Looking to disable AD HOC option

[Jonathan @ isa]

Hello and good day.

I have several laptops for my organization that I need to set ad hoc on
wireless connection properties to never be an option, ie disabled, greyed out
etc. The Laptops are windows xp SP2. We are not using Active Directory,
instead samba on our network. I was able to get GPMC.msc installed, however I
am unable to use the group policy object editor to setup a wireless policy
without Active Directory. I have foud through gpedit.msc the following snap
in;" Local Computer Policy/User Configuration/Administrative
Templates/Windows Componets /Microsoft Management
Console/Restricted/Permitted snap-ins/Group Policy/Group Policy snap-in
extensions/Wireless Networ (IEEE 802.11) Policies. I have enabled it but am
unable to set a policy using it.

Does anyone know a work around to set local policy for xp not using Active
Directory. Or at the least reg key for disabling AD HOC option for wireless
connections?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
jonathan k

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello and good day.

I have several laptops for my organization that I need to set ad hoc
on wireless connection properties to never be an option, ie disabled,

<snip>


Hi - you've posted this identical message all over the place, it seems. I
already replied once, in another XP group, as have many in the Group Policy
newsgroup. In the future, please don't multipost - if you need to post to
multiple groups, it's best to crosspost instead, by posting a single message
to a handful of relevant groups (separate the NG names with commas) so that
everyone can follow the thread. Multiposting wastes everyone's time,
including yours, and may lead to your actually getting *less* help rather
than more.

 

[Jonathan @ isa]

Yes i posted this everywhere as you suggested in the other group. You didn't
give me the answers I was looking for. You yourself told me to try posting in
another group. So I did as you suggested, now you tell me after the fact
about the mulitple postings...

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Yes i posted this everywhere as you suggested in the other group. You
didn't give me the answers I was looking for. You yourself told me to
try posting in another group.

Not this one.

So I did as you suggested, now you tell
me after the fact about the mulitple postings...

I'm sorry, I don't remember the order of events - my apologies if you'd
posted this one after I replied to the one in the XP group. And that was
before I saw the (older) posts in the Group Policy group.

In a situation like this it tends to help if you don't post the identical
message, but preface it with "I originally posted this in group(s) X but was
told to post here."

This is why crossposting is a Good Thing - it keeps everything in one
thread. Anyway, enough schoolmarm now - good luck with your issue.