Internet Explorer 7 ADM files

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Jason Murray

Hi All,
Hope you can assist.
I understand that internet explorer (IE) 7 is not compatible with Windows
Server 2000.

Does this mean that there are no IE7 Group policy ADM templates available
for Windows Server 2000?

We have Windows 2000 DC's and workstations running IE7 so we would like to
control IE7 through the domain policy. We havent been able to find any ADM
templates that are compatible or support Windows Server 2000.

Thanks in advance,
Jason
 
Thanks. But can i use this for Windows Server 2000? It only lists 2003
Server and XP as supported.

Jason
 
Jason,

Jason said:
We have Windows 2000 DC's and workstations running IE7 so we would like to
control IE7 through the domain policy. We havent been able to find any ADM
templates that are compatible or support Windows Server 2000.
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Just two side notes here:
(1) You should really look into updating/replacing the 2000DCs with 2003
or 2008 as the support runs out (already has run out).

(2) As long as you can find an ADM template for a product (Meinolf
already posted the link), you can import it to Windows 2000 (and Server
2003) and roll out the settings in there. There are no compatibility
issues (although the Server products may not support the product you're
rolling the settings out for).

cheers,

Florian
 
Thanks Florian. I want to upgrade but management dont!



Florian Frommherz said:
Jason,

Jason said:
We have Windows 2000 DC's and workstations running IE7 so we would like to
control IE7 through the domain policy. We havent been able to find any ADM
templates that are compatible or support Windows Server 2000.
Click to expand...

Just two side notes here:
(1) You should really look into updating/replacing the 2000DCs with 2003
or 2008 as the support runs out (already has run out).

(2) As long as you can find an ADM template for a product (Meinolf
already posted the link), you can import it to Windows 2000 (and Server
2003) and roll out the settings in there. There are no compatibility
issues (although the Server products may not support the product you're
rolling the settings out for).

cheers,

Florian
--
Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.
Maillist (german): http://frickelsoft.net/cms/index.php?page=mailingliste
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Jason,

Jason said:
Thanks Florian. I want to upgrade but management dont!
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No problem - you try to import the template and if errors should arise,
feel free to post again!

I've seen this a few times. A "tipp" for this: if you have a time
window, go pick up a piece of paper and write down possible things that
could break Windows 2000 in the future that could result in a loss of
productivity (= $$$ for the mgmt folks). Like "Critical security hole
found in Win2000 - no support, no fix. Potential risk: ... Potential
cost to fix ... (cost per hour of "downtime"): .... Create the list and
sum up all the things that could happen related to an not (any more)
supported OS and the cost it might generate. That might make wake them
up. That OS is almost nine years old - I'd like to see one of them
driving a nine-year-old car day by day ;) Making them see the potential
risk and problems a non-supported OS might arise and what your
administration overhead in case of an error might be, could at least
lead them to think about their decision once more.

cheers,

Florian
 
Thanks. If you think thats bad we dont even patch the servers. I have been
here for over a year and not one patch or update has been installed!!!



Florian Frommherz said:
Jason,

Jason said:
Thanks Florian. I want to upgrade but management dont!
Click to expand...

No problem - you try to import the template and if errors should arise,
feel free to post again!

I've seen this a few times. A "tipp" for this: if you have a time
window, go pick up a piece of paper and write down possible things that
could break Windows 2000 in the future that could result in a loss of
productivity (= $$$ for the mgmt folks). Like "Critical security hole
found in Win2000 - no support, no fix. Potential risk: ... Potential
cost to fix ... (cost per hour of "downtime"): .... Create the list and
sum up all the things that could happen related to an not (any more)
supported OS and the cost it might generate. That might make wake them
up. That OS is almost nine years old - I'd like to see one of them
driving a nine-year-old car day by day ;) Making them see the potential
risk and problems a non-supported OS might arise and what your
administration overhead in case of an error might be, could at least
lead them to think about their decision once more.

cheers,

Florian
--
Microsoft MVP - Group Policy
eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net.
blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog.
Maillist (german): http://frickelsoft.net/cms/index.php?page=mailingliste
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