<s>
Administrative	B-General_Concept
Templates	I-General_Concept
are	O
a	O
feature	O
of	O
Group	O
Policy	O
,	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
technology	O
for	O
centralized	O
management	O
of	O
machines	O
and	O
users	O
in	O
an	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Administrative	B-General_Concept
Templates	I-General_Concept
facilitate	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
registry-based	O
policy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
ADM	O
file	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
both	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
presented	O
to	O
the	O
Group	O
Policy	O
administrator	O
and	O
the	O
registry	B-Protocol
keys	I-Protocol
that	O
should	O
be	O
updated	O
on	O
the	O
target	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
ADM	O
file	O
is	O
a	O
text	O
file	O
with	O
a	O
specific	O
syntax	O
which	O
describes	O
both	O
the	O
interface	O
and	O
the	O
registry	B-Protocol
values	O
which	O
will	O
be	O
changed	O
if	O
the	O
policy	O
is	O
enabled	O
or	O
disabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
shipped	O
with	O
five	O
ADM	O
files	O
(	O
system.adm	O
,	O
inetres.adm	O
,	O
wmplayer.adm	O
,	O
conf.adm	O
and	O
wuau.adm	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
merged	O
into	O
a	O
unified	O
"	O
namespace	O
"	O
in	O
GPEdit	O
and	O
presented	O
to	O
the	O
administrator	O
under	O
the	O
Administrative	B-General_Concept
Templates	I-General_Concept
node	O
(	O
for	O
both	O
machine	O
and	O
user	O
policy	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
ADM	O
files	O
described	O
policy	O
settings	O
not	O
just	O
for	O
this	O
platform	O
but	O
also	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
ADM	O
files	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
each	O
GPO	O
,	O
within	O
Sysvol	O
on	O
domain	B-Protocol
controllers	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
creates	O
a	O
simple	O
and	O
effective	O
model	O
for	O
replicating	O
ADM	O
files	O
across	O
domain	B-Protocol
controllers	I-Protocol
(	O
which	O
is	O
handled	O
by	O
the	O
File	B-Protocol
Replication	I-Protocol
Service	I-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
