March 17, 2005
@ 11:42 PM

Managing Windows XP with SP2 machines on a Windows 2003 Server is annoying without some tools.

I went to open some ports for administrative purposes to some LANs I manage.  Realised what a pain it was to get all the tools, so here they are:

First, you need to grab the Administrative Templates (ADMs)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=92759D4B-7112-4B6C-AD4A-BBF3802A5C9B&displaylang=en

Then, update the GPO console... 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0A6D4C24-8CBD-4B35-9272-DD3CBFC81887&displaylang=en

Then get the little fix so that it handles long strings properly in the new ADM files...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842933

Much better. =)


 
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