mike1210

Hi all,
I am trying to add a system variable via group policy with the name "AVTEST" and value "KASPERSKYLAB". This must be permanently added on the machine, so far I've found this on the net


; http://www.gruppenrichtlinien.de/adm/temp.txt
; you have to edit policy, part and valuename
; you can extend the ADM by adding further parts
CLASS USER
CATEGORY "Userspecific Environment Variables (SET)"
POLICY "Rename it to your settings ..." Kasper
KEYNAME "Environment"
PART "Set Name of your var =" AVTEST
VALUENAME KASPERSKYLAB
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY

But I think this is a user variable, importing gives me errors

anyone know the changes to make or have made one in the past

hodgy0_2

don't you need it adding to the computer section of the adm not the user section

cant you test the syntax outside the delivery mechanism

i.e ADM and GP is just the delivery mechanism you should be able to confirm the actual syntax by running it from a workstation,

mike1210

good point yeah i think this is closer to the mark

---- set.adm ----
CLASS MACHINE
CATEGORY "Environment"
POLICY "Self dfined variables"
KEYNAME "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment"
PART "Set MyVar1 =" EDITTEXT
DEFAULT "MyValue1"
VALUENAME MyVar1 ; EXPANDABLETEXT
; add expandabletext if it can contain Variables itself
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY
---- set.adm ----

hodgy0_2

looks better

at the end of the day all the adm is doing is modifying a reg key

I always look at it as a two step process

i.e. how do I modify the key -- getting the delivery right

then getting the correct modification to work -- the payload

these can be looked at as two different pieces of work and delevoped independently of each other-- then when both work as expected you just combine them