Having trouble getting “Set action to take when logon hours expire” to work -...
I have a Windows Server 2012 server that allows remote desktop users (sessions are hosted on the server itself). I'm trying to enforce logon hours for these remote desktop users. I have specified logon...
View ArticleSetting a GPO for one computer regardless of the user permissons
I have one computer that needs to be on a different GPO due to it being used for the boardroom meetings and the board of the directors do not like the 15 minute inactivity time that I have set on the...
View ArticleHow to clear/delete saved passwords.
I have Windows server 2008R2 AD where is about 200 computers and i would like to know is there some gpo or scripting that i could clear attleast browser saved login informations IE, Chrome and Firefox....
View ArticleLocal admin (restricted group)
Dear team;Please help to prevent specific user member from Local admin (restricted group) to access to remote C$, D$ ... for PC clients on network.best regardsLAshkham
View Articleblock USB and Disc Drives in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
Hi We are using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and on client Win07 We want to block USB Storage and Disc Drive via Group Policy and allow keyboard, mouse, printers and USB Data card works....
View ArticleApplocker - Allow Regedit.exe
I am working with Windows 7 x86 Enterprise machines and trying to configure AppLocker for different application development teams. We do not want them to have full administrative access to their...
View ArticleBlock Control Panel but allow Backup and Restore
HiWe are a school and block access to the control panel for students using Windows 7. Does anyone know if it is possible to allow access to just Backup and Recovery?Thanks in advanceShane
View ArticleProxy Settings per machine - policy or preference?
Can Proxy settings be set under HKLM\Software\Policies\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings (i.e. can they be set up as a true policy, rather than a preference?)
View ArticleOn Win7, Account management changes are not logged at all
Hi,I was doing some test and before them everything was working correctly and my WIn7 have every events logged.Actually, and without doing anything special, I dont have account management event logged...
View ArticleGroup Policy "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" not...
I've enabled the "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" GPO from Group Policy Management Editor on my 2003 domain but it doesn't always work. I find that I'll need to go into...
View ArticleWMI Filter by Server Role in Item-Level Targeting
I want use a scheduled task in GPP, and filter it using Item-Level targeting WMI query. Task should deploy only to Print Servers. I've found that Win32_ServerFeature WHERE (ID=7) is for Print Server...
View ArticleGP Infrastructure failing when using Wi-Fi, but fine using Ethernet
Hi,I deploy software using .msi files via Group Policy and it works very well for almost all of our machines. However, there are two laptops which fail to process GP when connected to the domain using...
View Articleone drive (sky drive) for sharepoint 2013
Looking for support on the one drive: referenced here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2903984We have Sharepoint 2013 and would like to use the sky drive (one drive)..We don't use Office 2013, but...
View ArticlePrevent users from changing Proxy settings in Windows 8
I'm migrating a group of users from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1. These users are restricted from changing proxy settings via GPO.In Windows 7, you can change proxy settings only via de LAN Settings...
View ArticleOne drive for Business
Looking for support on the one drive: referenced here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2903984We have Sharepoint 2013 and would like to use the sky drive (one drive)..*We don't use Office 2013, but...
View Article"Redirect folders on primary computers only" setting not evaluated
Our AD schema is 2012 and we've applied a Folder Redirection GPO which has "Redirect folders on primary computers only" enabled. We've designated one Windows 8.1 computer as the "primary computer" of a...
View ArticleVDI GPO Settings....
I have a VDI environment and most of these are non-persistent Win7 machines. Wanted to know how I can use GPO so that I can have various settings within Word,Excel (office2010 Product) follow them from...
View ArticleThe processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not resolve the computer...
I just added a Windows 2012 domain controller to my Windows 2003 domain. I'm getting a lot of errors about Group Policy and also NETLOGON dynamic registration of DNS records on the Windows 2012...
View ArticlePAC FIle VIA GPO not working since IE11 Upgrade
Good Afternoon all,We have installed IE11 on both our Windows 2008 R2 DC's and this has since taken away the 'Internet Explorer Maintenance' feature in GPE - I knew this would happen.When looking at...
View ArticleStopping a Windows service using Powershell
Hi,I have written a powershell script to run via group policy. It checks to see if the computer is a laptop or desktop using WMI, then attempts to stop a Windows service and then updates a file with...
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