Which policy would take precedence, user or computer?

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I have some policies setup per user in my AD setup. I want to apply some
changes but only on certain computers. I add those computers to their own
OU, make the changes (screensaver time) and when a user logs in (they have
different screensaver time settings), would the PC take the users GP
settings, or would the computer GP settings override them?

Work in a hospital so the screensaver coming on is a big deal with privacy
and all that stuff. Right now it's setup so when the nurses login, the
scrsvr is set to turn on after 60 seconds, well we only want certain
computers to do that because the doctors are complaining that it's too quick
and they want it at 10 minutes.

I guess you could separate the pc's in their own ou's, and then remove the
settings from the users, and apply it to the pc's, but I am still curious as
to which setting would take precedence, the computer, or the user.
 
Steve L. said:
I have some policies setup per user in my AD setup. I want to apply some
changes but only on certain computers. I add those computers to their own
OU, make the changes (screensaver time) and when a user logs in (they have
different screensaver time settings), would the PC take the users GP
settings, or would the computer GP settings override them?
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Work in a hospital so the screensaver coming on is a big deal with privacy
and all that stuff. Right now it's setup so when the nurses login, the
scrsvr is set to turn on after 60 seconds, well we only want certain
computers to do that because the doctors are complaining that it's too
quick
and they want it at 10 minutes.

I guess you could separate the pc's in their own ou's, and then remove the
settings from the users, and apply it to the pc's, but I am still curious
as
to which setting would take precedence, the computer, or the user.
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Matt
MCT, MCSE
 
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