Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-20 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
@mail.activedir.org mailto:ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org *Subject:* Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Also, since we're talking about GPOs, while I haven't managed a Mac in several years, I don't remember them offering this functionality, so I'm not even sure how that's relevant

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-19 Thread Rich Milburn
-- I love the smell of red herrings in the morning - anonymous From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura A. Robinson Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:26 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO And it's

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-19 Thread Rich Milburn
, Deji *Sent:* Friday, December 15, 2006 4:44 PM *To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org *Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Did I actually say that clueless folks are writing you checks? Or are you projecting? That those who write you checks but don't/can't/won't do things

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-19 Thread Todd Hofert
: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Am I the only one who remembers the teeth-pulling necessary to get people to make the move to XP? Or to Win2K? Both of which were a fairly big leap. XP was seen as eye candy with very little benefit over Win2K (but with licensing and deployment and compatibility

Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-19 Thread Za Vue
Win23 AD Machines: ThinkCentre 8215. Vista Enterprise: So far my 4 test machines in my lab have been loosing the CD/DVD Rom drives. Have to delete registry and restart machines each time. This is also occurring at home. Also half of my network printers do not work. No Vista print drivers on

Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-19 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Milburn Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 10:48 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Am I the only one who remembers the teeth-pulling necessary to get people to make the move to XP? Or to Win2K? Both of which were a fairly big leap. XP

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-19 Thread Rich Milburn
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:32 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Depends on what you define as compelling. I killed off Win2k way before XP sp2 was released. Todd Hofert

Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-19 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
in the morning - anonymous -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:32 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Depends on what you define

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-19 Thread Michael B. Smith
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:32 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO (as a bystander here .. I personally like the point/counterpoints.. just sometimes we need to realize that we lose

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-18 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:32 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO (as a bystander here .. I personally like the point/counterpoints.. just sometimes we need to realize

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-16 Thread joe
Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 8:32 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO (as a bystander here .. I personally like the point/counterpoints.. just sometimes we need to realize that we lose ...what? About 60% of communication via email

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-16 Thread Brian Desmond
- 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 6:24 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO I don't know of anyone officially moving to Vista any time soon

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
] [mailto:ActiveDir- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lu, WeiMing Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 00:11 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO With Vista ADMX format, is it a better implementation to have central ADMX storage on the DCs

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Rich Milburn
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:13 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Vista introduces a new Admin Template format called ADMX. These are found on Vista in C

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Brian Desmond
: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:49 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO You may recall, there was a similar case when XP came out too - if memory serves, you had to manage XP GPO settings from an XP box - if you opened them on Win2K, there were problems (I

Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Milburn Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:49 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO You may recall, there was a similar case when XP came out too - if memory serves, you had to manage XP GPO settings from

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Milburn Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 6:49 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO You may recall, there was a similar case when XP came out too - if memory serves, you had to manage XP GPO settings from an XP box - if you

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Rich Milburn
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:05 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO This is actually a little different because if you view a GPO that was created with Vista, using XP or 2003, none of the ADMX

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:04 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Sorry, I understand it's different, what I meant was merely that we had some growing pains like this when XP first came out. Our practice then became to use only XP desktops for GP management. I

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
/2006 9:18 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO I hear you Rich. I had a long discussion with someone on the GP newsgroups who thought that the fact that XP and 2003 couldn't read Vista GP settings was an abomination and a scandal of the highest order and that MS

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Laura A. Robinson
So Microsoft should encourage their bad practices? Laura _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Akomolafe, Deji Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 12:39 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO People don't seem to have

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
others think. Darren From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Akomolafe, Deji Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:39 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO People don't seem to have a problem with that concept when it comes to game

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO So Microsoft should encourage their bad practices? Laura From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Akomolafe, Deji Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 12:39 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO People don't seem

Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Akomolafe, Deji *Sent:* Friday, December 15, 2006 12:39 PM *To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org *Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO People don't seem to have a problem with that concept when it comes to game consoles

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
] On Behalf Of Akomolafe, Deji Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 11:39 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO People don't seem to have a problem with that concept when it comes to game consoles :) Bad analogy. Go stand in the corner, no wii for you :) When people

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
- Directory Services www.akomolafe.com - we know IT -5.75, -3.23 Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon From: Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Fri 12/15/2006 10:21 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Come on Deji-its exactly

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Laura A. Robinson
those of my employer and for all I know, may even pi$$ off my employer. :-) Laura _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Akomolafe, Deji Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:42 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO I wouldn't put

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
- Directory Services www.akomolafe.com - we know IT -5.75, -3.23 Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon From: Tim Vander Kooi Sent: Fri 12/15/2006 10:53 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO They won't do

Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
omolafe.com- we know IT -5.75, -3.23 Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon From: Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Fri 12/15/2006 10:21 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Come on Dejiits exactl

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO And it's the clueful customers who (rightly) become angry when something in a product that exists purely for backward compatibility opens a security hole. Now, I'm not saying that all security holes are due to backward compatibility, and I'm

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Laura A. Robinson
into misinformed people? Absolutely. Clueless? Not really. Well, not among my customers, anyway. :-) Laura _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura A. Robinson Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:26 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
about Yesterday? -anon From: Laura A. Robinson Sent: Fri 12/15/2006 11:26 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO And it's the clueful customers who (rightly) become angry when something in a product that exists purely for backward compatibility opens a security

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Laura A. Robinson
and lack of exposure to sophisticated IT environments. But I won't. :-) Laura _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Akomolafe, Deji Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:46 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Tim

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread AFidel
by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/15/2006 01:53 PM Please respond to ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org To ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org cc Subject RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO They won?t do it if Microsoft makes it so they CAN?T do it. I feel Microsoft should be applauded for forcing admins to do their jobs

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon From: Laura A. Robinson Sent: Fri 12/15/2006 12:50 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO BTW, I would disagree with your assessment of Microsoft's customer base. I work in Microsoft's largest district

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
15, 2006 1:46 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Tim, it is the height of professional arrogance to think that anyone who don't/can't/won't do things the way you think they should be done (best practices) are lazy and uninformed. I know you said

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Laura A. Robinson
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Well said. But while you’re at it, could you let someone know that I very upset that I can’t manage my Vista GPOs from my Windows ME PC. Thanks much. ;-) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura A. Robinson Sent: Friday

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
worried about Yesterday? -anon From: Laura A. Robinson Sent: Fri 12/15/2006 1:12 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Since many of us are in the habit of expressing various opinions, perhaps we should refrain from characterizing those with which we disagree

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura A. Robinson Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:13 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Since many of us are in the habit of expressing various opinions, perhaps we should refrain from characterizing those with which

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Laura A. Robinson
_ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Akomolafe, Deji Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:54 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Know your audience. Know your customers. Know your consumers. I can't speak to whether or not you pi

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Laura A. Robinson
@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Did I actually say that clueless folks are writing you checks? Or are you projecting? That those who write you checks but don't/can't/won't do things the right way (according to you) are clueless, and you don't like their checks? Sincerely

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
before it was released points to that. Tim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:27 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO I would say you do server things on the server with your admin

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Excellent. I can't wait. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura A. Robinson Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:11 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO We're releasing the Vista management tools for Windows ME at the same time

Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-15 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
, December 15, 2006 4:44 PM *To:* ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org *Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Did I actually say that clueless folks are writing you checks? Or are you projecting? That those who write you checks but don't/can't/won't do things the right way (according

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-14 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
What do you mean Za? I'm not familiar with any GPO plug-in for Win2K3, unless you mean the LDIF files that are in sources\adprep on the Vista CD? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Za Vue Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:57 AM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-14 Thread WATSON, BEN
: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO What do you mean Za? I'm not familiar with any GPO plug-in for Win2K3, unless you mean the LDIF files that are in sources\adprep on the Vista CD? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Za Vue Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:57 AM

Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-14 Thread Za Vue
, 2006 10:34 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO What do you mean Za? I'm not familiar with any GPO plug-in for Win2K3, unless you mean the LDIF files that are in sources\adprep on the Vista CD? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-14 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: 12/14/2006 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Sorry. Exactly what Ben wrote. Thanks.. -Z.V. WATSON, BEN wrote: Maybe he may be referring to the location of any possible new ADM files included with Vista. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-14 Thread Mark Parris
:02 To:ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Sorry. Exactly what Ben wrote. Thanks.. -Z.V. WATSON, BEN wrote: Maybe he may be referring to the location of any possible new ADM files included with Vista. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-14 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
The converter (ADMX Migrator) is only meant to convert ADMs into ADMXs-- not the other way around unfortunately. Darren -Original Message- From: Mark Parris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir.org ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: 12/14/2006 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-14 Thread Lu, WeiMing
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 5:13 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO Vista introduces a new Admin Template format called ADMX. These are found on Vista in C:\windows\policydefinitions and, unfortuately cannot be consumed by earlier versions of Windows

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO

2006-12-14 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
in each GPO. So, good and bad--mostly good I think for most shops. Darren -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lu, WeiMing Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:11 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO With Vista

RE: [ActiveDir] Vista GPO article

2006-03-08 Thread ai-chung_chong
More detail information from Microsoft: Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step by Step Guide.doc