How do I Disable Password Caching in IE 8 and IE 9?
How do I Disable Password Caching in IE 8 and IE 9?I found information regarding "DisablePasswordCaching", but this works only on my older version of Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7 (i think). It...
View ArticleDisable "Connect Automatically" Wi-Fi option via Group Policy
I have recently been given the task of addressing an audit finding as follows:Finding WIF02 Ad-hoc Wireless Client ProbesWhile conducting a “war-walk” exercise multiple laptops were found to be...
View ArticleHow to update profile parameters for many users at once?
Hi Everyone,I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 as standalone but with Domain Controller setup. As you can see in the picture below all my 75 users do not have anything setup for "Start the following...
View ArticleFile replace fail 0x80070005
Hi,I having a file replace issue with the following error: Properties handled. [ hr = 0x80070005 "Access is denied." ]
View Articlegroup policy
Hello,I have setup a group policy object on server 2008 standard with simple password expiry. My windows 7 pro users when i go to secpol.msc show the interactive message active and at 5 days but in my...
View Articleblock USB ACCESS in windows xp using group policy windows server 2008
hi,, as i know GPO usb blok cant be implement on windows xp , must be windows vista or higher..i know how to blok usb access from komputer clientbut is there any1know how to blok usb access from the...
View ArticleI think GPO on the DC was broken
Hi,I was experiencing a serious problem here, so I will post a minimized scenario here:On the DC we have two OUs, the PC and the Server,Like 10 days ago, we enforced a policy on the PC unit, and today...
View ArticleGroup Policy Preferences Drive Maps Not Working in Windows 8 RTM When...
I started testing Windows 8 RTM in our domain environment and have found that the drive maps via Group Policy Preferences are not functioning if the "Reconnect" option is ticked. The drives are not...
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 Settings not displaying after implementing a Central Store
Hi,We've recently started testing with a central store for group policies. After implementing the store however, some settings of our policies show the following errors:Namespace...
View ArticleWireless network ordering
Have a number of laptops about to be deployed and will have a GPO pushing 2 wireless networks. In testing these show up as preferred networks and can't be reordered. No issues connecting to either...
View ArticleActive Directory Move DNS ZONE
How do you move a dns zone from one forest to another? Or can you just remove it from one forest and re-enable it in the new one?
View ArticleGPP Printer Deployment - Print Server Event ID: 4098 0x80070bc4 & 0x8007007b
So we deployed all of our printers through GPP. Everything seems to be working fine, but we are receiving a warning in the event log on 2 servers and 1 Win7 Machine. The Win7 machine had to be...
View ArticleUninstall one program and replace with another
Hi all,I am trying to create a GPO that will uninstall McAfee Agent, HIPS and VSE then install Trend OfficeScan without leaving a machine unprotected for more than a few minutes. I have tried various...
View ArticlePrinter 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 ArticleDifference between Computers object policy and User object Group ploicy
Hi All,Here i have some confusion in between computer object and user object in AD (Not user and Computer configuration in GPO)?we added computers in a separate OU.Policy: Disable users login on some...
View ArticleMS best practice recommended profile size
Hi all,Can anyone link me to MS best practices docs regarding maximum allowable user profile size when using roaming profiles? We are a 2008R2 AD environment.Thank you.
View ArticleCreate ini file in Program Files
Hello, I have a question about group policy.There is a domain with client OS Windows XP x32, Windows 7 x32, Windows 7 x64. I need to place some ini-file into Program Files folder on most of them. The...
View ArticleItem level targeting -- IP Address range does not work on Windows 8
None of our group policies that include IP Address range Item-Level Targeting works on our Windows 8 computer. It doesn't matter what the actual policy is (computer environment variable, user drive...
View ArticleEnable smb signing in AD
What is impact if I enable below group policy settings? Is firewall will be auto turn on after we enable these option?1. enable digitally sign communicatios (If server agrees)2. enable digitally sign...
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