USB GPO on SBS Essentials 2011
Hello,I have SBS 2011 essentials server running computers with OS XP SP3 and Windows 7.I am trying to implement a GPO to disable USB drives but cannot get it to work.I have created a new GPO linked to...
View Articlewindows 7 local group policy settings not available in domain group policy
My Windows 7 local group policy (Managment Console 3.0 v.6.1 Build 7601: service pack 1) has a setting 'Change Start Menue power button' - User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Start Menu and...
View ArticleServer 2012 and Win 8 ADMX Templates in Central store on a 2003 Domain
Hello there i hope you can help me out... :) In the past i just copied and overwrite the ADMX Templates for Windows 7/Server 2008 on the Central store. No i´m a little afraid about just doing this with...
View ArticleRename a GP Redirected Folder
Right I have windows redirecting My Documents to the user's home folder, is there any way to have windows change the name of "My Documents" to "Documents" instead. So in the user's home folder it would...
View Article.bat drive mapping permissions issue
We are in the process of migrating 2 2003 domain controllers and 1 2008 domain controller. During the migration we had to move the IP addresses for DNS to the new 2012 server and our DHCP scopes to...
View ArticleFolder redirection (app). Not keeping outlook setup settings
I have set up folder redirection on all the folders available (server 2008R2) in GP. However when a user changes workstation it keeps making them redo the Outlook 2010 settings (luckily it does it...
View ArticleDNS SERVER
1) What is DNS [exact definition] and let me know the role of DNS Records?2) Exact definition of DHCP,ACTIVE DIRECTORY,OU's ,GROUP POLICY.....Hope will be clarified at the earliest.Have a nice day for...
View ArticleTo modify group policies, is it fine to just replace the respective folder...
Hi,In our test environment, we need to frequently modify the group policies in the AD. So we find it difficult to interact with GPMC every time we need to modify the policy. So we found out a new way...
View ArticleGPO system.adm not there
Could anyone please help me out with the following. I am trying to change the system.adm so I can hide specified drives for Windows 7 users.They are in a domain and the dc is windows server 2008...
View ArticleNo access to others network shares
Hi guys, I got a GroupPolicy 1058 Error, but the problem only seems to be related to network access.Other servers can go in my shares, but I can't go into them...Ping is ok, name resolution works fine,...
View Articleoffline files, multiple users
i read somewhere that the following is the expected behavior and there is no fix for it.scenario: 1. i redirect My Documents to \\server\share\%user% for all users. 2. i turn on offline files for...
View ArticleGroup Policy for Folder View Settings
Is there a group policy to set the folder view to details on all computers?
View ArticleCan't get map drives to work - Server 2008/Windows 7
We have Server 2008 and all Win 7 clients. In the GPM console under users I have a Logon Script Policy. When I edit that I go to User Config > Preferences > Windows Settings > Drive Maps. Just...
View ArticleDefault home page GPO for windows 7 computers.
Hello my domain controller is windows server 2003 x86. I have IE 9, IE8, IE7 ,IE6 in my network. i want to apply default home page GPO on all my computers. i have downloaded admin template for IE9 I...
View ArticleImagen de cuentas de usuario
Buen día, en la empresa estamos comenzando a implementar un dominio. Ya tenemos un fondo predeterminado, tiempo de inactividad y otros detalles.Mi pregunta, dado que no encuentro entre las directivas:...
View ArticleFolder Redirection isn't redirecting AppData
Argh. I've got a Server 2012 essentials ProLiant N40L and 10 laptops in a small office environment, with the server acting as DC, DNS, network storage, the works. I borked things up with the DNS...
View ArticleGPO only applying User Configuration settings
I have 2 OU's containing computer objects and 3 GPO's linked to these OU's. One OU for the student user accounts, one for the faculty user accounts, and one for the IT Department user account. You can...
View ArticleGPP shortcuts with cmd.exe
Hi, I need a GPP shortcut pointing to a batch file that needs to be able to be pinned to the Taskbar, to achieve the latter I use cmd.exe as described...
View ArticleGPO Taking Effect but only partially Shows in RSOP.msc
Good Evening:I have an odd issue, I set up a GPO to disable auto-archive for outlook via Group Policy/Administrative Templates. Today I was validating the GPO and when I ran RSOP.msc on the machine I...
View Articlevbs/powershell script to retrieve multiple servers for password policy
I need a vbs/powershell script to grab multiple servers's password policy, any idea?for example:Enforce password history Maximum password age Minimum password age Minimum password length Password...
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