Workstations that are 98/XP mixed in a network

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Good afternoon,

What is the best way to manage machines where half are 98 and half are XP,
over time we will migrate all the 98 machines to XP. I have been
understanding Group Policy Management Console is only compatible with
XP/2003.

When using GPMC on the 2003 server and configuring policy settings to OUs,
will this still apply correct security settings to the 98 machines similar
to the XP machines?

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?)

You're kinda on the right track. GPMC (the management console program) is
compatible with XP and 2003. Group policy applies to 2000(server/pro), XP
(pro), 2003 server. Any setting that doesn't apply to 'downlevel' clients
will simply be ignored. Such as Remote Assistance (an XP/2003 feature) will
be ignored on any 2000 machine.

The 98 machines, you're kinda outta luck. Unless you feel like writing a
..POL file with poledit.exe and applying it manually to the computers (unless
it can be scripted and done via login script).

Good luck on your upgrade

Ken


"Jordan Samulaitis" <jordan@jvsDELETEnetworks.com> wrote in message
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> Good afternoon,
>
> What is the best way to manage machines where half are 98 and half are XP,
> over time we will migrate all the 98 machines to XP. I have been
> understanding Group Policy Management Console is only compatible with
> XP/2003.
>
> When using GPMC on the 2003 server and configuring policy settings to OUs,
> will this still apply correct security settings to the 98 machines similar
> to the XP machines?
>
>