So are mine so I will be leaving them alone and not worrying about getting rid of the ADM's for now.
Jon On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 1:39 PM, John Hornbuckle < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our client machines are all XP/Vista, and servers are all 2003/2008. > > > > > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:41 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: ADM and ADMX on a 2003 domain > > > > The end of the article was concise. If you have a mixed 2000/XP/2003 and > Vista/2008 you will need both the ADM and ADMX formats. Once you get rid of > the 2000 et.al. machines you can then do the ADMX only but until then you > are stuck. > > > > Jon > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:32 AM, John Hornbuckle < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've found that if I have a policy that uses both ADM and ADMX files, I can > edit the ADM components of the policy from XP/2003. But to work on the ADMX > components, I have to use Vista. > > > > Migrating to ADMX did not stop our ADM-based policies from working. I never > ran the tool to try converting ADM to ADMX. > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:33 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: ADM and ADMX on a 2003 domain > > > > I missed that message. You appear to be right though. I am still doing my > research but I still can not find out if I edit an existing GPO after > creating the Central Store and populating it what happens. This is one of > several issues I have to look at before rolling out Server 2008 AD. I also > need to look at DNS, Trusts, and DHCP. I would hate to have to re key my > DHCP but then I have not even started that research. I know I could migrate > 2003 DHCP from and to another 2003 server but can I do it to 2008? DNS is > going to be fun as well with support for IP6 in it and what issues will that > create. I have several trusts that took a long time to create and work > perfectly now but when I move to 2008 will this kill the trusts? As you can > see I have a lot to research and I am fighting to get it all done before an > unreliable machine finally fails. > > > > Jon > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:22 AM, John Hornbuckle < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had posted a question about ADMX files here yesterday. Not one response > from the group, which is very unusual. Best I can figure, not too many here > are using ADMX files yet. Otherwise I'm pretty sure a few people would've > spoken up. > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > 318 North Clark Street > > Perry, FL 32347 > > > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:01 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* ADM and ADMX on a 2003 domain > > > > Sorry for the cross post but the Active Directory list is not as active as > the NT Sys Admin list. > > > > Has anyone updated/installed/deployed the new ADMX format GPO's yet? It > appears that once you upgrade the domain to use the new format it can only > be managed from a Vista or Windows 2008 machine. What happens to all of the > existing GPO's do they get converted or are they left alone? I did find the > ADMX migrator but I am not talking about using it at the moment. There > appears to be a one way switch in the Group Policy Mangement mmc that > creates the starter GPO's in the ADMX format. The reading I have done > indicates that once I create these starter GPO's all new GPO's can 1. only > be managed from a Vista or 2008 GPMC and 2. will be in the new ADMX format. > > > > I would like to know from some of you if you have done this and 1. what > happened to the existing GPO's and 2. if you open and edit an existing GPO > does it get converted to the new format? > > > > Thanks for any insight you can offer, > > > > Jon > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
