Summary

Best practices for using Group Policy to manage Windows Vista computers include:

  • Begin by migrating your administrative workstations to Windows Vista Service Pack 1, which will allow you to start managing Group Policy for Windows Vista computers immediately.

  • After you edit Group Policy Objects using the GPMC included in Windows Server 2008 or the GPMC included with RSAT for Vista Service Pack 1, do not use earlier versions of either the GPMC or the Group Policy Object Editor.

  • Create a central store on domain controllers running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003 and copy the ADMX files from your Windows Vista Service Pack 1 computers to this store.

  • Migrate your custom ADM files to ADMX format using ADMX Migrator. Do not migrate the ...

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