I am seeking help for Windows 2003, a product not supported. But please see if you can help.
We have a Domain whose forest and domain functionality is still at Windows 2003 Native.
There are 2 servers acting as Domain Controllers, both Windows 2003.
The reason we have not upgraded is because of many legacy applications in the network, which work only on Windows 2003 servers and there is no way to upgrade them.
Most of our users use Windows 7, 8.1, and some Windows 10. All these machines have office 2007 or 2010 or 2013.
There are few Windows XP and Windows 2003 Terminal Servers where we have Office 2003 deployed.
With the new CryptoLocker, Locky and Petya threats, We want to secure our domain by deploying office administrative templates.
Our intention is to force applications like Word/Excel to never auto-run macros etc.
With the mixed versions of office and the fact that our Domain is Windows 2003 based.
How can we install all the templates for all office versions for every OU?
Some Articles told me that, If I have Windows 2003 DC, then I have to go to EACH individual Group Policy's ADM folder and copy the ADM files there... But where do I copy the ADMX files? When I copied ADMX files, the Group Policy Object Editor complains saying"
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Administrative Templates
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The following error occurred in \\domain.local\sysvol\domain.local\Policies\{31B6F340-016D-16D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Adm\access12.admx on line 1:
Error 51 Unexpected keyword
Found: <?xml
Expected: CLASS, CATEGORY, [strings]
The file can not be loaded.
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OK
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Am I doing something wrong?
Should I be creating the PolicyDefinitions folder instead and putting ADMX files there? Or is that valid only for Domain 2008 or above?
konkani