Display messagebox at startup
I have made a batchfile which uninstalles office 2003 and installs office 2010. Office 2010 is configured thru OCT so starts in the batchfile with a msp file.Uninstalling and installing 2010 is started...
View ArticleFolder Redirection
Hi everyone.I have an odd situation with Folder redirection on server 2012.Policy is being applied perfectly.As soon as new user logs on, the folders are being redirected to the share. Documents,...
View ArticleServer 2012 and windows 8 group policy with windows server 2008
Can the templates for 2012 and win8 be used on a domain with windows 2008 functional level (not R2)?thanks
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Windows 8 - Folder Redirection policy missing from GP Results.
Hi guys! This has been giving me a hard time the last day or so. I've got some Win8 machines in our 2003 domain. I've got some GPO's applying with WMI filtering for win8 machines. Mostly these are ok,...
View ArticleAGPM and DFS SYSVOL Replication
I've noticed recently some issues when trying to "Deploy" updated group policy objects using AGPM. AGPM will respond with Event 2006Restore of GPO failed. Error [The directory is not empty]On the...
View ArticleGroup Policy Preferences combined with GP Settings - good or bad for login time?
I came across an article that made a tip stating “As a best practice tip, don’t combine Group Policy Settings and Group Policy Preferences in the same Group Policy Object. Due to the way Group Policy...
View ArticleGroup Policy Guru? Group Policy and Windows 7 erratic and inconsistant.
(*If you don't feel like reading everything, skip to the bottom two paragraphs for my questions)I've had a premier call open with MS since August. This week I had a Microsoft Technician in-house....
View Article2008R2 IE 11 Group Policy Preference Proxy Configuration Issues
I've been mulling this problem over for a while and I finally have to accept I can't use IE Maintenance anymore for managing proxy settings. I've been reading up on how to make Server 2008 R2 work...
View ArticleCannot install SP1 on Windows 2008 R2 64bit 0x800f0826
Hello,I'm having an error when I'm trying to deploy service pack 1 of Windows Server 2008 R2.I tryed install the SP1 in a workgroup machine and the results were successful.But when I'm trying to...
View ArticleLog on as a service Policy
I'm working with an issue caused by the Log on as a service policy being applied and enforced from the top of the domain hierarchy. Basically, the settings of the policy are fairly restrictive. So,...
View ArticleAnyone pushing printers through GPP? Possible to do that without creating...
We are running 2008r2 with Win7 clients. Our printers are always installed manually by our techs to print directly to the printers at different sites. We do not care for printservers, because we have...
View ArticleCreating Group Policy Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello guys,I want to implement a group policy/policies across the network to perform the following;1) Restart users PCs across the network on the last Friday of every month2) Update the PCs with...
View ArticleGroup Policy based Wireless Profiles not applying to Windows 8.1 domain clients
I'm wondering if anyone else out there has run into the same issue as I am seeing. The environment is all Server 2012(not R2), with Windows 8.1 clients. I configure a GPO that is linked to the...
View ArticleHome Drive Disappears / Is Not Mapped When Users Go Off Network
Hi Technet,I've recently deployed Windows 7 Enterprise x64 in my environment and am seeing behavior that I don't understand and would like some clarification on.I'm running Active Directory with a DFL...
View ArticleThe processing of Group Policy failed
Dear Support,I am using windows server 2003 as our domain controller, and having 2 more ADC on branches,we are already using GPO for our network, but when i try to do some changes it is not applied on...
View Articlecross forest processing of gpo (password policy)
We have cross forest processing going on due to a stricter password policy from forestA to forestB users. ForestB\User must continually receive the default password policy from ForestA.Our concern is...
View ArticleHow to set *all* of desktop settings with GPO
Using Server 2012 standard with Win 7 32-bit domain members. Client has a custom designed logo that centers on the screen as desired, and I can set this up with GPO, no problems. However, I can't find...
View ArticleGPO Prevent saving to "My Computer" in Windows 7
Hi there, We have a problem with domain users "losing" work due to saving to "My Computer" In group policy we "Hide these specified drives in My Computer" and "Prevent access to drives from My...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Applocker Blocking Packaged App Installation During Deployment
Hi all! I have run into an issue while deploying Windows 8.1 Enterprise using MDT 2013 with applocker policies applied. During testing I have had no issues with the default provisioned Store Apps but I...
View ArticleIPV^ checkbox
I created a GP that disables IPV6, when I do IPCONFIG /ALL I see that it is disabled and working as intended however the IPV6 checkbox is still selected. Move often a policy would at least grey it out...
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