[gptalk] Re: Mixed region & langauge settings - Central Store structure
- From: "Darren Mar-Elia" <darren@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:26:13 -0400
OK. The GPMC and GP Editor don't care about your Keyboard settings. They
care about the locale of the OS. And, by default, if Windows detects a
certain language and doesn't find it represented in the Central Store, then
it will default to the en-us folder, which is what you want anyway, so if
you just have the en-us ADML folder in your Central Store, you should in all
cases see English settings within GPEditor and GPMC, which I believe is what
you are after.
As for controlling regional and language options in GP, you have a few
options that are supported by GP in Vista. Not as many as you have within
the control panel but some for sure.
Hope that helps,
Darren
From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Carol M. Chisholm
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:43 AM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Mixed region & langauge settings - Central Store
structure
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
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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.
_____
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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