Installing the Group Policy Preference Client-Side Extensions

You must install the Group Policy preference client-side extensions (GPP CSEs) to use policy preferences. Only Windows Server 2008 or later versions of Windows include the GPP CSEs by default.

Installing the Preference Extensions on Windows Vista

With Windows Vista, the preference extensions are made available as an optional update through Windows Update, provided that the computer is running Service Pack 1 or later. If your organization is running Windows Server Update Services (WSUS, previously called Windows Update Services) and you have configured update servers, you can use WSUS to deploy the update for the preference extensions to computers running Windows Vista SP1 or later throughout ...

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