Re: Need clarifications on registry-based policy settings and GP migra

Hello,

are you translating on your own or is there a translation program where people can participate?

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"Vadikan" <Vadikan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7572C529-B1AA-4F3A-B4C2-11A3214D1039@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi All!

While translating "Deploying Group Policy Using Windows Vista"
[http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/5ae8da2a-878e-48db-a3c1-4be6ac7cf7631033.mspx?mfr=true]
article from English to Russian I ran across some terminology I need
additional clarfication on. I hope GP gurus would be able to figure out what
the author was talking about :)

Specifically, there's a table in "Group Policy changes after migrating or
upgrading to Windows Vista" section of the article. There's a row titled
"Registry-based policy settings" in this table. In this row there are three
points in the "Upgrade behavior" column:
• All policy settings and values under the Software\Policy registry key are
migrated.
• Preference settings are not migrated.
• All of the policy settings are reapplied from the domain on first restart
after first logon.

I'm not sure what the "preference settings" are (the second point).
Conesquently I'm not sure whose preference settings the author is talking
about. I'd appreciate any input on this issue.

And while I'm on this table, does anybody have an idea what "migration" is
in the context of this section? Generally, it's a pretty broad term, but the
author apparently views "migration" as something opposite to "upgrade". In my
understanding, "upgrade" means installing Vista over existing OS (e.g. XP).
An opposite to the upgrade would be "clean installation", but the author does
not use this term, and uses "migration" instead. Any clues?

Thanks for your time and attention to my questions!

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