Group Policy Software Restriction Path Issue
A software restriction policy has been implemented on our Windows 7 Professional PC's in our organization that prevents all except specific executable's from running within %LocalAppData%, %AppData%...
View ArticleGPP desktop icons failing with error 0x80070002
Hi!I have created a new Remote Desktop services server to setup in a farm. I haven't created the farm yet, as I wanted to test everything first.I have placed the new server in same OU as existing...
View ArticleDisable IE 10 & 11 Security Alert popup w/ Group Policy
We get a Security Alert popup when accessing a https site"You are abut to view pages over a secure connection....."With previous version of IE, user can simply check box for "In the future, do not show...
View ArticlePassword Lockout Policy and affected applications
I have windows 2003 domain controllers, an exchange Online through O365, and an onsite sharepoint portal. People access their emails through OWA and outlook. Also, they log in through sharepoint portal...
View ArticlePrinter Mapping Performance GPP
Hello,we´ve 60 Printers and want to map them through GPP. Mapping should be handled in one GPO with a Filter based on IP-Adress through Item Level Targeting.I would build two items per Printer: one for...
View ArticleGroup Policy to allow users to resolve conflicts on offline files
Hi, for our highly managed users we have disabled configuration of offline files. However, we want them to be able to solve conflicts. Currently this is not possible.These group policies are applied as...
View ArticleHow to use GroupPolicy SDK to configure the software installation?
Hello,I find that GroupPolicyObject::Save() can take a pair of GUIDs for the extension. Now I need to configure the software installation in the group policy to deploy my own msi.The pair of GUIDs may...
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GPO Tuning
Hi guys,im working in a very "old" active directory infrastructure and one problem is the very long time which the user needs to sign-in.To find a solution i can look at a loot of places, i wanted to...
View ArticleWindows NTP Time Sync Group Policy
In our environment we have 1 windows 2k8 R2 server - Server 1 Server 1 is PDC We have over 100 XP/Win 7 computers Server 1 is configured as authoritative time server ISSUE: Sometimes the clock on our...
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accidentally replaced the administrative template with the office 2013 one?
Hi,I added the Office 2013 GPO template pack into our "C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\DOMAIN\Policies\PolicyDefinitions" folder.Now when editing our default domain policy, when I look in "Computer...
View ArticleSystems disconnected from the domain forget Group Policy?
We have a Group Policy in place that's intended to keep users from downloading updates except from our WSUS server. The policies include:Allow Automatic Updates immediate installation: DisabledAllow...
View ArticleAdministrative Template Win8.1
I'm planning on installing a few Win8.1 machines for testing, but need the administrative templates for 8.1 gpo installed on our SBS2008 server. Are these officially available? If not, is there...
View ArticleGPOs and importing/restoring from a backup
Hello, I recently downloaded some GPOs from NIST for evaluation purposes. I have created a test environment (local GPO editor) and want to know how to import thse files. I am given several actual...
View ArticleApp Locker Help
With Crypto Virus costing issue on some machine I'm looking to lock down the %AppData% folder using App-Locker. My issue is that when I apply the policy below it doesn't apply to all subfolders in...
View ArticleInternet Settings Group Policy Preferences vs. Administrative Templates...
I'm testing using Internet settings GP preferences to set the home page for my users.Are there any advantages (besides item level targeting) or disadvantages to using preferences to set the home page...
View ArticleAn error occurred while generating report:
Hi fellows,We are in the process of migrating to Server 2008/Windows 7.I have setup a test computer and user.When I try to run a Group Policy Result for the testuser in the GPMC it fails with following...
View ArticleBasic File access audit group policy does not work
Hi there,I am trying to set up file access auditing using the basic group policies. I DO NOT want to use the advanced group policies, since this disables other auditing categories that flow down from...
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 ArticleAdd builtin group Interactive to the builtin group Administrators through...
Is there a Group Policy incantation that allows me to add the builtin group Interactive to the builtin group Administrators on select computers? Seems as if Group Policy Preferences are only able to...
View ArticleADMX Templates not found in GPMC
I have a win2008r2 domain that was upgraded from win2003. I added the admx files to the policydefinitions folder but I don't see them available when editing gpos.Am I missing something? I have this...
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