How to assign policies to groups in a workgroup environment in GFI EndPointSecurity

Answer

1. Open the Computer Management Console. Navigate to Local Users and Groups and create a local group called GFIEPS 
2. Add all local users to that Group

1. Open the Computer Management Console. Navigate to Local Users and Groups and create a local group called GFI EPS

See example. Note that this will for different OS versions:

1. In the GFI EndPointSecurity Console click Protection Policies, add the local group (from the console machine) to the policy

• When choosing the group, you may have to click Locations... and select the group from the <Computer_Name> location
• As long as the local user or group name selected has the same local user or group name on the agent machine the permissions will apply on the agent machines