[gptalk] Re: ADMX and Co-existence with Pre-Vista/2k8

  • From: "Darren Mar-Elia" <darren@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:51:29 -0800

See my responses below:

 

 

Darren

 

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Darren Mar-Elia

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SDM Software, Inc.

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From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Shudnow, Elan
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:44 PM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: ADMX and Co-existence with Pre-Vista/2k8

 

So let me give a real world example to make sure I understand it correctly.

 

I go onto Server 2008, create the GPO in GPMC which creates the ADMX.  It
doesn't really create ADMXs. It just uses them as a guide, if you will.

 

1.       Further modifications of this GPO will need to be modified in
Server 2008 due to the GPO creating an ADMX.  Correct? Correct up to a
point. There is nothing preventing someone on XP or 2003 from editing that
GPO-they just won't see any options that are specific to the ADMX files.
From a best practice perspective, once you use an ADMX-based version of GP
Editor to create and edit a GPO, you shouldn't go back to an ADM version of
GP Editor to modify that GPO.

2.       If deployed at the root domain, XP clients and Server 2003 clients
will still apply this GPO as long as the settings modified in Server 2008
GPMC  are available in XP.  Correct?  If so, what happens if the GPO you
created contain options that are only available Vista but also contain
options available in XP?  Will XP fail at applying this GPO or will it only
apply the options it knows about and simply ignore the rest of the options
only available in Vista?  XP Won't fail at all. It will simply ignore the
Vista only options.

 

 

 

From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie R
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 5:38 PM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: ADMX and Co-existence with Pre-Vista/2k8

 

It should not affect the actual application of policy to a system, you just
won't be able to edit ADMX based policies on anything other than Server 2008
or Vista.

 

The actual policy settings are not contained in the ADM/ADMX files
themselves. They are just a roadmap that tells the Group Policy Object
Editor console how to edit the registry.pol file in the GPO.

 

Hope this clears it up for you.

 

 

Jamie Nelson | Systems Engineer | Systems Support, Information Technology |
I N T E G R I S Health | Phone 405.552.0903 |  <http://www.integrisok.com/>
http://www.integrisok.com

 

From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Shudnow, Elan
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 5:25 PM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] ADMX and Co-existence with Pre-Vista/2k8

 

So let's say I decide to implement Server 2008 and will be co-existing with
Server 2003 for a while and 50% of my clients are XP and 50% are Vista.

 

Vista and Server 2008 support ADMX and I know I'll need to use Server 2008
to manage the ADMX files.  My question is, if I use Server 2008 to create a
GPO, I know it will be created in ADMX and if I use Server 2003 to create a
GPO, it'll be in ADM. 

 

My question is, if I do use Server 2008 to create the ADMX at the root of
the domain so it applies to all computers in the entire domain, how will the
XP clients and Server 2003 servers look at this ADMX?  Will it just ignore
it?  Is there a patch to make Server 2003 and XP machines understand how to
apply ADMX?  What is the end result?

 

Thanks,

Elan

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