We are using Windows 2003 not windows 2008.
We need to upgrade GPMC on windows 2003 Active directory server so we can handle Windows Vista Clients.
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How to upgrade GPMC on 2003 Active directory for Windows Vista client Machine
Currently we have Windows 2003 Active directory With GPMC Group Policy Management Version: 1.0.2.
Recently we have graded all our windows XP machine to Windows Vista operating systems and the Group policy seems to be doesn't work properly for Vista Operating Systems
I want to upgrade the GPMC to work with Vista. How can I do that? Please help
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U may want to try the link below
http://blogs.technet.com/a
Even if you have Windows 2003 AD servers, you would need RSAT tools for Vista to manage Vista policies.
http://www.microsoft.com/d
> and the Group policy seems to be doesn't work properly for Vista Operating Systems
...would it be much effort to explain what that exactly means?
2003 is not vista aware. However, all legacy (2003/xp/2000) policies 2003 distributes should work on vista without any problems.
To implement the new vista policies, install RSAT like you were told. You have to install it on a vista client (usually the workstation the network admin uses) and connect to your server using GPMC 1) elevated and 2) using a domain admin account.
Mcknife,
There are lots of policies which I can't control from GPMC on 2003 such as Vista comes with Internet explorer 7 and there are features in IE 7.0 which I couldn't find in current GPMC, which is installed for Windows XP.
What all I want to upgrade the GPMC on 2003 server to make compatible for Windows Vista so I can get all the policies as same I used to have for windows XP from GPMC.
I have downloaded and installed RSAT on my Vista machine and get connected to GPMC but it is connected to old GPMC which is installed on Domain controller and I can't see any new policies.
What RSAT does, actually it only let you to connect with GPMC and didn't give me new features/policies and I need upgraded GPMC on server as I used to apply for Windows XP machine
Please... read the documentation on RSAT - what do you think we are doing here? Misleading you the whole time? :) I am using it and I already used it back then when we had a win2k DC here - and I had the new policies at hand. You don't get connected to GPMC - what are you talking about? You install RSAT, then open appwiz.cpl and open add/remove windows features. Then you select which subcomponents of RSAT you need to install, amongst them GPMC. Next step: login as domain admin at your vista client, open mmc (elevated [rightclick - run as administrator]as always) and add the snapins you like - active directory users and computers, GPMC... and save that mmc-config as "domain.msc" for example. Then open those to connect to your DC - you don't connect to its GPMC, you start your own. Then you will see all new policies and adminitrative templates.
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by: mkline71Posted on 2009-06-21 at 18:55:35ID: 24679326
Have you installed the RSAT tools for Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/d
The Microsoft AD team has a good blog about it here:
http://blogs.technet.
Insta
Thanks
Mike