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On 10/19/04 at the late time of 11:33pm, Glenn L rhetorically questioned:
> Who is going to
> install a wireless NIC on a W2K3 server?
I dunno... but I'm sure we'll run across some ya-hoo who tries it and
wonders why it's not working as well as s/he thought it would.
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Ken
"Glenn L" <the.only@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ev56yWltEHA.3188@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Each GPO setting specifies the minimum OS support required right in the
> GPO
> editor.
> Typically if it is supported on XP, it is also supported on W2K3.
> I have yet to see any policy that says XP only. This is not to say there
> aren't any.
> Perhaps some of the new wireless policies are XP only. Who is going to
> install a wireless NIC on a W2K3 server?
>
> --
> Glenn L
> CCNA, MCSE 2000, MCSE 2003 + Security
>
>
> "John" <noSPAM@please.net> wrote in message
> news:Om9O15htEHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> If I use the ADM files from WinXP SP2, they are applicable to Win2k3 Srv
> as
>> well?
>> Thanks again.
>>
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>> "Glenn L" <the.only@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Owk0BoftEHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > W2K can host GPO settings for Win XP and W2K3
>> > Thes settings are mostly stored in the ADMs that come with each OS, and
>> are
>> > typically updated in SP releases (e.g. XP2 added a bunch).
>> > Install the adminpak.msi on your XP workstation.
>> > Better yet, install it on your W2K3 member server.
>> > Then systematically edit all your GPOs.....without making any changes.
>> > The act of opening them for editing will copy the ADM to sysvol for
>> > that
>> GPO
>> >
>> > After you do this, those settings will be available to manage from W2K.
>> >
>> > There is no requirement to isolate OS platforms to specific OUs
>> > If a platform (e.g. W2Kpro) cannot understand a setting in a GPO it
>> > must
>> > apply, then it simply ignores the setting and applies what it can.
>> > --
>> > Glenn L
>> > CCNA, MCSE 2000, MCSE 2003 + Security
>> >
>> >
>> > "John" <noSPAM@please.net> wrote in message
>> > news:uojk4rdtEHA.3872@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> > > I thought I read something that you can use a Windows 2000 DC to host
>> > > WindowsXP GPOs (in a separate OU).
>> > > Is this true?
>> > > Can you do the same for Windows 2003 Servers GPOs on a Win2k DC?
>> > >
>> > > If so, where do I pick up the ADM files for these?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!!!
>> > >
>> > >
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