Yup, it's installed, and I have created a couple of policies with it. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 19:00, Richard Stovall <rich...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > 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/> ~ >> > > > >
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