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Chapter 5. Working with Active Directory and ADM files Active Directory provides a mechanism that gives administrators the ability to manage computers, groups, end users, domains, security policies, and any type of user-defined objects. The mechanisms used by Active Directory to accomplish this are known as Group Policy and Administrative Template files (ADM). With Group Policy and ADM files, administrators define settings that can be applied to computers or users in the domain. For more information about Active Directory or Group Policy, see the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com Adding Administrative Templates Designed to save your time and effort, Lenovo provides an Administrative Template file, "tvtacad.adm", which can be used with Group Policy to set the configuration policies for Access Connections. The tvtacad.adm file can be downloaded from Lenovo Web site. Complete the following steps for adding the Access Connections Administrative Template (ADM file) to the Group Policy editor: 1. On the machine running the Active Directory server, click Start Menu > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Group Policy Management. The Group Management console is opened. 2. Right click on Default Domain Policy node, and select Edit. The Group Policy Object Editor is displayed. 3. Under Computer Configuration, right click on Administrative Templates. 4. Click Add , and then select the tvtacad.adm file. 5. Click Close on the Add/Remove Templates dialog box. 6. Under the Computer Configuration, click the Administrative Templates. A new tab named ThinkVantage is present. Under the ThinkVantage tab there will be a Access Connections tab. All the available settings can be configured now for this machine. Installing the client configuration plugin for Access Connections Designed to save you time and effort, Lenovo has provided supplemental plug-in files to set client configuration policies for Access Connections. The following supplemental file is compressed in the acplgin45.exe: v tvtacad.adm - This administrative template is used with Group Policy to set the configuration policies for Access Connections. This file supports Access Connections 4.2 and above. © Lenovo 2008. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. 23

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Chapter
5.
Working
with
Active
Directory
and
ADM
files
Active
Directory
provides
a
mechanism
that
gives
administrators
the
ability
to
manage
computers,
groups,
end
users,
domains,
security
policies,
and
any
type
of
user-defined
objects.
The
mechanisms
used
by
Active
Directory
to
accomplish
this
are
known
as
Group
Policy
and
Administrative
Template
files
(ADM).
With
Group
Policy
and
ADM
files,
administrators
define
settings
that
can
be
applied
to
computers
or
users
in
the
domain.
For
more
information
about
Active
Directory
or
Group
Policy,
see
the
following
Microsoft
Web
site:
Adding
Administrative
Templates
Designed
to
save
your
time
and
effort,
Lenovo
provides
an
Administrative
Template
file,
"tvtacad.adm",
which
can
be
used
with
Group
Policy
to
set
the
configuration
policies
for
Access
Connections.
The
tvtacad.adm
file
can
be
downloaded
from
Lenovo
Web
site.
Complete
the
following
steps
for
adding
the
Access
Connections
Administrative
Template
(ADM
file)
to
the
Group
Policy
editor:
1.
On
the
machine
running
the
Active
Directory
server,
click
Start
Menu
>
Control
Panel
>
Administrative
Tools
>
Group
Policy
Management
.
The
Group
Management
console
is
opened.
2.
Right
click
on
Default
Domain
Policy
node,
and
select
Edit
.
The
Group
Policy
Object
Editor
is
displayed.
3.
Under
Computer
Configuration
,
right
click
on
Administrative
Templates
.
4.
Click
Add
,
and
then
select
the
tvtacad.adm
file.
5.
Click
Close
on
the
Add/Remove
Templates
dialog
box.
6.
Under
the
Computer
Configuration
,
click
the
Administrative
Templates
.
A
new
tab
named
ThinkVantage
is
present.
Under
the
ThinkVantage
tab
there
will
be
a
Access
Connections
tab.
All
the
available
settings
can
be
configured
now
for
this
machine.
Installing
the
client
configuration
plugin
for
Access
Connections
Designed
to
save
you
time
and
effort,
Lenovo
has
provided
supplemental
plug-in
files
to
set
client
configuration
policies
for
Access
Connections.
The
following
supplemental
file
is
compressed
in
the
acplgin45.exe:
v
tvtacad.adm
-
This
administrative
template
is
used
with
Group
Policy
to
set
the
configuration
policies
for
Access
Connections.
This
file
supports
Access
Connections
4.2
and
above.
©
Lenovo
2008.
Portions
©
IBM
Corp.
2005.
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