Do I need to update my server to support new policies? When do I need to separate policies?

re: Do I need to update my server to support new policies? When do I need to separate policies?

aakash — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:01:01 GMT

What is the most efficient WMI filter for the following groups of computers:

1. Windows XP

2. Windows Vista

3. Windows XP and Windows Vista

Hopefully it won't be so difficult to create, what should be simple, WMI filters like this in future versions of Windows.

Thanks.

WMI Filters

whitenoiz — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:19:54 GMT

For aakash...

I have been using the following two filters for XP and Vista for some time now, they work fine.

Namespace for both filters: root\CIMv2

XP: Select * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Caption="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"

VISTA: select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where Caption like '%Vista%'

Steve.

re: Do I need to update my server to support new policies? When do I need to separate policies?

aakash — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:24:00 GMT

whitenoiz: Thanks for the info. I currently use this for Vista:

SELECT Version, ProductType FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version >= '6' AND Version < '7' AND ProductType = '1'

This is what I use for XP:

Select * from WIN32_OperatingSystem where ServicePackMajorVersion>=2 and Version='5.1.2600'

I didn't use the "like" operator because I heard that this can cause a performance issues. I unfortunately don't recall the source of this information. But, perhaps someone from MS can confirm this.

re: Do I need to update my server to support new policies? When do I need to separate policies?

Fred Mackie — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:23:44 GMT

Don't forget the excellent TechNet webcasts on http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/grouppolicy.aspx.