To create your own wmi filters, here is an updated list of wmi filter queries from window xp windows 10 and from server 2003 to server 2019. In the name text box, type the name of the wmi filter. I took the liberty to write one based on another one i saw in the microsoft scripting repository that will create a series of base filters for you when ran in a domain controller running windows 2008 or windows 2008 r2. Sep 07, 2010 the antidote to doing more than is necessary, is the realization that in the context of a wmi filter, windows server provides the vbscript code. In this scenario, although you would expect the wmi filter to cause the group policy setting to apply to build number 9200 and later builds, windows 10 builds are excluded. Updating existing wmi filters to accomodate windows 10. First, create the wmi filter and configure it to look for a specified version or versions of the windows operating system. Script using powershell to automatically create wmi filters. Group policy management console crashes in windows 8.
Aug 17, 2017 in this article, ill show you how to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines only. Nov 12, 2019 in this scenario, although you would expect the wmi filter to cause the group policy setting to apply to build number 9200 and later builds, windows 10 builds are excluded. To get started, open group policy management wmi filter. It would also automatically work for windows 8 and windows 8. Learn how to use vbscript to create permanent wmi events. Net code that uses wmi to complete a management task such as querying for management data, executing a method from a wmi class, or receiving event notifications using wmi. Cause this issue occurs because the data type for buildnumber is string and not integer. The value is 1 for client systems windows 7, windows 8, windows 10 the value is 2 or 3 for servers. How to create group policy wmi filter for windows 10. To create a wmi filter that queries for a specified version of windows. How to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines only wmi code used.
There are a few limitations, like you can only apply one filter per policy but you can have more than one query per filter and the queries are a property of the policy not the link, but overall theyre a. Filtering group policy to windows 7 computers my digital life. Information obtained from wmi can be used to create a condition where a specific action or setting may apply, including group policy object. In the gpmc navigation pane, expand features, expand group policy management, expand forest. Note this issue occurs only when a new wmi filter is created with the wildcard characters in the wql query. If the hosts is a virtual machine operating system version. The antidote to doing more than is necessary, is the realization that in the context of a wmi filter, windows server provides the vbscript code. May 03, 2017 earlier we have considered using wmi filters to apply the specific group policy only to the certain windows versions. Before we start creating group policy objects and linking them we should create a wmi filter that we will attach to the policy. Create a wmi filter for group policy for any version of windows.
Nov 03, 2016 group policy wmi filters for windows 7 8 8. Applying wmi filter to group policy allows controlling the scope of policy. Mar 10, 2017 the first is to filter down to windows 7 8 8. Open group policy management and expand forest, domains and the domain. How to create group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines. Single wmi filter can attach to many gpo buy a gpo only can have single wmi filter attached. Solved wmi filter to not apply gpo to domain security group. All that we need to create is a wql scriplet, group policy and the operating will handle the wrapper code. It did work when i copied and changed the values from the windows 10 string. I need a wmi query which will work to target 64bit machines with windows 7windows 8windows 8. Wmi is an uniform way to gain access to system or administrative information in a databaselike kind of way. Feb 19, 2016 to deploy activex flash plugin i had a wmi filter that would target all pcs with an os windows 7 as windows 8 and above get their active x plugins from windows updatewsus. Because i am writing an object to the pipeline with a custom. This method was first introduced with windows server 2003.
Always test your group policies and wmi filters before deploying. This week to solve a gpo issue related to networking connectivity loss affecting windows 10 workstations we deployed to different gpos for drive mapping. Start group policy management console and connect to the domain. Dec 27, 2018 create a wmi filter for group policy for any version of windows when youre applying a group policy to a set of computers, there are times that you only want to target specific operating system versions.
Right click wmi filters and select new type a name for 64 bit operating systems for the filter and a description. Nov 21, 2016 the group policy management console gpmc crashes because of an access violation that occurs when a new windows management instrumentation wmi filter is created with wql queries that contain the %s wildcard characters. Wmi group policy filters first appeared in windows xpserver 2003, and are available in the latest windows versions windows server 2019, 2016 and windows 10, 8. Today im going to share with you a sing post about wmi filters on windows 7 and 10 this week to solve a gpo issue related to networking connectivity loss affecting windows 10 workstations we deployed to different gpos for drive mapping. Create a group policy wmi filter to determine 64 bit. Wmi filter to not apply gpo to domain security group. Now find the policy that you want to apply the filter to and look for the section at the bottom that says wmi filtering. Before apply filter to a gpo, first we need to create it. Now we wire up the connections by specifying the filter and the consumer.
Select property from wmi class creating wmi filters. Solved updating existing wmi filters to accomodate windows. Every now and then during windows 10 deployments we need to use wmi filters for group policy objects, there are simply no better way of doing this, without a lot of work. On a computer that has the group policy management feature installed, click start, click administrative tools, and then click group policy management. Before this used to be simple enough, you just set the windows version in a wmi query. Rather than using a filter, i have always just used the security tab in properties of the specific gpo. Im going to be deploying a gpo next week to target windows 788. To create wmi filter, open gpmc, right click on wmi filter and click new. In the new wmi filter dialog box, type a name for the new wmi filter in the name box, and type a description of the filter in the description box. How to create a group policy with wmi filter for windows 10. To apply it to a gpo, you link the filter to the gpo. Mar 08, 2016 now find the policy that you want to apply the filter to and look for the section at the bottom that says wmi filtering. Windows 10 create a wmi filter for group policy petenetlive. May 15, 2019 wmi group policy filters first appeared in windows xpserver 2003, and are available up in the latest windows versions windows server 2019, 2016 and windows 10, 8.
If java is installed if version 6 or 7 of java jre is installed. From the server manager window, select tools and then group policy management. This section contains all wmi filters in the ad domain. Sep 10, 20 to create your own wmi filters, here is an updated list of wmi filter queries from window xp windows 8. If i dont wmi filter the gpo deployment the active x installation always attempts at every boot up. Click the drop down box and select your new windows 10 wmi filter. On addns01, in server manager, click tools, and then click group policy management. Since we will be using wmi queries, we will need to reference the operating system versions that microsoft uses in order to ensure that the correct ones are included within our query. Create a group policy wmi filter to determine 64 bit or 32 bit operating system i needed to create a wmi filter for group policy that would separate 64 bit and 32 bit operating systems. Can someone provide me with a working and tested query. For this example, we will create a wmi filter that includes a computer with an os name of windows 8. Jeff hicks you can see that it works, and it took almost 20 seconds to execute in my network.
These have largely been mitigated for windows 10 applications however wmi filter queries are affected by this change. To create the example wmi filter, follow these steps. Evaluating ou membership using wmi filters sdm software. The script only works on windows server 2008 r2 because the new cmdlets of this os are used. To make the whole process more efficient, i wanted to use a wmi filter toapply the policy only to windows 10 machines. Using powershell to automatically create wmi filters the script allows you to specify an array of wmi filters, which are then created for use by gpos. Windows operating system wmi filter queries conways it blog. Feb 03, 2017 hi again, after a long period without posting im here again. Updated list of os version queries for wmi filters. The example below might be familiar as it is a common way to apply a gpo to all versions of windows after 7. Creating and linking wmi filters to gpos windows server.
Today im going to share with you a sing post about wmi filters on windows 7 and 10. When applying security filtering to a gpo is not granular enough to target a specific set of computers, a wmi filter can be linked to the gpo. Wmi filters on windows 7 and windows 10 case sensitive. Dec 14, 2010 using powershell to automatically create wmi filters the script allows you to specify an array of wmi filters, which are then created for use by gpos. Yourforestname, expand domains, expand yourdomainname, and then click wmi filters. Sep 11, 2009 to apply the filter to a policy, select the policy in the right hand pane, then on the scope tab under wmi filtering select your filter. This is shown in the wmi filtering section on the scope tab of a gpo. Yourforestname, expand domains, expand yourdomainname, and then. How to apply wmi filter to windows 10 or windows server 2016.
Mar 12, 2019 the value is 1 for client systems windows 7, windows 8, windows 10 the value is 2 or 3 for servers. The group policy management console gpmc crashes because of an access violation that occurs when a new windows management instrumentation wmi filter is created with wql queries that contain the %s wildcard characters. In this case, in the same way you have to create a wmi filter and change the query so that it contains the condition to check ip addresses. Obviously for the laptops, you will need to create a new wmi filter by repeating the steps above. Wmi is simple to use and demands little maintenance. In this article, ill show you how to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines only. For this particular example, we will design a wmi filter that will deploy a gpo to all domain computers, except for those that are windows 8 server 2012 or newer. If youre wondering if this will work on all versions of windows, i did test this filter in windows 7 and found the class populated as expected on all versions of windows from xp to windows 8 server products too, so it looks pretty reliable. After a few minutes, we figured out that the gpo wasnt being applied. I need a wmi query which will work to target 64bit machines with windows 7 windows 8 windows 8. Edit the gporight click the gpo and choose hi,does anyone know a wmi filter i can use so that a given group policy object will not apply to members of a specific domain security group. To deploy activex flash plugin i had a wmi filter that would target all pcs with an os instrumentation is a set of standards from microsoft that provides user with information status of a windows machine. Note that these wmi filters only work on windows xp and later operating systems. Dec 27, 2012 expand the forest and domain, down to wmi filters.
Restricting group policy with wmi filtering windows os hub. You can validate that the wmi filter worked correctly by running a group policy results report on a windows 10 pc that would receive the policy. To create a new wmi filter, open the group policy management console gpmc. Using a group policy filter, ill be able to apply a group policy to windows 10 machines only and exclude windows server or windows 7 and 8 machines. To create your own wmi filters, here is an updated list of wmi filter queries from window xp windows 10 and from server 2003 to server 2016. Apr 16, 2019 wmi group policy filters first appeared in windows xpserver 2003, and are available in the latest windows versions windows server 2019, 2016 and windows 10, 8. Im going to be deploying a gpo next week to target windows 7 8 8. Active directory create a wmi filter on gpo for your os. Performance of the query is goodaveraging about 30ms on a given system. Obviously for the laptops, you will need to create a new wmi filter by. How to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10. Jan 19, 2016 to create your own wmi filters, here is an updated list of wmi filter queries from window xp windows 10 and from server 2003 to server 2016. Aug 31, 2017 how to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines only wmi code used.
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