Where is an ADM file for Internet Explorer 8??

[tom12010]

Many people are still using Windows 2003 servers, which don't take the
admx format for group policy.

Where can one find an ADM file for controlling IE8 through Group
Policy??

Alternatively, how can I convert inetres.admx to an adm file for usage
with Windows 2003 servers??

Thank you, Tom

[Florian Frommherz [MVP]]

Tom,

If you have a Vista machine around, you can load RSAT (Remote Server
Administration Tools) on it. It includes GPMC and lets you manage Group
Policy from there using the inetres.admx file.

Cheers,
Florian
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[tom12010]

On Apr 16, 2:05 pm, "Florian Frommherz [MVP]"
<flor...@frickelsoft.DELETETHIS.net> wrote:
> Tom,

>
> If you have a Vista machine around, you can load RSAT (Remote Server
> Administration Tools) on it. It includes GPMC and lets you manage Group
> Policy from there using the inetres.admx file.

Am I correct in understanding that I could take the inetres.admx on my
Vista box and use it via RSAT to update/upgrade the relevant IE group
policy settings for my Windows Server 2003 domain??

We presently have IE policies set up for IE7 for both the default
domain policy (e.g. set the home page), domain users, and for an OU
applied to our Citrix servers, all of which I imagine is pretty
common.

Meanwhile I will look for RSAT.

Thank you, Tom

[Florian Frommherz [MVP]]

Howdie!

tom12010 wrote:
> Am I correct in understanding that I could take the inetres.admx on my
> Vista box and use it via RSAT to update/upgrade the relevant IE group
> policy settings for my Windows Server 2003 domain??

Yes, you can. Group Policy Editor just uses those adm (up to server
2003) or admx (Vista and up) files to display the various settings for
you to browse and configure. The output that actually gets downloaded by
the client is a file called Registry.POL. Group Policy Editor creates
that file after have finished editing the GP and close it - the
structure of the .POL file hasn't changed in Vista/Server 2008 so the
output is the same no matter what files you initially used (ADM/ADMX).

I have a blog posting that explains that pretty good (not 100% related
to your question). Although I don't mention ADMX here explicitly,
statements on ADM apply to ADMX there as well:
http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog/?p=74

[Robert Premuž]

"tom12010" wrote:
> Many people are still using Windows 2003 servers, which don't take the
> admx format for group policy.
>
> Where can one find an ADM file for controlling IE8 through Group
> Policy??

I've found out that the Administrative Template file for IE8 can be
extracted from IE8 installation file:

(1) Open IE8-WindowsServer2003-x86-ENU.exe by a ZIP extractor (e.g.
7Zip) and extract inetres.adm

(2) Copy inetres.adm to the following folders:
%SystemRoot%\inf
%SystemRoot%\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm

After that you will be able to edit/view new IE8 settings in the
Group Policy Object Editor and Group Policy Management Console on a
MS Windows Server 2003.

-- rpr.

[Mitch]

Excellent Robert! Thanks