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title: Group Policy, the Local Group Policy Editor, and Internet Explorer 11 (Internet Explorer 11 for IT Pros)
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# Group Policy, the Local Group Policy Editor, and Internet Explorer 11
A Microsoft Management Console (MMC)-based tool that manages both computer and user-related configurations for an individual computer policy. This tool is included with Windows® 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows 8.1.

Here's a list of the policy settings you can use, based on the configuration type. For more info, see [Local Group Policy Editor](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=294912).

|Computer configuration |User configuration |
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|Windows settings:<ul><li>Name Resolution policy</li><li>Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)</li><li>Deployed printers</li><li>Security settings</li><li>Policy-based Quality of Service (QoS)</li></ul> |Windows settings:<ul><li>Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)</li><li>Deployed printers</li><li>Security settings</li><li>Policy-based Quality of Service (QoS)</li><br></ul> |
|Administrative templates:<ul><li>Control Panel</li><li>Network</li><li>Printers</li><li>Server</li><li>System</li><li>Windows components</li><li>All settings</li><br></ul> |Administrative templates:<ul><li>Control Panel</li><li>Desktop</li><li>Network</li><li>Shared folders</li><li>Start menu and taskbar</li><li>System</li><li>Windows components</li><li>All settings</li></ul> |