Using 32 and 64 Bit WMI Filters For Group Policy
KB ID 0001341 Problem I was trying to deploy some client AV packages today, there was an x86 version (x32 Bit) and a x64 bit version of the client software. As I was deploying the software via Group Policy I needed to write a different policy for each package. Then I needed to make sure the x32 bit client only deployed to x32 bit machines, and the 64 bit client only deployed to x64 bit machines. To do that you need a simple WMI...
Windows 10 Create a WMI Filter for Group Policy
KB ID 0001267 Problem I was messing around with some GPO’s for client today to replace ‘Edge’ as the default browser, (with IE11). To make the whole process more efficient, I wanted to use a WMI filter toapply the policy only to Windows 10 machines. Before this used to be simple enough, you just set the Windows version in a WMI query. But because it searches for a string e.g. 6.1 (for Windows 8.1), that’s...