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This tutorial will show you how to apply Local Group Policies to all users except administrators in Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.
You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do this tutorial.
1. Open the Start Menu, type
mmc.exe in the search box, and press Enter.
NOTE: In Windows 8, you could press Windows+R keys to open the Run dialog, then type mmc.exe, and click/tap on OK instead.
2. If prompted by UAC, then click on
Yes (Windows 7/8/10) or
Continue (Vista).
3. In the MMC Console window, click on
File (Menu bar) and
Add/Remove Snap-in. (see screenshot below)
4. In the left pane, select
Group Policy Object Editor, and click on the
Add button. (see screenshot below)
5. Click on the
Browse button. (see screenshot below)
6. Click on the
Users tab, select an
Non-Administrators, and click on
OK. (see screenshot below)
7. Click on the
Finish button. (see screenshot below)
8. Click on
OK. (see screenshot below)
9. In the MMC Console window, click on
File (Menu bar) and
Save As. (see screenshot below)
10. Select to save to your
Desktop, type in a name (ex: Non-Administrators-Group-Policy) that you would like to have for this "all users except administrators" group policy MSC file, then click on the
Save button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You can use any name you like, but it would make it easier for you to know what user (ex: Test) or group this "specific" group policy MMC console was for later if you included the user or group name.
11. Move the MSC file (ex: Non-Administrators-Group-Policy.msc) to where you would to keep it saved at. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You can also Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu this MSC file.
12. Whenever you open this MSC file (ex: Non-Administrators-Group-Policy.msc), it will only apply group policies to all users except administrators. (see screenshot below)
That's it,