Open Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) Policies for Editing

Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista

You can use this procedure to open activated Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) Policies for editing.

Membership in Domain Admins, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure.

To open activated Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) Policies for editing

  1. On your Windows ServerĀ 2008 domain controller, if Group Policy Management Editor is not already open, do the following: click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Group Policy Management. The Group Policy Management Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in opens.

  2. In the left pane, double-click your forest. For example, double-click Forest: example.com.

  3. In the left pane, double-click Domains, and then double-click the domain in which you want to manage a Group Policy object. For example, double-click example.com.

  4. Right-click the Group Policy object you want to manage, and then click Edit. For example, right-click Default Domain Policy, and then click Edit. The Group Policy Management Editor opens.

Note

The Group Policy object that you select must be the same object that you specified when you activated the Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) Policies.

  1. In Group Policy Management Editor, in the right pane, open Computer Configuration, open Policies, open Windows Settings, open Security Settings, and then select Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) Policies.

  2. In the details pane, right-click either New Vista Wireless Network Policy or New XP Wireless Network Policy, and then click Properties. The properties dialog box for the policy you selected opens.

Wireless network policies are not necessarily listed as New Vista Wireless Network Policy or New XP Wireless Network Policy in the details pane of the Group Policy Management Editor. If the default policy name was previously changed from to another name, the name change is reflected in the Group Policy Management Editor details pane, but with the Type specified as either Vista or XP.