RE: Do I need 2003 R2?
- From: v-dashen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Shen [MSFT])
- Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 06:46:16 GMT
Dear Customer,
Thank you for posting in newsgroup.
According to the description, your concern is that if the Group Policy
editor can work without Windows Server 2003 R2. If I have any
misunderstanding, please feel free to let me know.
Based on the research, here is some information which may be helpful for
you.
Analysis and Suggestion:
=====================
Since the Group Policy editor is a built-in component of Windows Server
2003 SP1 domain, you may simply launch it on the Windows Server 2003 SP1
based-DC. There is no need to upgrade to Windows Server 2003 R2 additional.
For more detailed steps, please refer to:
Open Group Policy Object Editor
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/e946ed52-c8af-482c-a7
fb-bb356fc06f4d1033.mspx?mfr=true
From the Windows Server 2003, we have provided a good utility tocentralized managing Group Policy Object, which is called GPMC.
For your convenience, I have list the download link of GPMC as follow, just
for your reference.
Group Policy Management Console
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a6d4c24-8cbd-4b35-
9272-dd3cbfc81887&DisplayLang=en
For more information about GPMC, please refer to:
Group Policy object editor overview for GPMC
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/47bf1934-0707-4fa5-ba
07-f55aec5d24bb1033.mspx?mfr=true
From Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, we have introduced some newdefined Group Policy settings with Group Policy Preference.
Group Policy Preferences Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=42e30e3f-6f01-4610-
9d6e-f6e0fb7a0790&DisplayLang=en
Group Policy Preferences Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/gp/pref
erencesfaq.mspx
Since you just want to control some basic security settings for the shop
pc's where they don't need to have any extra privileges, if there exist
some Windows Vista Clients in the environment and you also wish to enable
some new group policy settings to control the clients, you may also use
Group policy preferences to define the new settings.
Please note: You need to install the update on the corresponding operation
system to fully utilize the Group Policy Preference settings.
For your convenience, I have list the download link for you.
Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows Vista (KB943729)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ab60dc87-884c-46d5-
82cd-f3c299dac7cc&DisplayLang=en
Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows Vista x64
Edition (KB943729)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b10a7af4-8bee-4adc-
8bbe-9949df77a3cf&DisplayLang=en
Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows Server 2003
(KB943729)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bfe775f9-5c34-44d0-
8a94-44e47db35add&DisplayLang=en
Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows Server 2003 x64
Edition (KB943729)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=29e83503-7686-49f3-
b42d-8e5ed23d5d79&DisplayLang=en
Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows XP (KB943729)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e60b5c8f-d7dc-4b27-
a261-247ce3f6c4f8&DisplayLang=en
Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows XP x64 Edition
(KB943729)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=249c1aed-c1f1-4a0b-
872e-ef0a32170625&DisplayLang=en
Note: Group Policy preferences enable IT professionals to configure,
deploy, and manage operating system and application settings they
previously were not able to manage using Group Policy. Examples include
mapped drives, scheduled tasks, and Start menu settings. For many types of
settings, using Group Policy preferences is a better alternative to
configuring them in Windows images or using logon scripts.
Here are 2 documents which list detail group policy settings, just for your
reference:
Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=7821
c32f-da15-438d-8e48-45915cd2bc14
Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista
SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2043b94e-66cd-4b91-
9e0f-68363245c495&DisplayLang=en
Hope it helps.
Thanks for your time.
David Shen
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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