2003 and Windows 7?
We have 2 DC's in our environment. Each is a Windows 2003 server. On my local Windows 7 x64 workstation I installed all of the GPO tools. On my Windows 7 machine I created a new Group Policy...
View ArticleGroup Policy not Applying
I have a setting in my Default Domain Policy that was not applying on a server. When I looked at the gpresult it says Winning GPO [Default Setting]What does that mean?
View ArticleGPO WMI filters are failing
In Group Policy Manager when a WMI filter is created an error message is displayed:Either the namespace entered is not a valid namespace on the local computer or you do not have access to this...
View ArticleWMI filter query of the last GPO in an OU fails
Hi,I've noticed an interesting issue:Server 2012 R2, Windows 7. GPO's. WMI Filters.I've linked some GPOs to a specific OU (which exclusively contains users). For example, there are three objects which...
View ArticleGroup Policy applied on local system administrator account
I have made the group policy for user based restriction on AD using Windows Server 2003. Everything works fine except that few computers who have local administrator account in the system, group policy...
View ArticleGroup policy Book
Hi all,I am looking for the book regarding the Group policy and active directory 2008 R2 and 2012 troubleshooting. could you please advice me which books are good for understanding and troubleshooting...
View Articlegroup policy opbject problem
hey, recently i add group policy undercomputer configuration--->windows settings--->security settings--->file system i add the file %systemroot%\system32\mmc.exe to be deny to users.after i...
View ArticleAttempting to Add IE Favourites, in folder, through Group Policy Preferences
For our domain W7 workstations, running IE 11, I'd like to deploy a set of IE Favourites, organised into folders.I'm following the step-by-step that I found here -...
View Articlefilter mac address on nic of cilent
i have a domain and my client doesnt access to internetthey unplug network cable and using wimax modem how can i filtering mac addres of wimax modem ?by the way is there any solution for stopping them?
View ArticleChange Favorite folder location target using script
Hi, I am trying to create a script to change the internet explorer favorites folder location.So far i thought about having a simple batch that executes a .reg with: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00...
View ArticleGetting Event 4907 on %AllUsersProfile% folders
We've got policy established that is supposed to audit failed attempts to access files in the All Users Profile directory, specifically for Symantec applications (Endpoint Protection, BackupExec).We...
View ArticleRepetative 4004 event (manual computer processing of group policies) in...
Hi,I'm currently investigating slow logins on my domain. a number of factors have come to light which i am chasing up.Whilst doing this, I've noticed in the event logs that the event ID 4004 'manual...
View ArticleADMX
I would like to import office 2013 admx files to GPO. In the past I was able import adm file to gpo but I am not able to import ADMX files to GPO. We have couple of 2008 R2 DCs and one 2003 DC....
View ArticleGroup Policy processing failure on 2008 when MIX Domain 2003 with DC 2008
Dear I try to add additional Windows 2008 Domain to My Domain controller 2003 and I ma Receiving Group policy error in DC 2008 With Event ID 1055 The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could...
View ArticleGPO results wizard shows errors remotely but not on DC
I was making some changes to group policies relating to WSUS recently and notice some odd issues. When I'm in GP Management on my workstation and run the Policy Results Wizard for any user and...
View ArticleDisplay network shared folder in places bar
Hi,We have a Citrix environment on Windows Sever 2008 R2. The requirement is not to allow users to save on local drives, but in the shared folder on a different server. We DO NOT have the option of...
View ArticleGPO - Delete existing favorites and links, if present
I implemented one GPO to add URL in all windows 7 users Favorites. I have added that two time and that was reflecting after implementing GPO. So for deleting the one URL from GPO i have made checked...
View ArticleGPO not linked?
Hello,I have a lot of GPOs which are in AD some are enforced some are not but most of them are not linked. Is it correct not to have any link on a GPO?What is the result of havoing a GPO is nt link to...
View ArticleGroup Policy Object Editor on 2003 Server
I have a GPO question about Group Policy Object Editor on 2003 Servers. I installed the RSAT tools on my Windows 7 workstation and I seem to have far more GPO options than I do when I run the GPO...
View ArticleGPO Will Not Create Shortcuts to Print Server Shares
If I have a Windows 2008 R2 print server set up with several print shares installed, if I want users to be able to browse the particular shares on that printer I can point them to a UNC path of...
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