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Show only Search instead for. Did you mean:. Sign In. Anthony Bartolo. Published Sep 12 AM Some of the additional 10 ADMX files include the following templates: windowsserver. Group Policy tools use any. The files that in the Central Store are then replicated to all domain controllers in the domain. Review and agree to the license agreement. Tags: Active Directory. Version history. Last update:. If Windows workstations are being used, use the "Turn off automatic updates of ADM files" policy setting for administrators and consider the ADM files in the GPT to be the effective language for all Windows workstations.

Each operating system or service pack release includes a superset of the ADM files provided by earlier releases, including policy settings that are specific to operating systems that are different to those of the new release.

For example, the ADM files that are provided with Windows Server include all policy settings for all operating systems, including those that are only relevant to Windows or Windows XP Professional.

This means that only viewing a GPO from a computer with the new release of an operating system or service pack effectively upgrades the ADM files. As later releases are typically a superset of previous ADM files, this will not typically create problems, assuming that the ADM files that are being used have not been edited. In some situations, an operating system or service pack release may include a subset of the ADM files that was provided with earlier releases. This has the potential to present an earlier subset of the ADM files, resulting in policy settings no longer being visible to administrators when they use Group Policy Object Editor.

However, the policy settings will remain active in the GPO. Only the visibility of the policy settings in Group Policy Object Editor is affected. Any active either Enabled or Disabled policy settings are not visible in Group Policy Object Editor, but remain active.

Because the settings are not visible, it is not possible for the administrator to view or edit these policy settings. To work around this issue, administrators must become familiar with the ADM files that are included with each operating system or service pack release before using Group Policy Object Editor on that operating system, keeping in mind that the act of viewing a GPO is enough to update the ADM files in the GPT, when the timestamp comparison determines an update is appropriate.

The "Always use local ADM files for Group Policy editor" policy is typically used with this policy, when it is supported by the operating system from which Group Policy Object Editor is run. Also, frequent editing of GPOs can result in a significant amount of replication traffic. Using a combination of the "Turn off automatic updates of ADM files" and "Always use local ADM files for Group Policy editor" policy settings can greatly reduce the size of Sysvol folder and reduce policy-related replication traffic where a significant number of policy edits occur.

If the size of the Sysvol volume or Group Policy-related replication traffic becomes problematic, consider implementing an environment where the Sysvol does not store any ADM files. Or consider maintaining ADM files on administrative workstations. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Server TechCenter. Sign in.

United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Hi Ron. Yes, indeed. Thanks for pointing that out. Thank you for pointing this out. I will re-blog this post with some more info.

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