What’s New for Policy Settings in Windows XP

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Group Policy Settings Reference (Windows
XP SP2 .ADM Files)

Group Policy Settings Reference (Windows
XP SP2 .ADM Files) 08/31/2004 07:05 PM
This spreadsheet lists the full set of Group Policy settings described in Administrative Template (.adm) files that shipped with Windows XP SP2. This includes all policy settings supported on the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows Serverâ„¢ 2003, Windows XP Professional with SP2 or earlier service packs, and Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or earlier service packs. The spreadsheet includes separate worksheets for each of the .adm files that shipped in Windows XP SP2 , a consolidated worksheet for easy searching, and an Update History worksheet that lists policy settings that have been added since the Windows Server 2003 operating systems were released. Using column filters, you can easily filter the information in the spreadsheet by operating system, component, or machine/user configuration. You can also search for information by using text or keywords.

Group Policy Settings Reference for
Windows Server 2003

Group Policy Settings Reference for
Windows Server 2003 08/09/2004 02:30 AM
This spreadsheet lists the full set of Group Policy settings described in Administrative Template (.adm) files shipped with Windows Server 2003. This includes all policy settings supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003. The spreadsheet includes separate worksheets for each of the .adm files shipped, as well as a consolidated worksheet for easy searching. Using column filters, the spreadsheet allows simple filtering by operating system, component and machine/user configuration, as well as regular text search of keywords through Excel.

Group Policy Settings Reference for
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

Group Policy Settings Reference for
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 03/31/2005 07:01 PM
This spreadsheet lists Group Policy settings described in Administrative Template (.adm) files and Security Settings that shipped with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. This includes all Administrative Template policy settings supported on the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows Serverâ„¢ 2003, Windows XP Professional with SP2 or earlier service packs, and Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or earlier service packs. In addition, this spreadsheet includes the following categories of security policy settings: Account Policies (Password Policy, Account Lockout Policy, and Kerberos Policy), Local Policies (Audit Policy, User Rights Assignment, and Security Options), Event Log, Restricted Groups, System Services, Registry, and File System policy settings. Note: This does not include security settings that exist outside of the Security Settings extension (scecli.dll), such as Wireless Network extension, Public Key Policies, or Software Restrction Policies.

Group Policy Settings Reference for
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Release Candidate 1

Group Policy Settings Reference for
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Release Candidate 1 04/27/2004 11:06 PM
This spreadsheet lists the full set of Group Policy settings described in Administrative Template (.adm) files shipped with Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 1. This includes all policy settings supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003. The spreadsheet includes separate worksheets for each of the .adm files shipped, as well as a consolidated worksheet for easy searching. Using column filters, the spreadsheet allows simple filtering by operating system, component and machine/user configuration, as well as regular text search of keywords through Excel. As a pre-release list, this spreadsheet includes new policy settings added in the Release Candidate 1 version of Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2.

Group Policy Settings Reference for
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Release Candidate 2

Group Policy Settings Reference for
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Release Candidate 2 06/20/2004 11:47 PM
This spreadsheet lists the full set of Group Policy settings described in Administrative Template (.adm) files shipped with Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2. This includes all policy settings supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003. The spreadsheet includes separate worksheets for each of the .adm files shipped, as well as a consolidated worksheet for easy searching. Using column filters, the spreadsheet allows simple filtering by operating system, component and machine/user configuration, as well as regular text search of keywords through Excel. As a pre-release list, this spreadsheet includes new policy settings added in the Release Candidate 2 version of Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2.

Threats and Countermeasures: Security
Settings in Windows Server 2003 and
Windows XP

Threats and Countermeasures: Security
Settings in Windows Server 2003 and
Windows XP 01/29/2004 02:48 AM
The Threats and Countermeasures Guide contains detailed information about relevant security settings that can be configured on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. This guide details the different threats, potential countermeasures, and the potential impact of configuring these settings.

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2
(v 2)

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2
(v 2) 05/07/2004 01:56 AM
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), currently a Release Candidate in Beta testing, includes significant enhancements to the Windows Firewall component, previously known as the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). Windows Firewall is a stateful host-based firewall that discards unsolicited incoming traffic, providing a level of protection for computers against malicious users or programs. To provide better protection for computers connected to any kind of network (such as the Internet, a home network, or an organization network), Windows XP SP2 enables Windows Firewall on all network connections by default. This new behavior can impair some types of communications. This article describes how to deploy the appropriate configuration settings for Windows Firewall on an organization network so that it is enabled and providing protection, and so that communications are not impaired.

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for
Microsoft Windows XP

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for
Microsoft Windows XP 09/21/2004 06:41 AM
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Overview
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes the Windows Firewall, a replacement for the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) in previous versions of Windows XP. Windows Firewall is a stateful host-based firewall that discards unsolicited incoming traffic, providing a level of protection for computers against malicious users or programs. To provide better protection for computers connected to any kind of network (such as the Internet, a home network, or an organization network), Windows XP SP2 enables Windows Firewall on all network connections by default. This new behavior can impair some types of communications. This article describes how to deploy the appropriate configuration settings for Windows Firewall on an organization network so that it is enabled and providing protection, and so that communications are not impaired.

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Security Settings in Windows Server 2003
and Windows XP

Security Settings in Windows Server 2003
and Windows XP 07/27/2004 07:38 AM

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for
Windows XP SP2

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for
Windows XP SP2 05/07/2004 04:50 AM

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for
Windows XP (SP2)

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for
Windows XP (SP2) 04/10/2004 10:19 AM

Windows XP: Remembering More than 400
Folder Settings

Windows XP: Remembering More than 400
Folder Settings 06/17/2004 06:16 PM

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings XP
SP2 (v2.4)

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings XP
SP2 (v2.4) 08/13/2004 10:26 AM
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes the Windows Firewall, a replacement for the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) in previous versions of Windows XP. Windows Firewall is a stateful host-based firewall that discards unsolicited incoming traffic, providing a level of protection for computers against malicious users or programs. To provide better protection for computers connected to any kind of network (such as the Internet, a home network, or an organization network), Windows XP SP2 enables Windows Firewall on all network connections by default. This new behavior can impair some types of communications. This article describes how to deploy the appropriate configuration settings for Windows Firewall on an organization network so that it is enabled and providing protection, and so that communications are not impaired.

Download: Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2
View: Manually Configuring Windows Firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2
View: Get ready for Windows XP SP2: Turn on Automatic Updates

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Deploying Firewall Settings for
Microsoft Windows XP SP2

Deploying Firewall Settings for
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 06/14/2004 03:55 AM

XP: Change Windows Automatic Update
Settings

XP: Change Windows Automatic Update
Settings 05/09/2004 08:57 AM
Tech-Recipes May 9 2004 12:20PM GMT

Adding Windows Update addresses to the
proxy settings exceptions list

Adding Windows Update addresses to the
proxy settings exceptions list 05/05/2004 04:50 PM

Deploying Internet Connection Firewall
Settings for Microsoft® Windows® XP with
Service Pack 2

Deploying Internet Connection Firewall
Settings for Microsoft® Windows® XP with
Service Pack 2 01/05/2004 12:26 PM

Windows Firewall policy template for NT
4 domains

Windows Firewall policy template for NT
4 domains 08/15/2004 09:16 AM

Experts question Windows patch policy

Experts question Windows patch policy 11/11/2003 09:22 AM
ZDNet Nov 11 2003 8:24AM ET

Microsoft PDC: Company shifts policy on
security for Windows

Microsoft PDC: Company shifts policy on
security for Windows 10/31/2003 04:58 AM
Seattle Times Oct 31 2003 3:41AM ET

Active Directory and Windows XP Group
Policy feature

Active Directory and Windows XP Group
Policy feature 01/01/2005 08:31 PM

Windows 2000 Default Policy Restore Tool

Windows 2000 Default Policy Restore Tool 05/19/2004 12:03 AM
RecreateDefPol.exe is a tool developed for the restoration of the Default Domain and Default Domain Controllers policy files, in case of accidental deletion. This tool is for use exclusively on Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, and DataCenter Server. Do not use this tool on Windows Server 2003; use Dcgpofix.exe instead (included in Windows Server 2003).

Managing Windows XP Service Pack 2
Features Using Group Policy

Managing Windows XP Service Pack 2
Features Using Group Policy 08/15/2004 09:16 AM

Vintela enables Unix and Linux
policy-based mgmt. via Windows

Vintela enables Unix and Linux
policy-based mgmt. via Windows 09/24/2004 03:41 AM
A couple of months ago I enthused (some might say "gushed") about Vintela Authentication Services, which enables you to efficiently - and securely - manage a single logon/password for Unix, Linux and Windows applications. In essence, it integrates the Unix and Linux platforms into Windows' Active Directory. The boys in Linden, Utah didn't rest on their laurels very long, though. Just last week came the announcement of a new add-on to VAS - Vintela Group Policy, which provides a framework for Unix and Linux policy-based management through the Windows Group Policy system. All integrated, of course, through Active Directory.

Linux Represented on Microsoft Windows
Group Policy Task Force

Linux Represented on Microsoft Windows
Group Policy Task Force 06/19/2004 01:12 AM
Linux Electrons Jun 19 2004 5:07AM GMT

Talking Policy: An examination of public
dialogue in science and technology
policy

Talking Policy: An examination of public
dialogue in science and technology
policy 03/25/2005 12:12 PM
Rand Mar 25 2005 3:28PM GMT

Critical Update for Windows Media Player
(All Versions) for Windows 2000, Windows
XP, and Windows Server 2003 (KB828026)

Critical Update for Windows Media Player
(All Versions) for Windows 2000, Windows
XP, and Windows Server 2003 (KB828026) 02/11/2004 01:19 AM
When a content owner creates an audio or video stream, they can add script commands (such as URL script commands and custom script commands) to be encoded in the stream. When the stream is played back, the script commands can trigger events in an embedded player program, or they can open your browser and then navigate to a Web page. This behavior is by design

Windows Media Player (All Versions) for
Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows
Server 2003 (KB832353)

Windows Media Player (All Versions) for
Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows
Server 2003 (KB832353) 04/22/2004 01:20 AM
After applying the Update for Windows Media Player Script Commands (KB828026), some URL script commands do not fire even though they would be expected to do so. In addition to the URL script command issues, this package addresses an issue with the installer that would cause 100% CPU utilization in certain scenarios.

Share app settings between OS X and OS 9

Share app settings between OS X and OS 9 07/12/2004 07:29 AM
When I was moving from OS 9 to OS X, I needed to work once in original 9 (not Classic) and then in X, and have the same data in applications (Entourage, iCab). I found that when preferences and settings are in the same format...

How to End Your Network Settings
Nightmare

How to End Your Network Settings
Nightmare 08/27/2004 01:58 PM

Software Settings Sychronization

Software Settings Sychronization 12/26/2004 05:35 AM

Here's something I'd love — the ability to synchronize two installations of the same software on two different computers.

I'm thinking right now of Thunderbird. I have so many settings customized — email accounts, RSS feeds, custom search rules, address book entries, adaptive spam filters, etc. Settings I tweak on my installation at work, I have to come home and recreate on my installation at home.

For instance, I haven't even set up RSS at home, because I got a little weary of just recreating the feeds I had at work. I change one at work, and I have to change it at home, etc.

Another example: I get a lot of automated emails. Not spam, but a lot of emails like blog comment notifications, cronned job reports from our servers, etc. I have a fairly intricate saved search set-up in Thunderbird to find all these emails so I can mass delete them a couple of times a day. There are about 14 parameters in the search, and I have to remember to change the one at home if I change the one at the office.

The FTP Bookmarks Sychronizer for Firefox came very close to this, but my version of that hasn't worked with Firefox 1.0. Even if it did, bookmarks are just the tip of the iceberg.

I think client software developers in general need to consider that users are likely to run the same software on different machines, and there should a mechanism to mass dump all the settings and parameters so the user can get a second installation running exactly like the first.

(I got deja vu while writing this, and — sure enough — I ranted about this same thing over a year ago.)

Store .NET application settings

Store .NET application settings 05/31/2002 08:11 AM

Accordion settings editor

Accordion settings editor 12/27/2003 01:47 PM
First import

PM FAQ: SUS Client Delay settings

PM FAQ: SUS Client Delay settings 07/27/2004 04:05 PM

Getting Terminal Services Settings

Getting Terminal Services Settings 08/15/2004 07:36 PM

T-Mobile Wireless Settings

T-Mobile Wireless Settings 03/24/2005 01:56 PM
PhoneMag Mar 24 2005 6:39PM GMT

New: Lasso Settings Migrator

New: Lasso Settings Migrator 06/08/2004 10:31 AM
Lasso Settings Migrator aids in migrating database settings among different Lasso setups.

10.3: A fix for preference settings that
don't seem to stick

10.3: A fix for preference settings that
don't seem to stick 01/27/2004 11:31 AM
I discovered that certain settings within Bluetooth preferences and iChat preferences, amongst other apps, sometimes weren't sticking past two or three reboots. After much thinking and playing, I discovered the answer: FileV...

Xircom NIC Settings for Laptops

Xircom NIC Settings for Laptops 05/01/2004 02:02 AM

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Microsoft says dividend policy is not
changing

Microsoft says dividend policy is not
changing 11/11/2003 06:48 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Nov 11 2003 4:53PM ET

Microsoft clarifies new support policy

Microsoft clarifies new support policy 06/04/2004 10:38 AM
COMMENTARY: Lost in the euphoria of Microsoft's announcement last week about its new 10-year support policy for business and developer software products, was the implicit understanding that some products won't be included in the new plan. This week, Microsoft clarified its new support scheme, spelling out exactly which products will and won't be covered. Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 users, in particular, will be disappointed.

Microsoft: Dividend Policy Won't Change

Microsoft: Dividend Policy Won't Change 11/11/2003 06:48 PM
Miami Herald Nov 11 2003 5:16PM ET

Microsoft Defends Patch Policy

Microsoft Defends Patch Policy 11/14/2003 11:28 AM

What’s New for Policy Settings in Windows XP

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