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Old 04-15-2008   #3 (permalink)
Paul Shapiro
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Re: Can OneCare be controlled by Group Policy in a domain environment?

Thanks Stephen. So far nothing else I'm aware of. Do you know if there are
any plans to extend OneCare for the small domain environment? Forefront
looks like too complex a package to be worth installing for 5-10
workstations.

"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Paul Shapiro" <paul@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
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>>I have a client who just changed from a workgroup environment to a domain.
>>They wanted to keep OneCare since they are used to it and like the
>>simplicity.
>>
>>I was trying to offer remote assistance to an XP SP2 client computer on
>>their domain today, and realized that the standard Group Policy settings
>>to
>>permit offering Remote Assistance affect the Windows firewall, which is
>>turned off by OneCare. Can the OneCare firewall settings be controlled by
>>Group Policy, or is it necessary to adjust each machine individually?
> OneCare can't be administered via Group Policy. In fact, I'd be interested
> if
> you encounter any other issues being in a Domain environment.
> -steve
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