Change Group Policy settings in VB.NET

[Brian Mitchell]

Does anyone know how to programmatically change the Group Policy settings
with .NET? (preferably VB) I found the IGroupPolicy object in the Platform
SDK but I don't code with C and I have no idea how to use header files in
..NET



Most of the settings I need can be changed in the registry which is no
problem, but some of the more secure ones (like audit and password policies)
can't be set there and I have don't know how to change them otherwise.



Thanks!!

 

[Michael Nemtsev, MVP]

Hello Brian,

See there some discussion about this http://www.developmentnow.com/g/21_...component-that-doesnt-implelemt-IDispatch.htm


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BM> Does anyone know how to programmatically change the Group Policy
BM> settings with .NET? (preferably VB) I found the IGroupPolicy object
BM> in the Platform SDK but I don't code with C and I have no idea how
BM> to use header files in .NET
BM>
BM> Most of the settings I need can be changed in the registry which is
BM> no problem, but some of the more secure ones (like audit and
BM> password policies) can't be set there and I have don't know how to
BM> change them otherwise.
BM>
BM> Thanks!!
BM>

 

[Darren Mar-Elia]

Yea, there is not a lot when it comes to accessing security policy (or other
policy for that matter). We developed the GPExpert Scripting Toolkit to
expose GP settings programmatically because of the lack of support in the
box for this. The Scripting Toolkit supports .Net access as well as
PowerShell if you have trouble getting what you need natively and want to
check it out. URL below...


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