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PolicyDefinition folder safe?
We have two 2008 DCs in our network but all clients are XP for now.
We have custom ADM templates and administrative template policy settings
I noticed right after copying the local DCs policydefinition folder C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitio
It occurred to me that this may cause issues if an XP machine is trying to find ADM Templates from the central store but doesn't because it now only contains ADMX files.
I can't find articles saying this is an issue or not.
Can someone confirm?
We have custom ADM templates and administrative template policy settings
I noticed right after copying the local DCs policydefinition folder C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitio
It occurred to me that this may cause issues if an XP machine is trying to find ADM Templates from the central store but doesn't because it now only contains ADMX files.
I can't find articles saying this is an issue or not.
Can someone confirm?
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I have no clue what you are saying.
Read this article. This is a post 2008 DC install step to take advantage of the new feature.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/Windows_Server_2008/A_3786-Installing-ADMX-Administrative-Templates-in-Windows-Server-2008-Group-Policy.html
Read this article. This is a post 2008 DC install step to take advantage of the new feature.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/Windows_Server_2008/A_3786-Installing-ADMX-Administrative-Templates-in-Windows-Server-2008-Group-Policy.html
are you going to manage your GPO's using an xp client?
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No I'm not. We have a 2008 DC to manage the new settings via GPMC. I rarely use my workstation to manage domain wide tasks. I just noticed it seems to run faster and is less glitchy.
Does anyone have the answer to my question?
Will creating the policydefinitions folder screw existing settings up that XP/2003 is using?. (since they use ADM files and not ADMX files)
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These will not be required by the clients as told by Neilsr. Clients have nothing to do with adm/admx templates unless you are going to manage all your GPO from winxp machine only then you would be requiring such a setup.
Hope you get the clue now :)
Hope you get the clue now :)
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Yeah I get it now.
Crap, some people still use xp/2003 to manage settings, so I guess they won't see the new 2008 settings for preferences?
Not a huge deal I guess.
Crap, some people still use xp/2003 to manage settings, so I guess they won't see the new 2008 settings for preferences?
Not a huge deal I guess.
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I see that in XP/2003, the preference setting I set is not visible and the administrative templates shows up as extra registry settings.
Ok no big deal, but are we talking about the same thing? Because this happens regardless if I have the policydefinition file or not.
Ok no big deal, but are we talking about the same thing? Because this happens regardless if I have the policydefinition file or not.
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Already downloaded and installed the CSEs thanks though and the GPP did work on XP.
I was just making sure I don't break anything by creating the policydefinition folder.
I was just making sure I don't break anything by creating the policydefinition folder.
Why you want such kind of setup. You shouldn't be copying it to sysvol folders. Adm/amdx templates will allow you to see the GPO setting that you have made to it. for example server 2003 wil not be able to see server2008 admx template but that doesn't mean you need to put them in sysvol folder. This will overload you sysvol folder.