Change Local Admin Password Through Group Policy
I need to change the password of local administrator of all the domain joined computers in my organization. I have tried the following:Computer Configuration -> Preferences -> Control Panel...
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How 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 ArticleCreating scheduled task via gpo
Hi i have created a scheduled task via gpo in computer configuration on windows 2008 r2 and i need to deploy it to windows xp and windows 7 clients.on the windows xp clients i have already deployed the...
View ArticleChanging default mail client
hi our company uses lotus notes and most of our clients use windows 7 pro with lotus notes and also microsoft office 2010.Our issue is that we are trying to set the default mail program to be lotus...
View ArticleDisable screensaver at the computer level
How does one go about disabling the screensaver via the Group Policy for the computers (at the computer level) ?My understanding is that it a user specific setting so a user would have to be logged in...
View ArticleWindows Firewall per-user
Hi,Excuse what could be a bit elementary, I'm no Microsoft guruWe have a terminal server (win2k8 r2) on the domain that a bunch of users login to.We ideally want these users to only be able to access...
View ArticleRedirecting My Documents now creates an unwanted "My Documents" subfolder
I'm recreating a GPO trying to match the settings for the existing one. Only problem is that now when i setup the My Documents redirection to go to \\servername\share$, it now shows its going to make...
View ArticleWin Svr 2012 BPA show error for DC's that Default Domain Controller Policy is...
Hi :)I have 3 DC's (Win Svr 2012) and Server Manager / AD BPA claims error:The Default Domain Controllers Policy in the domain sub_domain_name.tld_domain_name should be applied to the OU OU=Domain...
View ArticlePrinter CSE delay when applying Printer Policy
After settling down I can never get this below 20-30 seconds when a user logs in, just applying 3-4 printers on average, 30 second delay. I can't figure why... The users have logged on before, this...
View ArticleThe user is a part of the following security groups - ERROR: An unexpected...
Hi,I'm trying to troubleshoot my GPO when using when using GPRESULT /R on windows8 client machine COMPUTER SETTINGS are not displayed only the USER SETTINGS and getting an error: The user is a part...
View ArticleHow to backup Domain users Withg GPO
Deari want to take auto backup from the Domain Users and put it on the the Storage Server can i do this with GPO?thanks
View ArticleEvery User Can log on to any computer in the Domain and access any files.
Dear,In my domain, Mail Server is integrated to AD. System and Mail Password is same of all users. Now one thing I need to do in my domain. A huge Security hole is opened in my domain. That is, every...
View ArticleRedirection folder: Application data not redirecting properly
Hi, I've setup Folder redirections to work for Windows 7 and XP. I redirected everything that GP lets me. everything work fine, except for Application Data in XP. (Didn't try Windows 7 yet.) For some...
View ArticleGPO - to Hide Libraries and Network from Windows Explorer Windows 7
Hi,I am trying to find a way to remove the Libraries and network icons from the explorer window using a GPO. I cannot edit the registry because the PC's are frozen and return back to the default state...
View ArticleBGinfo using group policy
We have the bginfo.exe in the netlogon directory and have it called in the logon script using group policy under computer config and startup scripts%logonserver%\netlogon\LogonScripts\BGInfo\bginfo.exe...
View ArticleEvent ID: 6005 & 6006 -
Getting the following application event log warnings but can't seem to trace where they are coming from. Have tried unlinking all GPOs & GPPs but that doesn't seem to stop the warnings. Any...
View Articlegpresult /r the user does not have RSOP data
Hi On my exchange server 2010 installed on server 2008 R2 I always get 'INFO the user does not have RSOP data' while running gpresult /R. Its a member server and running the same command on other...
View ArticleLocal Firewall Policies Overriding Domain Group Policies
Hello! I just discovered that in Windows 7, a local firewall exception can be created that can override an exception set via the domain group policy. For instance, we have a domain GP that defines...
View Article2008 R2 pdc Gpresult, access denied, rsop times out, gpupdate hangs "updating...
We have a pdc running server 2008 R2, when I run gpupdate on the server, it waits for about 5 minutes on "updating settings....." then finishes normally. I installed gplogview. Running gplogview /m...
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