Cross forest Group Policy Preferences - Printer Deployment
Hi All,The background:We have two domains; domain A and domain B. They are in separate forests but we have created a two-way trust relationship between them. The desktop computers that are members of...
View ArticleGroup Policy for Trusted Sites Custom Level
I would like to implement a group policy for trusted and local intranet at the custom levelUnder User Authentication i would like it to automatically be, Automatic logon with current user name and...
View ArticleServer 2012 Windows Update Group Policy
I've deployed a few 2012 Servers using the same Group Policies that I have been using on our 2008 R2 SP1 servers for Windows Update. On the 2008 R2 SP1 servers the boxes install updates at 2:00am and...
View ArticleUnresponsive mouse
Issue: At some point during logon the mouse becomes unresponsive and the cursor freezes in the middle of the monitor. If you unplug & plug it back in the mouse works again.Observations: It has been...
View ArticleAD Group Membership Only For Selected Clients
We currently have an AD group that we use to grant internet access to users. Is it possible for the user membership only to apply to certain computers? For example, If User1 is a member of this group...
View ArticleWIndows 2012 security group
Dear All,We are in process of upgrading domain controllers from 2003 to W2012.In W2003 we have GPO of mapping network drives at OU level through Vbscripts.We installed the W2012 DC and Ceated Security...
View ArticleOffline Files / Documents redirection problems
Hello,We have major issues regarding Folder Redirection GPO and particularly, "Move contents of the Documents to the new location" setting enabled.Our setup:2008R2 DCs, fileservers Windows 7 SP1...
View ArticleCan I change the container that an ADMX policy will be added to?
Hi!When I start to install the Office 2013 ADMX files to my central store, it appears in all group policies.The structure, for Word 2013 alone, shows with the structure (in GPME):User Configuration...
View ArticleWindows 2008R2/7SP1 - How to Make GPOs and Logon Scripts to Apply for the...
Hello,here is our scenario: Windows 2008 R2 domain. Mobile users access the domain remotely via Cisco VPN from the Windows 7 SP1 laptops which are members of the domain. Could you please advise on the...
View ArticleTurn Off individual Command Bar items in IE8 using GPo
I am building Fixed Functional Terminals using Autologon configurations in a Windows 7 environment. These units must be locked down so clients who use them can only use pograms and features that we...
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Group Policy Printer OU department propagation.
Quick question which I am sure a bunch of you can answer right away. This is in regards to Printer GPO's and propagation down through different OU's. I will attach a picture so you can see what I am...
View ArticleMoving to redirecting folders is it worth it.
We ae moving a PDC from a Windows 2003 server to a 2008 64bit server.During this changeover it has been suggested to do some changes to the way our environment works.For Example:It has been suggested...
View ArticleBackup Domain Controller Policy and Permission issues.
I have two DC's on my network, computers and users connected to the Main DC replicate and connect to the GPO just fine. Also when I change permissions on the SYSVOL directory with my domain admin...
View ArticleGroup Policy Access Denied for computer policy only
I have 4 Windows 7 Professional Computers in a domain on Windows Server 2012 Essentials. Computer-2 and Computer-3 are identical hardware.Computer-1 - oldest of the bunch, everything works...
View ArticleGPO Google Appsync MSI Fatal Error
I'm having difficulty applying the Google App sync msi from GPO. I have applied other applications using the software installation deployment under computer computer configuration successfully. The...
View ArticleOffline Files / Documents redirection problem
Hello,We have major issues regarding Folder Redirection GPO and particularly, "Move contents of the Documents to the new location" setting enabled.Our setup:2008R2 DCs, fileservers Windows 7 SP1...
View ArticleGPP runs in System account even if specified that it should run i user context
The user 'xlsx' preference item in the 'USER-Microsoft-Office Group Policy object did not apply because it failed with error code '0x80070005 Access is denied.' This error was suppressed.I have a...
View ArticleFolder Re-Direction with win 7 and 2k8
Hello everyone.I just wanted to try and confirm an issue i am having.I have "inherited" a system that has been through a couple of technicians who have failed and botched a couple of thigs up.I have...
View ArticlePolicy Pref log question
I have a pref policy that places a shortcut if IE is version 7-9 but all my clients with version 10 get critial errors logged "' because it failed with error code '0x80070003 The system cannot find the...
View ArticleWindows 7 - Group Policy Software Install installing Software message does...
Hi,As with XP when software is being installed at start-up a note comes up saying that software is being installed. With Windows 7, this message does not appear. I have enabled this setting:Computer...
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