Screen Saver
Hi,I want to deploy "EXE" screen saver through GP. I am using windows server 2008 R2.Please guide how we deploy SC through GP?
View ArticleGPO folder redirect policy not redirecting folders for existing users.
I have a GPO folder redirect policy that will not work on an existing account. But if I copy that user in AD and create a new user account my policy will be applied to the new user account. Only...
View Articleshortcut icon and IE10
I have a GPP that places a shortcut on users desktop and applies an icon to it. Works great for all versions of IE except IE10, the icon doesn't apply, if i right click and select properties >...
View ArticleAudit password resets when user hasn't enought privileges to reset password
Hi i want to audit when user with not having enought privileges reseting password for a user, i read a lot of info how to do itbut i only could audit audit failures in security log, with cause of...
View Articlew2k3 DC shows error when excluding windows xp from folder redirection GPO
Im testing a gpo that enables folder redirection for the desktop and mydocs folders. I'd like to exclude windows XP clients (and older), so I uncheck the box that reads:"Also apply redirection policy...
View ArticleInternet Explorer Maintenance
Hi,There are a lot of threads about this but unfortunately none of them actualy solve the problem.I have a home page and proxy set by IEM policy which doesn't work on Windows XP and 7 and on IE 7,8 and...
View ArticleIE 10 GPO
I installed IE10 to our DCs over the weekend and it has messed up our GPOs. I have recovered most of them with the new settings but we are having issues. I need to change the Internet settings for...
View ArticleAffect of Updating inetres.admx on Existing Internet Explorer 9
Hi,We have a 2008 R2 server which we use to modify group policy for our domain.We currently have Internet Explorer 9 deployed to our Windows 7 and 2008 R2 RDS servers and have a GPO assigned which...
View Articlefine grain policy no expiration password policy question
I recently had service account passwords appear to expire even though they have a Fine Grain Policy set with the maximum password age set to (never). The Default Domain policy maximum password age is...
View ArticleI cannot log in as localy in a pc after logout from domain
Hi,I have 3 users and no passwords. After I logged off from domain server and trying to log in as locally I cannot log in.I typed in the User window Computer Name\User name and I made password...
View ArticleStartup script to move computer to specific OU
Hi,I had originally asked this question in this thread and got a great response from Joseph Moody:How to move PC to specific OU when joining domainHowever, I never got distracted with something that...
View ArticleFolder Redirections not working for some users until they log in again for 3...
Hi!First sorry for my bad English! We have a SBS 2011 and some Win7 clients.Folder Redirections not working for some users, respectively it works after they logged in again for 3 times.An error Message...
View ArticleScheduled Task in GPO issue
I have created a Scheduled Task in GPO that runs a vbs script 30 seconds after a user logs in.This seems to work fine but the script continues to run at random times while the user is logged in (they...
View Articleuse software rendering instead of GPU rendering in ie9
Hi there,I have copied the admx and adml files from my computer where I have ie9 installed to %systemroot%\sysvol\domain\policies\PolicyDefinitions and...
View ArticleDisable Adobe Reader Add-on in IE Won't Work
Hi,I’m having an issue where I can’t disable the Adobe PDF Reader add-on in IE through GPO. What happens is the add-on says that it is disabled, but PDFs still open inside of IE.If I don’t apply any...
View ArticlePolicy that Map Drives with Admin Priveleges
Win 7 - I have user Document locations pointed to a mapped drive (M:) which is mapped with group policy (User Config / Preferences / Windows Settings / Drive Maps).The problem is that many installers...
View ArticleWindows server 2012 GPO not applied on Windows xp
Dears,I have windows server 2012 with GPO 2012 installed and all clients have windows xpI applied under preference/ internet settings --> internet explorer 8 setting but the problem that the IE8 in...
View ArticleGroup Policy client engine crashing on Windows 2008 R2 Servers
Hi all, We have a number of Windows 2008 RDS servers and this error happens at random.Log Name: System Source: Service Control Manager Date: 9/4/2013 11:18:39 AM Event ID:...
View ArticlePassword guessing using Net Use Drive Mapping commands - Lockout policy
Trying to find out if there is a policy or way that I can lockout an account, if the account being used, is under a password guessing attack - using Net Use Drive mapping.Example: $net = new-object...
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