Recent files of applications
How do i get the recent files back.If you open an application it will show in your left start menu pane. But now i want the recent files you visited with that applications as submenu.The administrators...
View ArticleBest way to set GPO for Windows 7 Power Management so computer never sleeps
I see in Computer config/Policies/Admin Templates/System/Power Management, there are a lot of power settings you can configure for Windows 7 machines. We do a lot of work at off hours, and we have...
View ArticleHow does Windows 2008 AD handle multiple enforced policies?
Hi,Say I have a user belongs to two groups (A and B), a password policy A (requires at least 7 digits) was applied to group A, and another password policy B (14 digits) applied to group B. Both GPO...
View ArticleChange the user that runs a service with a script
Other than change the user that runs the service from services.msc, can I do this within a script?
View ArticleLogging "audit failure" or failed logons in a domain
Hi,I'm having trouble logging failed logon attempts in our domain.Basically I want to see each failed logon attempt as "failure audit" in the security event log on our domain controller. Right now I...
View ArticleRunning vbscripts in GPO not working on Win8
Hello,I have a VBScript located in the user policy under scripts\login in a GPO. It is a Windows 2003 domain. It appears all Win7, 2003, 2008, and XP machines process the script correctly. However the...
View ArticleHow to grant the admin privilege to some special users after Restricted Group...
DCs: Windows Server 2008 R2Clients: Windows XP Professional / Windows 7 EnterpriseSome OU is already applied a Restricted Group policy, in which only Domain Admins and Desktop Admins are in the...
View ArticleFolder Redirection and Rights Bug Server 2008 R2
Struggling a little bit. Have folder redirection working but when we put something into the users documents folders they do not get permission to access it only on documents they createon the share...
View ArticleTerminal Server Path and Migrating profile data in small batches
I am trying to migrate user’s TS profiles from an old server to a new server but I am having difficulty as the group policy that sets the TS path is set at the TS server OU and I would like to migrate...
View ArticleHow to modify/alter a GPO backup by script
Hi!I'm working on a program which requires some GPOs. I would like to make the process of creating the GPOs easier for the admin so he doesn't have to create these GPOs all by himself. My program...
View ArticleGPO Power management from 2003 Server
I am running on a 2003 Server Domain and would like to edit my users Power Management setting. I've only found one artical whcih seemed to suggest you can do this with 2008, but not 2003 Domain. I do...
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The WMI Filter Contest - are you the knight in shining armor?
Hi!We have a contest going on - the mission is to find "The Perfect Desktop WMI Filter", please check it out here (my...
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How can I allow Server 2008 GPO (not R2) to manage my Windows 7 Machines?
I'm having a lot of difficulty finding an answer on this problem so I'm hoping somebody will be able to assist me here and thank you in advance to anyone who may be able to guide me in the right...
View ArticleHow can I set "DNS Suffix for this connection:" with a gpo or script?
We have several hundred PCs running XP SP3 with all updates that were recently deployed and the "DNS suffix for this connection" in the network property setting was somehow set to our lab domain....
View ArticleUser Logon
Suppose i have a server(abc.com) and 20 PC (pc1-pc20) is member server. have two user (user1@abc.com,user2@abc.com). now i want user1@abc.com only able to login on pc1 to pc10, not pc11-pc20.How to...
View ArticleAGPM 4.0 vs Server 2012
We currently have AGPM 4.0 implemented and I was wondering whether anyone could explain what if any differences there are between 4.0 and that in server 2012Thanks
View ArticleRevert Folder Redirection Woes
Hello!I've seen several methods to undo folder redirection for a domain, like this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888203What I'd like to know: when removing a user from an organizational unit with...
View ArticleConflicting Applocker Events
We are in the process of trying to implement Applocker. We are having a problem with EXEs and we are seeing duplicate events logged in the applocker event log, one event saying the executable will be...
View Articlegroup policy applied
I have one GPO(some configurations in adminsitrative template) linked to one site, just one server is not applied this GPO. In gpresult, I saw the GPO name was in the applied list, however, the content...
View ArticleDesktop wallpaper configuration error
Hi All,I have configured the Desktop Wallpaper GP in DC, and the Group policy is applied successfully, But when client Laptop in the Network the Desktop wallpaper is applying successfully but when...
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