This is actually a little different because if you view a GPO that was created with Vista, using XP or 2003, none of the ADMX settings can actually be read at all, because they are a completely new format that GPEditor or GPMC on those older platforms don't understand. In fact, those XP or 2003 will happily copy up the ADMs into the Vista GPO like they used to do, and you're back to each GPO storing ADMs in SYSVOL. What I've been recommending to folks is that once you introduce Vista desktops into your environment, use Vista for all your ongoing GP management. The Vista ADMXs are a superset of the latest and greatest ADMs (i.e. they include 2003, XP and Vista settings) so you can happily manage Vista and non-Vista targeted GP settings from a Vista machine.
Darren Darren Mar-Elia CTO & Founder www.sdmsoftware.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Milburn Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 6:49 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO You may recall, there was a similar case when XP came out too - if memory serves, you had to manage XP GPO settings from an XP box - if you opened them on Win2K, there were problems (I can't recall now exactly what those problems were... it would corrupt the policy? Lose the settings?) anyway so there are tons more settings (+ side) and you have to use Vista for now (- side, sorta). I wouldn't be too surprised if they fix that with the next server and XP SP... but I haven't actually heard that. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rich Milburn MCSE, Microsoft MVP - Directory Services Sr Network Analyst, Field Platform Development Applebee's International, Inc. 4551 W. 107th St Overland Park, KS 66207 913-967-2819 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I love the smell of red herrings in the morning" - anonymous -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:13 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Vista introduces a new Admin Template format called ADMX. These are found on Vista in C:\windows\policydefinitions and, unfortuately cannot be consumed by earlier versions of Windows. That is you must manage Vista GP from Vista. Darren -----Original Message----- From: "Za Vue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: 12/14/2006 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Sorry. Exactly what Ben wrote. Thanks.. -Z.V. WATSON, BEN wrote: > Maybe he may be referring to the location of any possible new ADM files > included with Vista. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:34 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO > > What do you mean Za? I'm not familiar with any GPO plug-in for Win2K3, > unless you mean the LDIF files that are in sources\adprep on the Vista > CD? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Za Vue > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:57 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO > > Anyone know what and where the GPO plugin for Win2003 on the Vista DVD > is called and located? > > -Z.V. > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/ -------APPLEBEE'S INTERNATIONAL, INC. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE------- PRIVILEGED / CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION may be contained in this message or any attachments. This information is strictly confidential and may be subject to attorney-client privilege. This message is intended only for the use of the named addressee. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this in error, you should kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail and immediately destroy this message. Unauthorized interception of this e-mail is a violation of federal criminal law. Applebee's International, Inc. reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to and from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Applebee's International, Inc. e-mail system. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/
