Printer GPP TCP/IP where to specify the driver?
When creating a GPP to access a "Shared" printer the SharePath obviously points to a Server share which is responsible to downloading the correct Print Driver to the client.However when creating a...
View Articlehow to block desktop with only a browse opened?
Hello,I need to setup a GPO to block 350 machines. The users will logon as usual and after that, needs to be able to put some information in a web browser (only). All others function in the OS and...
View ArticleWindow 2008 Group Policy Not working in Windows 7
Hi,I have a Server systems with Windows 2008 Server with 25 clients with Windows 7 Professional. I just create & edit a new Group Policy regarding the Desktop properties and it doesn't apply into...
View ArticleGPO doesn't work with WIN7 IE8 home page
OS: win7 enterprise service pack1 enterprise image deployed through Microsoft WDSIE: 8problem: by default, home page comes with image is our intranet page, a GPO has been created to change the home...
View ArticleDisable Multi-session Burning
Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows 7 EnterpriseIs there a way through group policy to disable multi-session disc burning, so that any discs that are burned will be completely closed and cannot be burned...
View ArticleGroup Policy setting to show programs run during startup script phase on...
Hi there,I think this is the most appropriate forum so apologies if it is not.My question relates to installing applications during machine startup using a login script. My scripts work perfectly by...
View ArticleTwo Print Management servers and two strartup scripts to deploy Pinters via...
Dear All, I am planning to move printer management servers to deploy new printers. I have two print management servers (one window 2003 and other windows 2008) and two start-up scripts to deploy...
View ArticleGPO - Enable disabled USB
I have a customer who has approximately 50 GPOs to be PCI Compliant. They have a GPO that locks down USB and need to enable it. I have performed a RSOP on the OU where the computer sits. I can only see...
View ArticleHow do I get the Windows Firewall GPO to Stick?
I've been working on setting up AD at home to learn and study for my MCITP. I've got everything set up for the most part, but everytime I try to configure the Windows Firewall with Advanced Settings...
View ArticleGPO Printers - '0x8000ffff Catastrophic failure'. Random, no reason, no way...
When GPO fails to apply a printer with this reason what do you do?This is beyond frustrating, everything will be working. But then suddenly you have users getting this, no reason, no information,...
View ArticleHow to minimize an applocker GPO
Hi guysIf anyone can shed any light on this I'd be really grateful.Our design team have asked us to implement applocker on Windows 2008 r2 machines without the use of path rules.So we've used the...
View ArticleXP Offline Folder Synchronization Will Not Stop Via GPO
We have decided to stop laptops from synchronizing offline copies of the user's redirected MyDocs folders and all folders in general.So, I created I applied a GPO to the OU containing the computers we...
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Group Policy Result from 2nd DC --> Greyed out
Hello,i am running 2 domain controllersDC1: Server 2012DC2: Server 2008 r2When running "Group Policy Result" from Server 2012 all relevant information is available.When running "Group policy Result"...
View ArticleAuto-Archive GPO for Outlook 2010 - What happens when the PST reaches max size?
Hi guys,I have a Windows Server 2003 domain controller on which I have imported the Outlook 2010 ADM templates.I have applied some settings for Auto-Archiving.Once the settings are applied to a User...
View ArticleGPO User account control but still get popup by writing to program files
I have made a policy for Windows 7 pro with the settings: UAC: enabledUAC = 1 UAC: consentpromptbahavioradmin= 0 UAC: filtre administrator token = 0So the purpose is to do enable UAC for normal users...
View ArticleEvent ID: 6005 & 6006 -
Getting the following application event log warnings but can't seem to trace where they are coming from. Have tried unlinking all GPOs & GPPs but that doesn't seem to stop the warnings. Any...
View ArticleRoaming User Profiles - prevent local Admin account from roaming
We have a Roaming User profiles setup using thge GPO:Computer config -> Policies -> Admin templates -> System -> User profiles -Set roaming profile path for all users logging into this...
View ArticleGenerate Publisher only applocker rule from powershell
HiI'm using the powershell cmdletsget-applockerfileinformation "C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe" | new-applockerpolicy -ruletype publisher -xml > myxmlfile.xmlto generate an xml file to import...
View ArticleGPP query DllName registry entry?
So I finally bit the bullet, and migrated from PolicyMaker to GPP CSE's. I had to manually migrate all my polcies, and that sucked. I tried to hold off for a migration tool, but could not wait any...
View ArticleGroup policy lock down on windows 7
Hi,We use a 2008 AD environment and I have a requirement to lock down some windows 7 PCs. For example, we have 1 machine which is set to auto logon and is only used to display 1 web page.This PC uses a...
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