Setting Up for Automatic Downloading of System Policies

By default, Windows 95 downloads system policies automatically. However, if you switch to manual downloading, the following procedures describe how to return to automatic downloading.

If you created a .POL file, Windows 95 automatically downloads this file from the NETLOGON directory on a Windows NT network or from the PUBLIC directory on a NetWare network.

To set up for automatic downloading on Windows NT networks

1. In the Network option in Control Panel, make sure that Client for Microsoft Networks is specified as the Primary Network Logon client, and that the domain is defined. For more information, see Chapter 11, "Logon, Browsing, and Resource Sharing."
2. Create the policy file to be downloaded and save it in the following location:

• \\primary domain controller\netlogon\config.pol

To set up for automatic downloading on NetWare networks

1. In the Network option in Control Panel, make sure that Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks is specified as the Primary Network Logon client, and that a preferred server is specified in properties for the network client. For more information, see Chapter 9, "Windows 95 on NetWare Networks."
2. Create the policy file to be downloaded and save it in the following location:

• \\preferred server\sys\public\config.pol

For NetWare networks, the client computers must be running Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks. If the client computers are using NETX or VLM, then policies must be downloaded manually.

Important Make sure you place system policy files on the user's preferred server. Policy files are not available if they are stored on other NetWare servers or on computers running File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks.