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Feature: Group Policy (ADMX/ADML) #3233

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Feature: Group Policy (ADMX/ADML)
BornToBeRoot Nov 11, 2025
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Feature: Update local GPO via ps script
BornToBeRoot Nov 11, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into feature/group_policy
BornToBeRoot Nov 12, 2025
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37 changes: 37 additions & 0 deletions GPO/NETworkManager.admx
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<policyDefinitions xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
revision="1.0"
schemaVersion="1.0"
xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/PolicyDefinitions">
<policyNamespaces>
<target prefix="NETworkManager" namespace="NETworkManager.Policies" />
</policyNamespaces>
<resources minRequiredRevision="1.0"/>
<supportedOn>
<definitions>
<definition name="RequiresNETworkManager20251111" displayName="$(string.RequiresNETworkManager20251111)"/>
</definitions>
</supportedOn>
<categories>
<category name="NETworkManager_Category" displayName="NETworkManager" />
</categories>
<policies>
<!-- Disable Update Check Policy -->
<policy name="DisableUpdateCheck"
class="User"
displayName="$(string.DisableUpdateCheck)"
explainText="$(string.DisableUpdateCheckMessage)"
key="Software\Policies\NETworkManager"
valueName="DisableUpdateCheck">
<parentCategory ref="NETworkManager_Category" />
<supportedOn ref="RequiresNETworkManager20251111" />
<enabledValue>
<decimal value="1" />
</enabledValue>
<disabledValue>
<decimal value="0" />
</disabledValue>
</policy>
</policies>
</policyDefinitions>
16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions GPO/en-US/NETworkManager.adml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<policyDefinitionResources xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
revision="1.0"
schemaVersion="1.0"
xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/PolicyDefinitions">
<displayName>NETworkManager Policy Settings</displayName>
<description>Policy settings for NETworkManager</description>
<resources>
<stringTable>
<string id="RequiresNETworkManager20251111">At least NETworkManager 2025.11.11.0</string>
<string id="DisableUpdateCheck">Disable Update Check</string>
<string id="DisableUpdateCheckMessage">When enabled, this policy prevents NETworkManager from checking for updates on startup. When disabled or not configured, update checks are performed.</string>
</stringTable>
</resources>
</policyDefinitionResources>
24 changes: 24 additions & 0 deletions Scripts/Update-LocalGroupPolicy.ps1
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# Check for administrative privileges and rerun as administrator if needed
if (-not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"))
{
Write-Host "Script is not running with administrative privileges. Restarting with elevated rights..."
Start-Process -FilePath "powershell.exe" -ArgumentList "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoExit -File `"$PSCommandPath`"" -Verb RunAs
exit
}

# Update local group policy files for NETworkManager
[string]$GpoFolderPath = Join-Path -Path (Split-Path $PSScriptRoot -Parent) -ChildPath "GPO"
[string]$AdmxFilePath = Join-Path -Path $GpoFolderPath -ChildPath "NETworkManager.admx"
[string]$AdmlFolderPath = Join-Path -Path $GpoFolderPath -ChildPath "en-US"
[string]$AdmlFilePath = Join-Path -Path $AdmlFolderPath -ChildPath "NETworkManager.adml"

# Copy ADMX file to local policy store
$LocalAdmxPath = Join-Path -Path "$env:SystemRoot\PolicyDefinitions" -ChildPath "NETworkManager.admx"
Copy-Item -Path $AdmxFilePath -Destination $LocalAdmxPath -Force

# Copy ADML file to local policy store
$LocalAdmlPath = Join-Path -Path "$env:SystemRoot\PolicyDefinitions\en-US" -ChildPath "NETworkManager.adml"
Copy-Item -Path $AdmlFilePath -Destination $LocalAdmlPath -Force

# End of script
Write-Host "Local Group Policy files for NETworkManager have been updated."