Alan- I hereby dub you the ADM(X) Master! Thanks for this great work. I think there would be a lot of interest in posting these Office 2003 ADMXs to the general public. If you want to do it on your site, I can post a link to it from GPOGUY or I can host them on your behalf. J Darren From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan & Margaret Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 10:27 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: MS Office 2003 ADMX Files Hi Patrick, I am not surprised that FullArmour had problems converting the ADM files. Microsoft used every possible structure for writing them that they could think of! But I did eventually create admx files which appear to work. i.e they load into gpmc and a quick check of the registry keys looks correct. However, it showed up a bug in ADMX processing and a couple of inconsistencies in the ADM files. Firstly, the Outlk11.adm file has an entry under Microsoft Office Outlook 2003/ Tools | Options.../Other/Advanced/Reminder Options - Other Reminders which writes to the registry key AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Office97\Office97-Reminder\.Current with a valuename which is blank. ADMX files do not seem to support writing to blank Valuenames, so I have disabled that policy with a warning Secondly, there are three entries which are managed by two different policy settings. The first is OK, since both policies set them to the same values. However the second two set them to different values. Case 1 office11.adm - Microsoft Office 2003/Tools | Options |Spelling - Recognize smart tags in Excel (Checkbox - Check to use German post-reform rules when running spell check) Registry key: Software\Policies\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\Spelling Valuename : GermanPostReform On value = 1, Off value =0 word11.adm - Microsoft Office word 2003\ Tools | Options...\Spelling & Grammar- Use German post reform rules (Checkbox - Check to block Excel from recognizing SmartTags) Registry key: Software\Policies\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\Spelling Valuename : GermanPostReform On value = 1, Off value =0 Case 2 office11.adm - Microsoft Office 2003/ Tools | AutoCorrect Options... (Excel, PowerPoint and Access)\Smart Tags - Recognize smart tags in Excel (Checkbox - Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off) Registry key: Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options Valuename : RecognizeSmartTags On value = 2, Off value =0 excel11.adm - Microsoft Office Excel 2003\Miscellaneous - Recognize SmartTags (Checkbox - Check to block Excel from recognizing SmartTags) Registry key: Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options Valuename : RecognizeSmartTags On value =0, Off value =1 Case 3 office11.adm - Microsoft Office 2003/collaboration settings - Outlook: Ad hoc reviewing (DropList )) Registry key: Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Mail Valuename : AdHocReviewBehavior Enable ad hoc reviewing = 0, Exclude author's e-mail in documents = 2, Disable ad hoc reviewing =1 outlk11.adm - Microsoft Office Outlook 2003\Tools | Options .\Preferences\Email-Options\Advanced Emal Options - When sending a message (Checkbox - Check to block Excel from recognizing SmartTags) Registry key: Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Mail Valuename : AdHocReviewBehavior On value =0, Off value =1 One thing that they regularly do is have a policy which consists solely of a checkbox. If you enable the policy, then check the checkbox it stays enabled. If you enable the policy then uncheck the checkbox, then save the policy, it then shows the policy as disabled. I consider this to be bad design. It should be implemented simply as a policy without a checkbox The other thing I realised during the conversion was that ADMX files always display Categories and Policies in alphabetical order. ADM files allow you to set your own order. Note: If you are using V4 of my ADM Template Editor or Polman, this work showed up a couple of minor bugs related to copying Categories and interpreting ADM files. It also displays categories and policies in alphabetical order. I have updated both products on the web Alan Cuthbertson Policy Management Software (Now with ADMX and Preference support):- http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir <http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=pol_summary.shtml> &f=pol_summary.shtml ADM Template Editor(Now with ADMX support):- http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir <http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=adm_summary.shtml> &f=adm_summary.shtml Policy Log Reporter - including Preference logging(Free) http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir <http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=policyreporter.shtml> &f=policyreporter.shtml _____ From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan & Margaret Sent: Friday, 7 November 2008 6:56 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: MS Office 2003 ADMX Files Hi Scott and Jerry, Thanks for your support. Yes, Version 4 of my software does handle conversion of ADM files to ADMX files. Having said that, I tried converting the 2003 ADM files yesterday and found a bug in converting Checkboxes with multiple registry keys. So I hope to have a new version of my program out today and I will post the converted ADMX files then... Alan Cuthbertson Policy Management Software (Now with ADMX and Preference support):- http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir <http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=pol_summary.shtml> &f=pol_summary.shtml ADM Template Editor(Now with ADMX support):- http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir <http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=adm_summary.shtml> &f=adm_summary.shtml Policy Log Reporter - including Preference logging(Free) http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir <http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=policyreporter.shtml> &f=policyreporter.shtml _____ From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klassen Sent: Friday, 7 November 2008 4:57 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: MS Office 2003 ADMX Files The V4 version of the SysProSoft tool can convert ADM directly to ADMX and to my experience does a better job than the Full Armor software. As an added bonus, the person behind SysProSoft, Alan Cuthbertson, hangs out on this list. Scott Klassen From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cruz, Jerome L Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:38 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: MS Office 2003 ADMX Files All, Just some thoughts.. When I have run into issues with a direct conversion of an ADM template with the Full Armor tool, I have had some success by first running an ADM template through the SysProSoft 'ADM Template Editor' tool (http://www.sysprosoft.com/products.shtml) and then running the resulting (and renamed) ADM file through the 'Full Armor' tool. From what I can tell, the changes are mostly focused on rearrangement of the Strings within the template though there could easily be others. That said, I have NOT attempted anything as complex as the Office 2003 templates. One of the issues (nits) I've had in the past with the Office templates was the lack of any "Explain" tab text. Looking from this at a higher level, that 'should' make them simpler to covert. On the other hand, you never know what might set off problems. Perhaps the ADMX formats 'really' want 'Explain' text.and if missing.could generate problems in the converter. Like I said, just some thoughts. Jerry Cruz | Group Policies Product Manager | Windows Infrastructure Architecture | Boeing IT From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:15 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: MS Office 2003 ADMX Files Patrick- I haven't tried it but knowing the Full Armor Migrator as I do, I suspect those ADMs are too complicated or not formatted well for it. What kinds of errors are you getting? Darren From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Leathen Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:07 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] MS Office 2003 ADMX Files Hi, I hope I've got this right, first time I'm emailing here... I just have a quick question, has anybody successfully migrated the Office 2003 ADM files to ADMX? I've attempted this a few times using the FullArmour ADMX v1.2 tool unsuccessfully and have also posted the question on a few other forums without receiving any answers, so I thought I'd try my luck here. Would be great to know if anyone else has attempted this and if they've managed to successfully convert the files. Thanks Patrick Leathen _____ The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the use of the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is CONFIDENTIAL and may be exempt from disclosure under applicable laws. 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