A set of rules that controls how the ISA Server computer communicates with specific resources on the Internal network.

a collection of configuration settings that you apply to one or more servers, mailbox stores, or public folder stores

a collection of registry settings that is stored in a file on the PDC and is automatically downloaded to the clients when users log on to the domain

a combination of user and computer settings that control a user's working environment

a set of registry settings that will overwrite the local machine and current user registry keys

In network administration, the part of Group Policy that is concerned with the current user and local computer settings in the registry. In Windows 2000, system policy is sometimes called software policy and is one of several services provided by Group Policy, a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. The Windows NT 4.0 System Policy Editor, Poledit.exe, is included with Windows 2000 for backward compatibility. That is, administrators need it to set system policy on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95 computers. See also Microsoft Management Console (MMC); registry.

A Windows NT 4.0-style policy based on registry settings made using Poledit.exe, the System Policy Editor. See also: policy; registry