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title: "Group Policy Settings Reference Spreadsheet"
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published: "2004-01-20T07:13:00"
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author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Group Policy Settings Spreadsheet (Pre-Release) This spreadsheet lists the full set of Group Policy settings described in Administrative Template (.adm) files shipped with Windows Server 2003. This includes all policy…"
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# Group Policy Settings Reference Spreadsheet

By Roy Osherove January 20, 2004

**Historical article** · Originally published January 20, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

[Group Policy Settings Spreadsheet (Pre-Release)](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ef3a35c0-19b9-4acc-b5be-9b7dab13108e&DisplayLang=en)

This spreadsheet lists the full set of Group Policy settings described in Administrative Template (.adm) files shipped with Windows Server 2003. This includes all policy settings supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003. The spreadsheet includes separate worksheets for each of the .adm files shipped, as well as a consolidated worksheet for easy searching. Using column filters, the spreadsheet allows simple filtering by operating system, component and machine/user configuration, as well as regular text search of keywords through Excel.

As a pre-release list, this spreadsheet includes new policy settings added in the Beta version of Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2.

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