[1709, fcu] Installing admx templates

[Jawloms]

Hiya,

 

I've tried installing the group policy definitions and all the existing ones won't overwrite as they are write protected. How do I install them? Everything just says "copy them in".

 

Thank you

 

Stuart

[chazzy2501]

\\domainname\SYSVOL\domainname\Policies\PolicyDefinitions this is the area you're trying to paste the definitions into?

 

You should be able to just paste them in. check your current user permissions? are you domain admin. going through a read only share?

[Jawloms]

I was working directly on the DC using the domain admin account, so accessing the C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder. If I look in \\domainname\SYSVOL\domainname\Policies\, I just have a massive list of folders with hex names. I don't have a folder called "PolicyDefinitions".

[chazzy2501]

Then you don't have a central store:

 

To create a Central Store for .admx and .adml files, create a folder that is named PolicyDefinitions in the following location:

\\FQDN\SYSVOL\FQDN\policies

Note

FQDN is a fully qualified domain name.

 

For example, to create a Central Store for the Test.Microsoft.com domain, create a PolicyDefinitions folder in the following location:

\\Test.Microsoft.Com\SYSVOL\Test.Microsoft.Com\Policies

[Jawloms]

If I now set one up, is it likely to break anything else?

[chazzy2501]

nope, create the "PolicyDefinitions" folder plop in the adml files and their language packs blah, next time you use group policy editor you'll see settings for the new windows, you can also put office adml's in here.

 

I use windows 8.1 to manage windows 10 PCs just fine. thanks to central store.