common bug clears my mind.Millions of Thanks for this article. you have to put on web from time to time as the time changes. It's a best example forever.

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  150. Anonymous3 August 2016 at 23:20

    Awesome... Very easy to understand. :)

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  151. Unknown18 August 2016 at 08:24

    You are awesome.. that's all i can say.so neatly explained.
    thanks a lot.

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  152. Anonymous23 August 2016 at 17:01

    This is brilliant. Thanks a lot!
    Ash

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  153. The IT Stuff23 August 2016 at 23:53

    Thank you guys

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  154. Anonymous31 August 2016 at 04:14

    You are just awwweeeesome..!!!

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  155. Unknown31 January 2017 at 17:38

    Thanks mate, awesome explanation, much appreciated

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  156. Anonymous8 February 2017 at 22:56

    In Merge mode, if there is a conflict, for example two policies provide different values for the same configuration setting, the Computer’s policy has more privilege. For example in our scenario, in case of the conflict the User Configuration 2 would be enforced.

    Can you pls elaborate it, (how user configuration 2 is a computer's policy)

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    1. The IT Stuff9 February 2017 at 03:22

      Hi, I can see how this could be confusing. So let me elaborate :-) What I meant is, if there is a conflict, the User Settings in the Computer's policy (i.e. the Green policy linked to the OU which contains the Computer account) will take precedence. I hope this makes it clearer.

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  157. Dj TeamoJr.8 March 2017 at 06:03

    HEllo
    Thank you for your Explanation on Loopback Policy. i am getting ready for a MCSA exam and i was struggling to understand the functioning of LooPbak.
    Thank you Thank you Thank you

    Regards

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  158. Blanks24 April 2017 at 19:50

    This is a very simple, concise and very effective explanation of loopback processing. thank you very much. textbooks are so confusing on this topic.
    thanks again. I will click a few ads. :)

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  159. Anonymous25 May 2017 at 13:43

    I am a newbie....and this explains the Loopback Policy the best of all I've found on Mr. Google.

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  160. The IT Stuff25 May 2017 at 13:44

    Thanks :-)

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  161. Unknown20 June 2017 at 23:04

    Thank you for keeping this page up. This is why we all love the internet. For being able to find kind and intelligent people that help explain stuff for others.

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  162. Used PC Exporter15 August 2017 at 06:39

    Nice Blog Post !

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  163. Anonymous7 February 2018 at 10:21

    Greetings from 2018, This was very helpful. Thanks for keeping this up.

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  164. Anonymous22 February 2018 at 07:07

    Very interesting read. Nicely explained. Thank you.

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