Viewing Rsop Queries

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After you create an RSoP query with the 70-686 exam Resultant Set Of Policy Wizard and save it, the query information appears in the RSoP query console, which looks like a Group Policy Object Editor console. The RSoP query console contains four types of information that you can view. They are
Individual policy settings
A list of GPOs associated with the query
The scope of management associated with the query
GPO revision information
Software Settings Results In the Software Settings details pane, the RSoP query results are listed in the columns described in Table 11-1.Windows Settings Results Windows Settings contains the results for scripts settings, Internet Explorer Maintenance settings, and security settings. In the details pane for scripts, the RSoP query results are listed in the columns described in Table 11-2.
The Internet Explorer Maintenance and security settings results appear in the same manner as they do on a Group Policy Object Editor console except that there is a Pre-cedence tab, or sometimes more than one Precedence tab, indicating ...
... which GPOs affect the settings, in order from newest to oldest.
Administrative Templates Results In the details pane for MCITP Certification administrative templates, the RSoP query results are listed in the details pane and the GPO Name column, which provides the name of the last GPO affecting the policy setting. To view more informa?tion about a setting, double-click the setting in the details pane. A dialog box for the setting appears with three tabs, described in Table 11-3.
To view individual policy settings associated with an RSoP query, complete the following steps:
1.In the desired RSoP query console, in the console tree, double-click user account—RSoP or computer account-RSoP.
2.In the console tree, double-click the subfolders. The individual policy settings are visible in the details pane.
To view a list of GPOs associated with an RSoP query, complete the following steps:
1.In the desired RSoP query console, expand the user account-RSoP or the computer account-RSoP node. Right-click User Configuration or Computer Configuration,and then click Properties.
In the User Configuration Properties or the Computer Configuration Properties dialog box, shown in Figure 11-11, in the General tab, select the Display All GPOs And Filtering Status check box. The list of GPOs associated with the RSoP query appears in the Group Policy Object column. Filtering status appears in the Filtering column as either Applied, Not Applied (Empty), or Not Applied (Unknown).
Note If the query is generated in Logging mode, and you change the settings in a GPO and then rerun the RSoP query, you do not see the new GPO settings reflected for a user unless the user logs on after the new CompTIA settings are implemented.