User/Computer Extensible Policies

Files with the .ADM extension provide customizeable attributes for users and workstations. You can add existing ADM files and configure their settings to create extensible policies.

The User Package or Workstation Package must be associated for the extensible policy to be in effect.

You may also want to schedule the extensible policy, rather than accept the default of Package Schedule. To do so, click the Policy Schedule tab before exiting the Extensible Policies dialog box.

Extensible policies are not supported on Windows XP. You should use Windows Group policies to configure policies for Windows XP systems.

ADM Files
Lists the ADM files for the current policy package. You can add or remove an ADM file from this list.

Click an ADM file to view its attributes in the Policies box.

Policies
Displays the policy attributes for the selected ADM file. You can expand and traverse the policy tree to enable or disable each policy attribute. For information on the different states of a policy check box, see Check Box States.

The box below the Policies box displays other attribute options with check boxes that can be enabled or disabled. It can also provide fields for information entry, or drop-down boxes for selecting attribute options.

Add
Adds an ADM file for the current policy package. Enter the full path to the ADM file, or browse for the file.

Remove
Deletes the selected ADM file from the policy. Removing it means you will also remove any policies that were in place as defined by that ADM file.

WARNING: Do not manually delete an ADM file from its directory without first removing it in ConsoleOneTM from the ADM Files list. If you delete it from the directory first, registry changes that enable the policy will still be in effect.

Apply
Click to copy the policy changes to NDS® . Until you click Apply, policy changes are kept in a temporary location. Because of this, if two ADM files have the same check box item attribute (the same Windows* registry entry), a change made in one ADM file will be seen in the other.


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