Creating custom Group Policy templates

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I have a mixed Windows environment -- NT domain, NT/2000/XP clients, so I have to create custom policy templates to deploy features missing in NT such as Automatic Windows Updates or Windows Firewall sett...

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Save the script below as a text file with .ADM extension, put the file on your PDC and run poledit.exe on it. In Options, add the new file to the list of templates, then create a new or open currently used policy. You will see the new entries under "Default Computer." Using this technique, you can add your own registry entries to deploy throughout domain.

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