2003 server policy and XP clients

[gillymonst]

Hi,
Could someone tell me...Can Active Directory, through a policy, be used on a LAN to re-configure firewall settings and local services on the PC's logged into the AD. For example, could SNMP strings be updated in the SNMP service and a hole made for port 161 in the local firewall through a policy globally even after our base ghost images are configured. These base images would have SNMP configured but no hole for SNMP in the PC's local firewall. We would also want to change community strings in the future from those originally set in the ghost image.
Thanks.

 

[markdmac]

The quick answer is YES but it is very messy and beyond the scope of a thread here.

Managing Windows XP Service Pack 2 Features Using Group Policy

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/mangxpsp2/mngdepgp.mspx

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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