From c524380a2df2f909d3b64afcf437836604e5ec55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BornToBeRoot <16019165+BornToBeRoot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:28:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Feature: Group Policy (ADMX/ADML)

---
 GPO/NETworkManager.admx       | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 GPO/en-US/NETworkManager.adml | 16 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 GPO/NETworkManager.admx
 create mode 100644 GPO/en-US/NETworkManager.adml

diff --git a/GPO/NETworkManager.admx b/GPO/NETworkManager.admx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8346821f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GPO/NETworkManager.admx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<policyDefinitions xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
+                  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+                  revision="1.0" 
+                  schemaVersion="1.0"                  
+                  xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/PolicyDefinitions">
+  <policyNamespaces>
+    <target prefix="NETworkManager" namespace="NETworkManager.Policies" />
+  </policyNamespaces>
+  <resources minRequiredRevision="1.0"/>
+  <supportedOn>
+		<definitions>
+			<definition name="RequiresNETworkManager20251111" displayName="$(string.RequiresNETworkManager20251111)"/>            
+		</definitions>
+	</supportedOn>
+  <categories>
+    <category name="NETworkManager_Category" displayName="NETworkManager" />
+  </categories>
+  <policies>
+    <!-- Disable Update Check Policy -->
+    <policy name="DisableUpdateCheck" 
+            class="User" 
+            displayName="$(string.DisableUpdateCheck)" 
+            explainText="$(string.DisableUpdateCheckMessage)" 
+            key="Software\Policies\NETworkManager" 
+            valueName="DisableUpdateCheck">
+      <parentCategory ref="NETworkManager_Category" />      
+      <supportedOn ref="RequiresNETworkManager20251111" />
+      <enabledValue>
+        <decimal value="1" />
+      </enabledValue>
+      <disabledValue>
+        <decimal value="0" />
+      </disabledValue>
+    </policy>
+  </policies>
+</policyDefinitions>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/GPO/en-US/NETworkManager.adml b/GPO/en-US/NETworkManager.adml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c6790195f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GPO/en-US/NETworkManager.adml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<policyDefinitionResources xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
+                          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+                          revision="1.0" 
+                          schemaVersion="1.0" 
+                          xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/PolicyDefinitions">
+  <displayName>NETworkManager Policy Settings</displayName>
+  <description>Policy settings for NETworkManager</description>
+  <resources>
+    <stringTable>      
+      <string id="RequiresNETworkManager20251111">At least NETworkManager 2025.11.11.0</string>
+      <string id="DisableUpdateCheck">Disable Update Check</string>
+      <string id="DisableUpdateCheckMessage">When enabled, this policy prevents NETworkManager from checking for updates on startup. When disabled or not configured, update checks are performed.</string>
+    </stringTable>
+  </resources>
+</policyDefinitionResources>
\ No newline at end of file

From c5f2e34050f4e7c032e26481932b8a0b15fc9636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BornToBeRoot <16019165+BornToBeRoot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:36:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Feature: Update local GPO via ps script

---
 Scripts/Update-LocalGroupPolicy.ps1 | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Scripts/Update-LocalGroupPolicy.ps1

diff --git a/Scripts/Update-LocalGroupPolicy.ps1 b/Scripts/Update-LocalGroupPolicy.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..351ce82579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/Update-LocalGroupPolicy.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Check for administrative privileges and rerun as administrator if needed
+if (-not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"))
+{
+    Write-Host "Script is not running with administrative privileges. Restarting with elevated rights..."
+    Start-Process -FilePath "powershell.exe" -ArgumentList "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoExit -File `"$PSCommandPath`"" -Verb RunAs
+    exit
+}
+
+# Update local group policy files for NETworkManager
+[string]$GpoFolderPath = Join-Path -Path (Split-Path $PSScriptRoot -Parent) -ChildPath "GPO"
+[string]$AdmxFilePath = Join-Path -Path $GpoFolderPath -ChildPath "NETworkManager.admx"
+[string]$AdmlFolderPath = Join-Path -Path $GpoFolderPath -ChildPath "en-US"
+[string]$AdmlFilePath = Join-Path -Path $AdmlFolderPath -ChildPath "NETworkManager.adml"
+
+# Copy ADMX file to local policy store
+$LocalAdmxPath = Join-Path -Path "$env:SystemRoot\PolicyDefinitions" -ChildPath "NETworkManager.admx"
+Copy-Item -Path $AdmxFilePath -Destination $LocalAdmxPath -Force    
+
+# Copy ADML file to local policy store
+$LocalAdmlPath = Join-Path -Path "$env:SystemRoot\PolicyDefinitions\en-US" -ChildPath "NETworkManager.adml"
+Copy-Item -Path $AdmlFilePath -Destination $LocalAdmlPath -Force
+
+# End of script
+Write-Host "Local Group Policy files for NETworkManager have been updated."