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Group Policy Drive maps was unable to apply one or more settings.
Hello, during every login the following event is logged (event 1112):The Group Policy Client Side Extension Group Policy Drive Maps was unable to apply one or more settings because the changes must be...
View ArticleForce IE as Default Browser Server 2012 Windows 7 enviroment
I have seen this question asked several places, but haven't been able to find a straight answer.There must be an easy way to force all machines to use IE as the default browser with GPO?I cannot...
View ArticleRestricted Groups - Using multiple approaches
I know there are a lot of Restricted Groups threads out there, but I didn't see this specific question asked.In our domain, we use a couple GPO's to add groups to the local admins group on all...
View Articlehow to prevent the domain user to change its password?
tried to check the user can not change password option on DC Active directory users and computersbut after some time the options becomes blank status again without checked,suspect the GPO is take...
View ArticleEnforce IE to be the default browser & Disable all browsers except IE
Hi,I have following requirement, please suggest.1 - enforce IE to be the default browser 2 - Disable all browsers except IE3 - Set recommended IE security settings through group policy...
View ArticleFolder Redirection icon is not visible in client computer
Hi all,I have a question, I have configured  Folder Redirection for client Desktop in Windows Server 2012 and my clients is Windows 8,everything seems ok , files and folders location shows File server...
View ArticleUSB Block 2012 policy error
I have deployed USB Block Policy through 2012 group policy for user. USB blocking happen. But when i remove the link. Still the user was not be able to access to USB Drive. Tried with update /force...
View ArticleLog on Locally - revert back
HiI've discovered that our "allow log on locally" has been changed from the default rather than just adding user groups to the appropriate user group on the local machine. will the allow log on locally...
View ArticleFunctional level requirement for group policy
I am having windows 2012 domain controller with forest functional and domain functional level as windows 2003. i want to apply folder redirection policy and removable storage policy, does it required...
View ArticleGroup Policy - Software Restriction policy - Path rule
I intend to apply Software Restriction Policy to prevent users from operating VMware application.Aim is to prevent the execution of any executables in VMware Installation folder.Users may change...
View ArticleSlow Laptop Logon Times when Reconnecting to Network
Hello,We are having a major issue with laptops in our environment regarding slow logon times (5-10 minutes), but only under these circumstances.User is connected to the domain (wired or wireless)User...
View ArticleWMI Filter for 2008 R2 OS
Hi,I'm currently trying to find a WMI Filter/Query to use with GPO's that will only impact Windows Server 2008 R2 Servers.I have noticed plenty of WMI Filters that hit certain "versions" of windows...
View ArticleDeny "Apply Group Policy" not working
We have a GP that adds a group of users to the Local Admin group on their workstations. We found out later that the GP was applying to the servers as well. Now we cant have that. So I made a Server...
View ArticleCertificate enrollment web servce GPO enablement failure
2012 Std R2Added certificate authority role with web services configuring via library hh831625I have verified that IIS has the default site ADPolicyProvider_CEP_Kerbos and I copied the URI <a...
View Articleenabled write restriction for USB and WPD devices via group policy and now...
Customer required that all storage devices be read only on their machines; so, I enabled write restrictions for USB, WPD, removable storage, CD-ROM devices using group policy. However, customer is now...
View ArticleIE8 GPOs User and Computer Security Settings Locked Down
I am trying to help open up some GPOs that lock down IE8 here (IE8 is the default version for the entire company so please do not mention other versions in this case) but it appears the settings are...
View ArticleGroup Policy to map Remote Desktop Home Folder to share caused it to map to a...
While testing a Group Policy setting I had something unexpected happen:I was attempting to set users Remote Desktop home folder to a network share through a GPO. Testing it with one user showed it was...
View ArticleLocal Admin never expire
Hi ~~ are the GPO to the local admin of the servers under the domain never expire ?
View ArticleError:123 for this C:\Program Files\C:\Program Files
I got an error:123 message for this C:\Program Files\C:\Program Files. Isn't this impossible? I'm not sure what's even wrong here. It looks like I've got my computer inside my computer. ???????
View ArticleWindows Password complexity settings
Hi,I have a Active Directory network with several DC's, the OS's of the servers range from Windows 2003 to 2012.I need to create a new user which is going to have a fixed password so I want to make...
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