Group Policy Question

platypus · 13 Oct 2008 at 10:12

Trying to get this working, and I know there are some AD/GP experts on here so worth a shot..

I have 6 computers on a network, all on a workgroup not a domain. I have a group policy file to disable messenger that I want to copy across the network and apply on all machines.

Will this work?

Copying %systemdir%\system32\grouppolicy\machine\registry.pol to the other computers then run gpupdate /force?

Will that do it? Or do I need to copy something else?

howler · 13 Oct 2008 at 11:04

that should work

You could also run a reg key to disable it which might be easier

platypus · 13 Oct 2008 at 11:15

Hmm, tried uninstalling WLM via RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove, but after rebooting, it just reinstalls itself..

..is this program a virus or what?

platypus · 13 Oct 2008 at 11:15

howler said:
that should work

You could also run a reg key to disable it which might be easier

I figured it would work but after testing it doesn't disable windows Live messenger, just the old versions

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Every permeation of a registry key to disable WM/WLM I've seen/tried has failed to work. I figure this is because the registry key in itself isn't enough, it requires the group policy to enact the actual settings. GP+Registry Key worked perfectly...for messenger, not live messenger.

platypus · 13 Oct 2008 at 12:10

Got it; msiexec /x {B1403D7D-C725-4858-AACC-7E5FA2D72859}.