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...u keep in mind the "tatoo" effect on the registry. Does anyone have any info on whether or not this is feasible, or if samba will soon support Group Policy Objects (so I won't need to do this)? Or if someone already has accomplished this or has any other comments..... Mike Petersen mgpeter@pcc-services.com References: Creating Custom Templates for SPE - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winsyspe/chapter/ch08.html Microsofts Group Policy Reference Spreadsheet - http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/a/3/aa32239c-3a23-46ef-ba8b-da786e167e5 e/PolicySettings.xls Samba Rocks !!

...ly want on their network. This would probably alleviate some of the emails I receive (some people just don't comprehend the whole policy thing - I have heard it all). Does anyone think this is a good or bad idea ? Thanks all - feel free to email me directly on these questions. Mike Petersen mgpeter@pcc-services.com http://www.pcc-services.com/custom_poledit.html

...rnet Options" tabs, although I probably won't waste time in going into disabling certain preferences (just disable the whole tab). I am probably going to be gone this weekend, but if you want anything else added to this policy please reply to the list or email me directly. Mike Petersen mgpeter@pcc-services.com

I have an NTConfig.POL I created from poledit with the Windows 2000 Administrator toolkit. It contains my WSUS configuration, and NTConfig.POL is placed in my [netlogon] share and is being loaded fine by the clients. Is this still the propery way to create NTConfig.POL files, or is there a newer utility I should be using? I'm looking at Vista and it uses .admx templates, which I guess

...urns out that the WINS Database on the PDC still had the old IP Addresses of the PDC and BDC. So, I stopped the nmb service on the PDC and deleted the wins database and restarted nmb - everything once again started working as it should. Hope this helps a future problem for someone, Mike Petersen mgpeter@pcc-services.com

..."Default User.V2" - Vista should use that profile instead of the local Default User profile. Once I do further testing I will add everything to the Samba Wiki. BTW: Does anyone know how to force Vista to utilize a System Policy (NTConfig.POL) from the netlogon share ?? Mike Petersen mgpeter@pcc-services.com

...velopers want me to either post it as-is on the Samba Wiki or edit out the SLES parts and post it on the Samba Wiki I would be happy to (when I get the time of course :-) You can access the how-to at: http://www.pcc-services.com/sles/samba.html Anyway, feedback is always welcome. Mike Petersen mgpeter@pcc-services.com mpetersen71@gmail.com