Re: Group Policy Registry key does not get propagated to any of my domain clients while other policy settings work fine

Spin,

Spin wrote:
I want to configure some permissions on Registry keys using Windows 2003 Active Directory domain Group Policy. I have added the key inside the Group Policy Editor, a dialog box came up about permissions and I took the default, and I closed out of the Editor. However, this Registry key does not get propagated to any of my domain clients, which do take other policy settings fine. What am I doing wrong?

I'm not sure what you expect to see. The "Registry" feature is there to manage permissions on registry keys on the machines - it doesn't add keys. So when you leave the "default" security there, it won't do much on clients.

If you need to alter or add registry keys on the client, have a look at creating your own custom ADM templates or at Group Policy Preferences - they can do that.

cheers,

Florian
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