[gptalk] Re: Mixed region & langauge settings - Central Store structure

  • From: "Carol M. Chisholm" <carol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 15:43:12 +0200

I'll try again. It's all related, but lets start with question 1:

I'm trying to set up a Central Store.
My computers will have English software, and English UK date, time and currency 
settings.
(For the OS I don't really care if it's US or UK language, but the date, time 
and number settings are very important.)
BUT they have Swiss French keyboards and we are in Switzerland.
What directories do I have to create? And what files do I put in them?
I only want English language, never French.

At the moment I don't understand how the Central Store directories relate to 
the OS language and regional settings. Or vice versa.

Question 2 will be
My objective once I have got this central store is to use the ADMX templates to 
make sure all the settings are set correctly using a group policy or 
preferences.
There may be more questions about that later. I get my Vista builds from head 
office, and they are US-EN. I need to force a change of date, time, currency, 
keyboard and location once I join them to my domain.

Carol
078 613 69 54

From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia
Sent: 14 May 2008 14:14
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Mixed region & langauge settings - Central Store structure

OK. I'm not quite sure if I follow your question now, since you originally 
asked about Central Store structure but you seem to be asking how you can use 
GP to set keyboard location?

From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Carol M. Chisholm
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:54 AM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Mixed region & langauge settings - Central Store structure

I have English Windows and English UK time, date and numbers.
I only want Swiss French for the keyboard and location.

Ideally I want to set this up using my Group Policy. We get an initial Vista 
build from our head office which is all US-EN, and I want the machines to pick 
up our local config when I join them to the domain.

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From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Darren Mar-Elia [darren@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 May 2008 13:47
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Mixed region & langauge settings - Central Store structure
Carol-
Typically, if you are running a non En-US version of Windows and are editing a 
GPO from Vista or 2008 with the Central Store in place, then your folder 
structure would reflect the language you are running Windows on (e.g.):

\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\PolicyDefinitions
\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\PolicyDefinitions\en-us<file:///\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\PolicyDefinitions\en-us>
    (for English US Windows)
\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\PolicyDefinitions\fr-ch<file:///\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\PolicyDefinitions\fr-ch>
  (for Swiss French Windows)

Let us know if that doesn't answer your question.

Darren

From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Carol M. Chisholm
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:31 AM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Mixed region & langauge settings - Central Store structure

Can someone help me with the Central Store directory structure for an 
environment where we are located in Switzerland, have Swiss-French keyboards, 
but use English language software and English UK date and time settings?

Any other pointers would be helpful.

Carol Chisholm

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