Windows failed to apply the Internet Explorer Zonemapping settings - the data...
Hi All, I have a large domain and a long list of websites that are trusted using the following group policy setting:Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer> Internet...
View ArticleThe WMI Filter Contest - are you the knight in shining armor?
Hi!We have a contest going on - the mission is to find "The Perfect Desktop WMI Filter", please check it out here (my...
View ArticleAsk users for Reboot using group policy?
Greetings.I know similar question came up, but what I am trying to do is tiny bit different (and might not be possible actually.)What I need is to push to users request to reboot their machine and...
View ArticleGPO mapped network drives
I have a NFS share through my SAN of which has correct share permissions (everyone FC). I've created a security group called company share added domain users and domain admins and linked it to the root...
View ArticleGroup Policy Printer Deployment Not Working
In the past I have used a group policy on Win Server 2k8 R2 that deployed printers based on the clients IP address, and it always worked wonderfully, no hiccups. Just recently though we wanted to...
View ArticleGroup Policy Preferences Scheduled Tasks not appearing on Windows Server 2008
Hello everyone:I'm having an issue trying to deploy a Scheduled task GPP to my Windows 2008 SP2 x86 clients.The policy does apply (I checked that with gpresult) to the systems but the task doesn't...
View ArticleGroup Policy Preferences Printer Deployement Sometimes Fails
I have printers being deployed through Group Policy Preferences. I've enabled Point and Print and such. 90% of the time, it works fine, but occasionally, we'll have a computer or two that will login...
View Articlewsus and group policy...
hello all. thanks for the time.i am at my wits end here. pulling my hair out almost. i was creating a group policy for windows updates and i am able to get the computers to show up in the groups that...
View ArticleConflicting Applocker Events
We are in the process of trying to implement Applocker. We are having a problem with EXEs and we are seeing duplicate events logged in the applocker event log, one event saying the executable will be...
View ArticleHow can set clients date & time synchronization to Windows Server 2008 R2.
HiMany of our pc is not getting time update from server 2008.All in DOmain.How can synchronize date and time to all pc's through Group Policy or any other best method.RegardsArvindArvind
View ArticleGPO Overview of all applied and denied
Hello,I would like to know is there a way to get an overview of the GPOs installed on each computer without using the "Group Policy Result" as that you have to select each computer manually. I'm...
View ArticleGPO for Lync 2010 online for O365 to start on Login
Hi Forum Hopefully the title says it all. I need to get Lync 2010 Online to start up and run on login in. We have clients on Windows 7, with server 2008 R2 and O365 Plan E3. If there is an easier way...
View Articlereg_none value using group policy preferences
Is it possible to set a REG_NONE value using group policy preferences?
View ArticlePowershell script to install software.
I have created a powershell script to start the install of a software package, ".exe". I know the script is running because I have it writing to a log file, I can run the script outside the logon...
View ArticleCannot run Gpupdate /force on Windows 7 computers after adding admx files to...
I added policydefinition folder to the sysvol on our domain controller and installed the Windows 7 admx files. Now I cannot run gpupdate /force on our Windows 7 computers. I get an error that it...
View ArticleUsers GPO are not apply
Hello,I dont understand something in GPO. i have an old GPO in my server (Windows 2008R2) and this GPO modifiy only "User configuration" but it apply to an OU where there are only computers. This GPO...
View ArticleHow to query local GPO settings
Can anyone adivse if there is a way to query local GPO settings (not RSOP) ?Jason
View ArticleGPP to deploy printers - default sometimes reverts to local PDF printer
Hi all,Strange problem which I hope someone can assist with. We deploy our printers using group policy preferences (2008 R2 domain)Works great - we update printers if users are member of a security...
View ArticleServer 2008 - Windows failed to apply the Wireless Group Policy settings
We have a Domain Controller that is complaining that it cannot apply a group policy. The problem is we cannot find a policy it possible links to. By all appearences the policy has been deleted but the...
View ArticleAudit Policies Incorrectly Set To "No auditing" across the entire domain.
Consider the following scenario:Default Domain Policy had local security auditing policies with very specific settings:Audit account logon events Success, FailureAudit account management SuccessAudit...
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