any chances are to check whether Windows OS is activated through registry file
Hi EveryoneIs there any chances are to check whether Windows OS is activated or not through registry file.
View ArticleChanged Folder Redirection GPO, but setting will not take affect
We have a user who's folder redirection setting will not change. We just migrated servers and I changed the GPO setting from\\oldserver\users to \\newserver\users but when the user logins, it errors...
View Articlehow to stop the sending attachment through mail group policy
HI ,.,,, Our employees using the gmail and yahoo accounts sometimes . Due to security issues they dont send attachements how is possible to deny sending attachments in group policyranki
View ArticleIE settings not viewable via RSOP
Ok. I have a bunch of IE settings in a GP. If I access the GP to edit it or view the details, I can see that the settings are what they are supposed to be. If I then run an RSOP on a remote machine,...
View ArticleAudit Policy and Event Viewer
Hi everyone,I'm a junior IT auditor seeking for answers about audit policy and event viewer.First of all I would like to know what are the difference of log that we obtain from audit policy and event...
View ArticleHelp With Identifying Replication Issues
Hi All,This is actually a two part problem but since it affects Group Policy as well, I selected the Group Policy forum.I'm seeing a problem with site replication at the moment. As part of the early...
View ArticleGroup Policy editing in mixed domain controller environments - Guidance needed
Hello Everyone,we are running an environment with a mixture of domain controllers running 2003, 2008 R2 and 2012 R2 in a native 2003 domain. We have a central policy definition store under SYSVOL. We...
View ArticleThis operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this...
Here is our environment: Windows Server 2008 x86 SP2 Terminal Server running Citrix XenApp5.0 with Office 2007 installed. We have a Group Policy to restrict users from access the server's C:\ drive....
View ArticleCreating a GPP for IE 10 Internet Settings disables cookies
I was learning how to configure Internet Explorer 10 with Group Policy via Windows 8 and learned that I needed to now use Group Policy Preferences instead of Internet Explorer Maintenance.I made a GPP...
View ArticleError at remote (RDP) login when "User must change password at next logon" is...
Hello,we have an AD on a Windows Server 2012. Several users' password is now expired (!) and their unable to connect to any server using their AD-account. They all connect remotely using Windows Remote...
View ArticleGroup Policy File Item Preferences Delay
We are using Group Policy Preferences to copy files from a file share to local workstations, using the "Replace" option. We are most concerned with files being updated at logon.If the third-party...
View ArticleGroup Policy Management Console crashes when you click the target domain KB...
I have the Problems described in KB 292827 with Riverbed Steelhead WAN Optimizer configured as Active Directory Integrated mode enabled, on a Windows Server 2012 R2. The Hotfix in KB 292827 is only...
View ArticleNoViewOnDrive Setting not being honored in Common Save Dialog
To restrict access to my C: drive from users using the Common Open/Save dialog, I set the decimal value of theNoViewOnDrives registry key to 4. This works well generally and if a user types in c:\ they...
View ArticleGroup Policy Pref - Mapped Drives Not Applying to One User
Hi All, I’m new to this list, so please excuse any etiquette slip ups. I have three users at a site. All their machines are running Windows XP Service Pack 3 and have client side extensions...
View Articlecan't download .EXE's
I am not able to download any .EXE's from the internet. I need to download .net framework 4 and it comes in an .EXE. so I did the following (and I still can't download an .EXE)1. I created a new OU...
View ArticleCan't get GPO to apply to users
I am trying to get a group policy to prohibit the use of USB storage devices on certain machines. The server I am trying to set it up on is windows server 2003R2 and I am trying to set it up for our...
View ArticleServer 2003 GPO to lock desktop DVD, except for desktop admin
Hi thereI have server 2003 with Windows 7 desktops and I want lock all the desktops DVD.I want to keep one desktop for admin users. I see in the 2008 GPO you can lock desktops, but, if a user has local...
View ArticleHow are the GPOs applied in a system?
Hi,I have applied a GPO in the domain level, however the settings which I want to get do not apply to all the users. I assume some of the settings are overwritten? Is that possible.If a given setting...
View ArticleGroup Policy Software Installation Upgrades
Hello. I am currently using gpo to distribute certain software updates (Java, Flash, Shockwave etc.) I add the new .msi to the software package list and it does a really good job at identifying the...
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