In Windows Vista, Group Policy Object Editor and Group Policy Management Console can obtain registry-based policy settings from an XML-based administrative template ADMX file. An ADMX file is defined as a set of one language neutral file (.admx) and associated ADMX language resource files (.adml).

The syntax for the ADMX files is defined through the ADMX schema.

For more information about the ADMX schema element definitions, see the following schema file definitions:

• ADMX_Base Types Schema
• ADMX_Policy Definitions Schema
• ADMX_Policy Definition Files Schema

For a quick overview summary of the ADMX schema and an ADM to ADMX conversion chart, see the following topics.

• ADMX Schema Summary
• ADM to ADMX Conversion Chart

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