How to distribute DumpsterAlwaysOn through Group Policy?

[Kendall]

Hi,

I know how to do the DumpsterAlwaysOn reg hack for Exchange on a client
machine.
But can anyone tell me how to push it to all clients through Group
policy Management?

I've had a look in Grp Pol Mgmnt by;

1. Creating a new group policy object
2. right click - Edit; then Navigating to - Computer Configuration,
Windows Settings, Security Settings, Registry.
3. I can add a new key, but I cant change values for this key.

Can someone please help?


Cheers,

Kendall

 

[Kendall]

Hi all, found a few solutions and typed up a procedure, here it is:

Procedure: Applying a registry entry change to a Group Policy using a
template.

NOTE: In this example the registry entry is DumpsterAlwaysOn for
Exchange

Create the registry entry:

Open regedt32.exe on your local machine.
Navigate to
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options"
Choose Edit - New - DWORD Value
Name the value to "DumpsterAlwaysOn"
Right click the value and choose Modify
Set the Value Data to 1 and make sure the Base is Hexadecimal
Click OK
Highlight the value DumpsterAlwaysOn and choose File - Export
Export this .reg file to a location e.g. c:\temp
Name the file DumpsterAlwaysOn.reg

Install NUTS.EXE
Download NUTS.EXE from http://www.new-ofek.co.il/yizhar/ or
http://yizhar.mvps.org/
Install NUTS.EXE on your local machine.

Create .adm file
Once NUTS.EXE is installed, click Start - Programs - NUTS - Reg
to Adm
Choose File - Import REG file
Choose c:\temp\DumpsterAlwaysOn.reg
In the "REG Source" window, delete the following text;

"ExcludeCustomKeys"="FaxSep1;IMEX;SP0;SP1;WinRules0"
"FullAddressInText"="SMTP COMPUSERVE FAX"

Choose File - Regenerate ADM text
Choose File - Save ADM template

Save this file on the domain controller in c:\%windows directory%\inf
as DumpsterAlwaysOn_template.adm

Import .adm template into Group Policy Management
Choose Start - Administrative Tools - Group Policy Management
Expand the domain
Right click on Group Policy Objects - choose new
Name the new object DumpsterAlwaysOn
Right Click on the new Group Policy Object (DumpsterAlwaysOn) and
choose Edit
Expand Computer Configuration
Right click Administrative Templates - choose Add/Remove Templates
Choose Add
Select file \\%domain_controller%\%windows
directory%\inf\DumpsterAlwaysOn_template.adm
Click Open
Click Close
Highlight Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates
Choose View - Filtering - untick "Only show policy settings
that....." and choose OK
Expand Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options
In the right panel, right click DumpsterAlwaysOn and choose Properties
Ensure Enabled is checked
Ensure DumpsterAlwaysOn value is set to 1
Click OK
Close the Group Policy.

 

[Mark Heitbrink [MVP]]

Hi,

I know how to do the DumpsterAlwaysOn reg hack for Exchange
on a client machine.

You can use an own adm template.
http://www.gruppenrichtlinien.de/adm/dumpster.txt

HTH
Mark