I did see the other responses (I am slacking in my newsgroup reading these days). The way I understand is that these are released with new OS's and new SP's for them. XP, XPSP1, XPSP2 (dunno about XPSP3), 2000 server had new ones starting around SP3. 2003 had new ones with SP2 (maybe SP1 too). Vista and VistaSP1 brought new ones. At www.gpanswers.com, there will be alink to the latest "settings spreadsheet" from microsoft and some FAQs. You can either build a machine that is the latest and populate the CS from this box (currently this is Server 2008 or VistaSP1 with RSAT). If you don't want to do that, you can extract the latest templates from the SP and populate the central store from that. Somewhere on gpanswers.com was the gory details on that. I learn some (hopefully) each day about GP's :-) -hth Devin
And *HAPPY SYSADMIN DAY* - pat yourself on the back! On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:19 AM, John Hornbuckle < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the response, Devin. I'm making use of the Central Store, as I > mentioned. But as you say, when new ADMX/ADML files come out, they should be > copied to the central store. My question is, how do I know when they come > out? How do I ensure that the versions in the CS aren't old? > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Devin Meade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:58 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Group Policy Question > > > > Late response here, but that's what a Central Store is for. The gpmc will > look first for a central store, and if it doesnt find the template, it will > look at the local machine. Update the CS once and be done, when new ones > come out, copy to central store. > > hth,Devin > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:53 PM, John Hornbuckle < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I pitched this to the AD list, but it's not nearly as active as this > one, so I figured I'd try here. > > > I'm looking for input on the best way to ensure that we're always using > the latest version of policy definitions (ADMX files and the ADML > language files). I know these files are periodically updated by MS--how > do I make sure that the versions I have in > \\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\policydefinitions are the most recent? > > Looking in the %systemroot%\policydefinitions folder of my own machine > (fully-patched Vista), I see file versions newer than those on the > network store. Should I copy those into the store and replace the older > ones? > > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > 318 North Clark Street > Perry, FL 32347 > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > -- Devin ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
