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Windows 2008 Group Policy

I have a GPO setup that is adding proxy settings to point to a WPAD file for my organization.  I have this GPO being applied to the domain computers and authenticated users groups.  I want to test out a new WPAD file for a few users.  How should I setup the GPO for the new WPAD so that it only applies to a few users and not the entire organization?
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I would create a new OU, block policy inheritance on that OU, then create and apply your new testing group policy on that one. This way you can ensure that only your GPO is being applied and nothing else.

You can then move the test users into this new OU and they should get the settings applied.
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xxdcmast that is a good idea, the problem is I have a few other GPO's that need to be applied as per company policy and blocking inheritance will prevent them from being applied, do you have any other ideas?
create a test user put into that ou?
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what if I put all test users in a new goup, added that group into the properties of the production GPO and set it to deny "apply group policy"  Create a new GPO with the test WPAD proxy settings and only apply it to the group with the test users in it?
Jfletchster has the right idea. A sub OU will allow the other GPOs to propogate to your test OU and still have your policy applied.
Your idea with the security filtering will work as well.
JFletchers idea is a good one but the way all the GPO are setup currently, they are not applied to OU's, that are created and linked but apply to group's, not OU's