Perhaps only tangentially related, but are you running the Group Policy Management Console? If you're getting to the editor directly from ADUC it sounds like you might not be. It's a much more intuitve and all encompassing way to view and manage GPOs, their settings, RSOP, yada, yada, yada all from the same pane. I think the latest / last version for 2003 / XP is GPMC SP1 which can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0A6D4C24-8CBD-4B35-9272-DD3CBFC81887&displaylang=en <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0A6D4C24-8CBD-4B35-9272-DD3CBFC81887&displaylang=en> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's fine, but when launched from ADUC, I get what seems to be > essentially the same interface as gpedit.msc, except that it's > pointing to the domain. > > By "launched from ADUC", I mean I open ADUC on my workstation, > navigate to the OU in question, select Properties from the context > menu, select the Group Policy tab, right-mouse-click on the GP in > question and select Edit. At that point, I can navigate the tree in > the left hand pane, and see what I expected to see, which is the > "Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System" - that's > missing from the local version. > > I even tried Start/Run/"gpedit.msc \\dc1" and that didn't work either. > > As I said, this is pretty minor, but I'm curious about it. > > Kurt > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 14:27, Christopher <c.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand.. running gpedit.msc by itself just gets you > > into the local policy, this is expected. > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Minor issue, but it caused me to fumble for a few minutes.... > >> > >> I was looking over my Group Policies, and couldn't find them. > >> > >> I tracked it down, but need some help understanding what I was looking > at. > >> > >> Win2k3 R2 domain, FFL/DFL. > >> > >> I started gpedit.msc via Start/Run on my XP SP3 workstation, and > >> started hunting for my DisableAutoplay GP, which I show as being > >> linked to my Workstation OU. I just couldn't see it anywhere, despite > >> going back to the MSFT KB article - 967715. > >> > >> I finally logged into my DC, and gpedit.msc showed the GP exactly as > >> expected. I then went back to ADUC on my workstation, and invoked > >> Properties on the OU in question, and it gave me a version of > >> gpedit.msc that was connected to the domain, as expected. > >> > >> It's obvious that my local copy of gpedit.msc is pointing to my local > >> machine (if I start it from Start/Run), but if invoked from ADUC it > >> works as expected. > >> > >> Can anyone enlighten me on this difference? > >> > >> Kurt > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
