on same note, what would be expected behaviour if we were to open a GPO, which contains settings from an ADM template, but the template file (ADM) is not available from the editing system ? just thinking through the scenario of admin workstations on which ADM files would be generally stored being lost without backup of ADM files ? > Hi Graham, > > > > It shouldn't matter whether you run GPEDIT, or whether you load a GPO from > within ADUC. The later simply calls GPEDIT with a parameter identifying the > Policy. > > > > By default when loading an ADM file it will load the ADM file from > systemroot\INF, but there is nothing to stop you browsing anywhere else to > get the file. > > > > Alan Cuthbertson > > > > > > Policy Management Software:- > > 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:- > > 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(Free) > > http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir > <http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=policyreporter.shtml> > &f=policyreporter.shtml > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Graham Turner > Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 8:03 AM > To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [gptalk] import of administrative templates > > > > Hopefully, just a quick 'sanity check' re import of admin templates > > > > does it make any difference as to whether they are imported using the local > gp > > editor (gpedit.msc) or that which opens having opened a GPO using ADUC ?? > > > > i assume both GP editors use the same location for ADM's (systemroot\INF) ?? > > > > GT > > > > *********************** > > You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to > gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by > logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are > available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ > > ************************ > > > *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************