Copying offline firewall rules
You can perform a cut-and-paste operation, a copy-and-paste operation or a drag-and-drop operation to reuse existing offline firewall rules.
To copy an offline firewall rule
1. If using DeviceLock Management Console, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Management Console and connect it to the computer running DeviceLock Service.
b) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Service Settings Editor, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Service Settings Editor.
b) In the console tree, right-click DeviceLock Settings or DeviceLock Service, and then click Load Service Settings to open the DeviceLock Service settings file with defined offline DeviceLock policies.
c) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Group Policy Manager, do the following:
a) Open Group Policy Object Editor.
b) In the console tree, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand DeviceLock.
2. Expand Protocols.
3. Under Protocols, do one of the following:
•Right-click Basic IP Firewall, and then click Manage Offline.
- OR -
•Select
Basic IP Firewall, and then click
Manage Offline 
on the toolbar.
4. In the left pane of the Basic IP Firewall (Offline) dialog box that appears, under Users, select the user or group to which the rule that you want to copy is applied.
By selecting users or groups, you can view the firewall rules applied to them under Rules in the right pane of the dialog box.
5. In the right pane of the Basic IP Firewall (Offline) dialog box, under Rules, right-click the rule you want to copy, and then click Copy or Cut.
The rule you cut or copy is automatically copied to the Clipboard.
You can use the CTRL+C, CTRL+X and CTRL+V key combinations to copy, cut and paste the rule. When you use the CTRL+X key combination to cut the rule, the rule will be cut only after you paste it.
You can copy and then paste several rules at the same time. Hold down the SHIFT key or the CTRL key while you click each rule, right-click one of them, and then click Copy.
6. In the left pane of the Basic IP Firewall (Offline) dialog box, under Users, click Add.
The Select Users or Groups dialog box appears.
7. In the Select Users or Groups dialog box, in the Enter the object names to select box, type the names of the users or groups to which you want to apply the copied rule, and then click OK.
The users and groups that you added are displayed under Users in the left pane of the Basic IP Firewall (Offline) dialog box.
8. In the left pane of the Basic IP Firewall (Offline) dialog box, under Users, select the users or groups to which you want to apply the copied rule.
You can select multiple users or groups by holding down the SHIFT key or the CTRL key while clicking them.
9. In the right pane of the Basic IP Firewall (Offline) dialog box, right-click in the Rules pane and then click Paste.
The copied rule is displayed under Rules in the right pane of the Basic IP Firewall (Offline) dialog box.
10. Click OK or Apply to apply the copied rule.