v-gzwang
Thu Jun 26 02:43:25 PDT 2008
Hello Ryan,
Thank you for your post and thanks for your great help.
My name is Gary Wang, and it is my pleasure to work with you on this issue!
Please allow me to confirm that my understandings are correct. As I
understand it, the issue is:
You would like to get some information about "Extra Registry Settings" in
GPMC and RSOP.
If I have misunderstood your concerns please feel free to let me know.
Suggestion :
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Cliff is right. Besides his inputs, I would like to share some additional
information for you. This behavior occurs because that Windows XP SP2
introduces version 5 of Group Policy Administrative Templates (.adm) files.
The Group Policy Management console cannot correctly interpret certain
settings in version 5 .adm files. Therefore, it displays these settings in
the Extra Registry Settings section.
Note: This behavior does not affect how Group Policy functions. The effect
of this behavior is limited to the display of this information in the Group
Policy Management console.
For more details, please refer to the following link:
Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step-by-Step Guide
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/02633470-396c-4e34-971
a-0c5b090dc4fd1033.mspx?mfr=true
Hope it helps.
I look forward to your reply. Also, if you have any questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate to let me know. I am happy to help. :-)
Thank you for your time and cooperation!
Best regards,
Gary Wang(MSFT)
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| From: "Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher@gmail.com>
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| Subject: Re: Can someone explain "Extra Registry Settings" to me? GPMC
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| It is an odd limitation of the older GP editors and GPMC tools. One
thing
| that people regularly get confused about is that ADM files are *not*
| necessary for GPO settings to be applied. They are a tool that the GP
| snapins use to *display* GPO settings, but once set, the ADM files can be
| deleted. Obviously it isn't recommended to delete them since editing a
GPO
| in the future becomes more conplex.
|
| It was this limitation that caused Microsoft to move away from ADM files
and
| create the technologies in the newer GPO tools. ADMX files can be stored
in
| a new area on the server called the "Central Store" and they are shared
| among all group policies residing on that server. These tools are
available
| in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, and you can create a central
store
| on Windows 2003 (including SBS.) You just have to do the editing from a
| vista or 2008 machine to reap the benefits.
|
| -Cliff
|
| "Ryan" <mindflux98@gmail.com> wrote in message
| news:f3a3040a-1777-46bf-acdf-4259f5e4c8e7@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
| > I've got a few policies, such as the Small Business Client Computer
| > GPO which has "SyncForegroundPolicy" under "Extra Registry Settings".
| > Why does it show here? I can go in and enable (or disable) "Wait for
| > network..." (which is the SyncForeGroundPolicy) and it'll show in my
| > Settings Summary page under both Extra Registry Settings and
| > Administrative Templates/System Logon.
| >
| > Furthermore, in RSOP I have Extra Registry Settings for the IE7
| > settings I made with the new ADM file. I have a policy called "IE
| > Settings", in which I linked inetres.adm to. (I overwrote the old one
| > in \%systemroot%\inf). If I don't delete inetres out of the linked
| > gpo it still shows the smaller 1.6MB size. Once I delete it and re-
| > add it, it shows the 2.3MB(or whatever) size.
| >
| > Anyway, RSOP shows these policies under "Extra Registry Settings" as
| > opposed to in their appropriate 'tree'. The way I "fixed" that was to
| > re-link the larger inetres.adm on every single GPO. Why is it when
| > you replace a .ADM file all of the GPO's don't start using it?
| >
| > Anyway, once I did that and ran gpupdate /force on my workstation all
| > of the IE policies appeared in their 'appropriate' tree's rather than
| > in "Extra Registry Settings".
| >
| > Can anyone help me on this?
|
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