Custom ADM Template Problem

I'm trying to make a registry change via GPO and have written this ADM file,
but the change never takes place on the computer I'm testing. I can see the
GP is applied. Am I doing something wrong? I copied this format from one my
other ADM files that does work.

CLASS MACHINE
CATEGORY "Metco"
CATEGORY "AutoDisconnect Changes"
POLICY "Changes Autodisconnect Timeout"
Explain !!AutoDisconnect
KEYNAME "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\pa rameters"
VALUENAME "autodisconnect"
VALUE NUMERIC 4294967295
END POLICY
END CATEGORY
END CATEGORY

[strings]

AutoDisconnect=Changes the setting
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\lanmanserver\parameters\AutoDisconnect to 0xffffffff which means that network drives never disconnect.

Why don't you try using Group Policy Preferences? It's a better way to solve
this kind of tasks.

Andrei
www.winadmins.net

"tkutil" <> wrote in message
news:1447803C-14DF-424D-92C7-...
> I'm trying to make a registry change via GPO and have written this ADM
> file,
> but the change never takes place on the computer I'm testing. I can see
> the
> GP is applied. Am I doing something wrong? I copied this format from one
> my
> other ADM files that does work.
>
> CLASS MACHINE
> CATEGORY "Metco"
> CATEGORY "AutoDisconnect Changes"
> POLICY "Changes Autodisconnect Timeout"
> Explain !!AutoDisconnect
> KEYNAME "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\pa rameters"
> VALUENAME "autodisconnect"
> VALUE NUMERIC 4294967295
> END POLICY
> END CATEGORY
> END CATEGORY
>
> [strings]
>
> AutoDisconnect=Changes the setting
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\lanmanserver\parameters\AutoDisconnect
> to 0xffffffff which means that network drives never disconnect.
>

Is Group Policy Preferences only for 2008? I ran across that when I was
researching this problem, but couldn't figure out how to make it work and I
thought this was only if we had 2008AD. I'll do some more research because it
did seem like a nice solution.

"Andrei Ungureanu" wrote:

> Why don't you try using Group Policy Preferences? It's a better way to solve
> this kind of tasks.
>
> Andrei
> www.winadmins.net
>
> "tkutil" <> wrote in message
> news:1447803C-14DF-424D-92C7-...
> > I'm trying to make a registry change via GPO and have written this ADM
> > file,
> > but the change never takes place on the computer I'm testing. I can see
> > the
> > GP is applied. Am I doing something wrong? I copied this format from one
> > my
> > other ADM files that does work.
> >
> > CLASS MACHINE
> > CATEGORY "Metco"
> > CATEGORY "AutoDisconnect Changes"
> > POLICY "Changes Autodisconnect Timeout"
> > Explain !!AutoDisconnect
> > KEYNAME "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\pa rameters"
> > VALUENAME "autodisconnect"
> > VALUE NUMERIC 4294967295
> > END POLICY
> > END CATEGORY
> > END CATEGORY
> >
> > [strings]
> >
> > AutoDisconnect=Changes the setting
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\lanmanserver\parameters\AutoDisconnect
> > to 0xffffffff which means that network drives never disconnect.
> >
> .
>

Howdie!

On 18.03.2010 14:36, tkutil wrote:
> Is Group Policy Preferences only for 2008? I ran across that when I was
> researching this problem, but couldn't figure out how to make it work and I
> thought this was only if we had 2008AD. I'll do some more research because it
> did seem like a nice solution.

You don't need a 2008AD. What you need is
(1) The Group Policy Preferences CSE installed on the target clients (so
they can understand the Preferences)
(2) A Server 2008(+) or Windows Vista(+) management station to manage
the Preference settings from.

That's all:
http://blogs.technet.com/grouppolicy...tall-rsat.aspx

Cheers,
Florian