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JSI Tip 0293 - System Policies Update.

The Update registry key has value entries which control the application of System Policies. Edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update

UpdateMode is a REG_DWORD with the data values:

0 - A policy file is not downloaded from a server and is not applied.
1 - NTconfig.pol is downloaded ( if present) from the NetLogon share of the %LogonServer% and applied.
2 - The UNC path of the policy file is read from NetworkPath and if present, downloaded and applied.

NetworkPath if a REG_SZ value that contains the full UNC path to the policy file. It is only used if UpdateMode is a 2. Example: \\ServerName\ShareName\MyPolicy.pol

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