[THIN] Re: Error with GPO (piab2.adm) and GPMC (Group Policy = Managment Console)
- From: "Daniel Schoppmann" <dschoppmann@xxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 22:43:18 +0200
Hi Rick, hi Frith
Rick wrote:
Hi Frith and Daniel,
Felt really stupid today when I realised that the reason I wasn't seeing the
homegrown adm policies was that I'd forgotten to untick "show only managed
policies" in the view detail options. In the case of PIAB.adm, the solution
was even simpler, put quotes around the "!!notes" entires. Sigh....
Regards,
Rick
Ulrich Mack
Daniel:
I finished my tests with GPMC on an english Windows XP looking on my
(mostly) english DC AD.
Same error:
The following errors were encountered:
The .adm file
"\\DEMA0S001.b.group\SysVol\b.group\Policies\{DF81E9F8-AAF3-4F12-9884-0B6329
FD1528}\adm\piab2.adm" is not in a valid format and must be replaced.
Details: A string is expected at line 372.
Also tested in our test lab (only english DCs)
Same error !
You only have to activate 1 policy of piab an GPMC will report the error.
Than I read what Rick wrote. That sounds very interesting.
And now the important question:
Have anybody already typed all these quotes around the "!!notes" so that I
don't have todo it myself.
BTW I am not so familiar with gpo-adm's and don't really know where to put
the quotes exactly.
Hope anybody could update the piab2.adm and send it to Jim, that he could
put it in the download area !
Ciao, Daniel
dschoppmann@xxxxxx
http://www.schoppmann.com/
Meeräckerstr. 24
68163 Mannheim
home: 0621/8191407
mobil:0172/6395617
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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 10:46 PM
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Subject: [THIN] Re: Error with GPO (piab2.adm) and GPMC (Group Policy =
Managment Console)
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Hi Frith
Many, many thanks again for your detailed answers.
I will phone M$ tommorrow for the hotfix and keep you informed on my tests.
Ciao, Daniel
dschoppmann@xxxxxx
http://www.schoppmann.com/
Meeräckerstr. 24
68163 Mannheim
home: 0621/8191407
mobil:0172/6395617
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Frith Brown
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 10:25 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Error with GPO (piab2.adm) and GPMC (Group Policy =
Managment Console)
Daniel Schoppmann wrote:
> Many thanks for your detailed answers. I am happy that I am not the only
one having this problem. Perhaps some more information on my test, that
might help: I only
> wanted to create a report of my GPOs in a W2K Domain, with AD-Controller
having installed mostly the english version but some also are in German. All
of them only in
> SP2 no SP3. Perhaps that matters. First of all I wanted to use W2K XP Prof
SP1, german with GPMC but I couldn't find the needed Hotfix XP QFE Q326469
(I already asked > in that
> list)
> Because nobody could help me I installed a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server
RC2, english in a Vmare still using the GPMC version from the official
homepage (RTM) and got > the already published errors. I have to further
questions: If adm-files are converted in any way to 2003 version to be read
by GPMC are they still working without
> problems in my W2K-Domain ? If I reimport a converted adm-file to my
Policy, are the allready made settings still there ? Many thanks in advance
for all your help on
> that. I am very curious on testing with a translated PIAB2 adm.
Hi Daniel...
Thank you for clarifying your setup. I believe that your problem is not
related to the other issue being discussed, where .adm files designed for
Windows 2000 may fail when used against a Windows 2003 Active Directory
domain.
You do not have a Windows 2003 Active Directory domain so you should not be
affected by this issue. Your problem is with the actual GPMC program on the
management console you are using, and/or the domain you are querying, and
doesn't seem to be related to .adm issues. (Remember the GPMC is only an
alternate interface to manage group policy, it is not the group policy
itself).
Your problem may be that the operating system language (for at least some of
your domain controllers) is a different language than GPMC, and so you
require QFE 326469.
My recommendation to you is to go back to your original installation of GPMC
on W2K XP Professional SP1 German, install QFE 326469, and report back to us
on the list.
To obtain QFE 326469, refer to article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326469 (link may
wrap) and call Microsoft. There will be no charge for the hotfix provided
you tell the initial contact that you require this hotfix to resolve the
problem described in the article.
(BTW, I googled "326469 gpmc download" and found two third-party download
locations... as this is a management console utility only you may want to
take this risk.)
Using W2K XP Pro will eliminate both the Windows 2003 interaction, and the
other possible source of your problem which is an issue with your VMWare
installation. Once you have this working on W2K XP Pro, you could try
putting the GPMC on Windows Server 2003 (including QFE 326469) and let us
know how that goes.
Kind regards...
Frith
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