Windows 98 SE custom Policy Template
I think microsoft sells this kind of information as I am not able to really find anything about config.pol (windows 98 policies) at microsoft's knowledge base. I was hoping someone out there might know how to do one thing with the Windows.ADM file, that is, to append one new category with one entry... I have found on the internet a quick note about disabling domain password caching for Windows 95/98 machines. The URL to this website's article on how to do this is http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/134/
If nothing else, the above URL will show exactly what key I want to add to the regisry. That's my problem right now. I have been able to edit the windows.adm file in c:\windows\inf using wordpad, and use it with System Policy Editor and bam, there's my category, my key, etc. Problem is I can't get it to actually change the registry. I tried replacing the windows.adm file in the inf directory with my version of it, which currently has this syntax
CATEGORY !!DomainPasswords
POLICY !!DomainPasswords
KEYNAME Network\Logon
VALUENAME NoDomainPwdCaching
VALUEON NUMERIC 1 VALUEOFF DELETE
END POLICY
END CATEGORY
Now, when I use SPE to open the registry, make changes, and then click save, it doesn't edit the registry at all. In fact when I use one of the original entries, say, hide share passwords, I still do not see the changes appear in hklm\software\microsoft\current version\network\policies where that particular value should be stored. I don't know if I screwed up the file, if this file must reside on an NT server (even tho I dumped & then saved to/from the registry on my machine).
The whole point of my attempting to do this is that I want DUN, proxy, etc passwords saved in a PWL for ease of use for the end user, but I do not want the domain password cached. I don't know yet if this will present other problems, such as in an exchange environment, or what..but I can't even get this darn thing to work right to even test it.
If anyone has intimate knowledge of how to perform this task I'd really appreciate some help. I can be reached here or at [email protected]. Thanks.
