Windows 95/98 Clients and W2K Srv

[Billy]

Hi all

We have quite a few Windows 95/98 clients connecting to our Windows 2000
servers. We're using Active Directory on the servers.
I was browsing through Active Directory Users & Computers and I noticed that
our Win95/98 clients aren't in the OU called Computers, should they be? If
they're not meant to be would I be right in assuming I can't make a group
policy have any affect on Windows 95/98 clients? Or if they should be, how
can I rectify this.

Thanks

Billy

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

Win95/98 don't have a computer account in a domain, so this does not apply
to them. Also Win 9x/Me/NT have no ability to use Group Policies defined in
AD (only old style policies trough ntconfig.pol).

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE (NT4 & 2000), MVP
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http://ladava.com

 

[Billy]

Thanks for getting back to me.
So would one need a ntconfig.pol to setup up security settings like password
expires in xx days etc.

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

For policies yes, but password policies are not handled by clients, but by
domain controlers, so this policy (defined at domain level GPO) still works
if you log-on with Win9x/Me/NT computer.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE (NT4 & 2000), MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com

 

[Billy]

Oh yeah of course it is.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.