Apply Group policy to Windows XP and Windows Vista only

Had an issue at work today on my work network where I wanted to have a group policy object apply only when they login to their desktops and not member servers.

SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Caption LIKE '%Windows Vista%'OR Caption LIKE '%Windows XP%'

By applying the above WMI filter to the group policy you will restrict the policy to Windows XP and Windows Vista only.

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• Steve Friedl says:

  Another way to accomplish this is to use the ProductType field, where 1=workstation 2=dc 3=server

  So the WMI query “Workstations Only” would be:

  SELECT * from Win32_OperatingSystem where ProductType = 1

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• Dave says:

  Hi Steve,

  Thanks for that. I didn’t even realize that field existed.

  Dave

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