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4.1 Registry Policy Application Message

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The following is an example registry settings message that instructs the client to set the Database Key Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\ with the Name Value Pair "LocalProfile", 1 with the Data Type REG_DWORD for the operating system account's Database Scope. It also instructs the client to set the Database Key Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\ with the Name Value Pair "GroupPolicyMinTransferRate", 0 with the Data Type REG_DWORD in the Database Scope for the operating system account. The descriptions of when Computer Policy Mode is used versus when User Policy Mode is used are described in 1.3.2.

  1. Remote file open for the file <gpo path>\Machine\Registry.pol.

  2. A series of remote file read requests and replies to read the registry settings. The entire file is read by the client. Figure 2 shows the contents of the <gpo path>\Machine\Registry.pol file.

  3. File close.

  4. After the data has been read by the client in step 2, the client updates its registry according to the rules specified in 3.2.5. Any error in updating the registry is ignored.

Contents of <gpo path>\Machine\Registry.pol

Figure 2: Contents of <gpo path>\Machine\Registry.pol