ADM File for Defender

[Guest]

Is there an ADM file avaliable for defender? I've seen posted in multiple
locations one would be avalaible when the final version was released. Well
it has now been released.

Anyone know?

Andrew

 

[Dave M]

Yes it's available with the download of the final release, however see this
thread for more detail, as WD is targeted for home users, not for corporate
implementation:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/sec...6c6f&mid=62b564ef-c657-4482-8754-41edcfc16c6f

 

[Andrew]

Ok where is the ADM? It's not in the Windows Defender install dir. I
looked in gpedit and it wasn't installed when I installed WD.

Why would I pay for a product (Microsoft Forefront Client Protection) when
WD will do it for free?

Andrew

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

I haven't checked the thread Dave referred to--but this has been discussed
here--I believe in the .networking group.

Run gpedit, highlight administrative templates, right click and add. You
should see Windows Defender listed as a possible template to add--add it,
open it, and see the (limited) settings exposed.

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[Dave M]

Well I'm a single user not on a corporate network, but I can see that the
windowsdefender.adm file is listed in the directory C:\WINDOWS\inf folder,
although all active ADM files appear to be located in
C:\WINDOWS\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm... so how it should be installed/moved
over there is beyond my Home Office knowledge, sorry.

As to your second question about paying for it, since it really doesn't
seem so strange to me that they (MS) want payment for providing
subscription protection to a corporate environment, while keeping
individual users protected for no charge above what they originally paid
for the OS software. It's a rather common practice isn't it? I can think
of many other third party security products that use this as a marketing
technique, that is giving it away to individuals but renting the enterprise
version. I'm not defending the practice, I'm just curious as to why you're
surprised by it.

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

Here's how to see the settings exposed:
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The .ADM file is installed when the released Windows Defender version is
installed.

To see the settings available, under Windows XP SP2, do start, run,
gpedit.msc

right-click administrative templates, and click add

Click add

Choose Windows Defender.adm from the displayed list and click Open.

Click close on the add/remove templates windows

Open Administrative Templates
Open Windows Components
Open Windows Defender to see the policy settings available.

 

[Dave M]

Got it on a Media Center... finally. Thanks Bill, I was being a bit thick
there. Can I leave it State Not Configured or should I remove completely
as I'm not even intending to use group policy on myself...

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

You can just leave it as is--state not configured--that won't change
anything.
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[Andrew]

gpedit does not show the WD adm file as an option.

Andrew

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

I'm not sure what to suggest--that post was a cut and paste from one where I
went through the process step by step to be sure the details were correct.

The process is a little odd--there are two places you need to click on add.
You right-click admin templates and choose add or remove, and then you click
on add. That should display a list of files in the INF folder, and Windows
Defender should be one of them.
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