Re: Updating GPO trees

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Howdy Ian!

ian.beyer@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I've seen a number of articles online that refer to policy settings for
Windows Firewall, and I'd like to use those settings via my group
policy. However, my domain controller is Windows 2000 SP4, and doesn't
have those newfangled XP objects. How do I tell my server about them? I
haven't been able to find anything on this process.

You need to have the newest ADM-files to be able to manage new functionality in Windows XP. Go and copy the *.adm-files off a Windows XP (SP2) computer from %windir%\inf into your domain controller's %windir%\inf folder. If you now create a new GP, you will be able to select new settings (like firewall settings).

You could also download the free Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a6d4c24-8cbd-4b35-9272-dd3cbfc81887&DisplayLang=en

and install it on a Windows XP machine. With GPMC you can manage your Group Policies from a client (and even get a load of other features like HTML reporting - have a look at it!).

cheers,

Florian
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