Re: Wireless Group Policy Option Missing
- From: "Darren Mar-Elia \(MVP\)" <dmanonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 12:26:48 -0800
Ok. Looks like I missed one file. You need to also copy ws03res.dll from
Server 2003's system32 folder to your XP workstation. No registration
needed. Just copy that file and you should get the properties for Wireless
networks.
Darren
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"kj" <kj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OkjwHeQ%23FHA.2472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Wow, Great! This has been a PIA for my management workstation for some
> time.
>
> However, while I can open and edit most wireless GPO settings, I can't
> seem to edit the properties of individual wireless network settings. If I
> select a network and click edit, nothing happens. No error, nothing.
> Running the exact same procedure on the server opens the properties of the
> selected wireless network. I regsvr32'ed the other dll with no change.
>
> Any more brilliance on this subject?
>
> --
> /kj
> "Darren Mar-Elia" <dmanonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eE5lyPV9FHA.3208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <wcrouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:v1hpo11svhpmib54nvd6u5v2nj0cmpqul7@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:27:02 -0800, "Matt"
>>> <Matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I am very interested in creating Group Policies surrounding my wireless
>>>>LAN
>>>>but I can not find the Group Policy objects. I know that they should be
>>>>in
>>>>computer configuration under security but they aren't there. All domain
>>>>controllers are Windows 2003 with SP1. How can I add that option??
>>>
>>> These entries only appear when one views group policy on the domain
>>> controller itself. Configuring group policy from a workstation running
>>> the Group Policy Management Console, for instance, will not display
>>> the settings.
>>
>> That's not entirely true. Some background: Wireless policy editing was
>> added to Server 2003 and requires a 2003 AD schema to work. XP, Sp1 and
>> above is capable of *processing* wireless policy but you're correct to
>> say that, by default, if you open the GP editor on an XP box you won't
>> see Wireless policy even if you're focused on a 2003 AD-based GPO.
>> However, I played around with this a bit and it looks fairly easy to
>> rectify that. Simply copy the following two files from the system32
>> folder on a Server 2003 system to your XP workstation's system32 folder:
>>
>> wlsnp.dll
>> wlstore.dll
>>
>> and then on the XP box, register the wireless MMC snap-in by issuing the
>> following command from the system32 directory:
>>
>> regsvr32 wlsnp.dll
>>
>> That should allow you to edit Wireless policy on your XP box. Let me know
>> if that doesn't work for you.
>>
>> Darren
>>
>>
>> --
>> Darren Mar-Elia
>> MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
>> Check out http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information
>> Hub:
>> FAQs, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group Policy-related
>> Just Released! The new Windows Group Policy Guide from Microsoft Press!!!
>> Check it out at http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/8763.asp
>>
>
>
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