Group policy is not working on windows 2008 r2
Dear All,I have updated my domain from windows 2003 to windows 2008 r2. After migrating I noticed that group policy is not working on users and computers. I ran gpresult /v and rsop.msc and found that...
View ArticleAdd logged on user to local Administrators group via group policy?
Hi,I want to add:[DOMAIN NAME]\Domain AdminsANDthe user logging in to the computer, to the local administrators group. Not [DOMAIN NAME]\Domain Users via computer policy and restricted groups. How do I...
View Articlecross forest computer policy
Hi all, I am trying to apply the computer group policy created in domain1 forest to the other domain in the other forest. The two forests are in trust relationship ( Two Way forest trust). I...
View ArticleFine-Grained Password Policy vs Default Domain Password Policy
I've read a few articles about FGP and shadow groups vs Default Domain Password Policy. We have a Windows 2008 R2 Forest and windows 7 clients.I think I know and understand how FGP and DDPP work, but...
View ArticleHow to reinstall software via GPO
Dear All,Please guide me to reinstall software installed by CD via GPO. Before I created GPO on server, i have a lot of software installed by CD, but now i want to update software, I don't know how to...
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Group Policy Restricted Groups - The following accounts could not be validated
Hi All,I'm trying to modify a GPO to update the restricted groups on our servers. I have 2 groups, one is added to the GPO with no issues, the other one give me the following error:"The following...
View ArticleCopy Files and Install MSI
HI All, I need to install Software for my domain computers. i got Windows 7 (32bit & 64 bit) and Windows XP. also got the MSI for each Hardware. Requirements are follows: 1. Copy two Template...
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local group policy
i have just installed Server 2008 and want to change Account Policies in the Local Security Policy. I am logged on as Administrator but all of the options are disabled (e.g. Minimum password length)....
View ArticleGroup Policy Causing Slow Login, (But no the Policy ?)
Hi Guys,I have a very strange situation. I have installed a new terminal server and was configuring it with no issues. I moved the server to our Production OU where all of our domain group policies...
View ArticleGPO Drive mapping issue
I created a GPO to map a drive when I log on to a 2008r2 server. This is all that is in that GPO. I use drive letter R and in the logs it says it completed successfully. but i can't see it. UAC is off...
View ArticleHomepage GPO now working with Windows 8/IE10
Hi Guys,So i've installed our first few Window 8 machines on our network, so everything is working fine except my GPO that sets the default Homepage for IE .The GPO works fine in windows 7/IE9.I have...
View ArticleNew GPO to the client machine
Hi, I know that existing GPO is updated on client computers in max time period for 90 mins. My question is: when I create new GPO it will be applied to the client? In max 90 mins also? When I type...
View ArticleGPO exception without permission "deny apply group policy"
Hi,I would like to exclude some users from GPO. Read thru some posts this can be done easily with security filtering. However in my add user permission, I do not have "Deny Apply GPO" as descripted in...
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Priceless tip of GPO management - how to make the search working in GPMC
I wonder when this issue with GPMC´s filter will be fixed, that search can be run only with EN keyboard layout? If there is other regional settings set in server and you are using GPMC, you won´t find...
View ArticleDNS/Group Policy Issue
My organization is having an issue with GPO application which is possibly caused by DNS. Most Directory activity seems to be working fine but group policy is failing to apply on some machines and I...
View ArticleUsing Office 2010 Template on 2003 Domain to Automatically Configure profile...
Was wondering if anyone can shed some advice. Goal: Have first time users launching Outlook automatically configure Outlook profile. Domain is 2003 and Exchange 2010. I've successfully deployed this on...
View ArticleHow to set different IE9 home pages for different groups??
We have had our intranet set as the IE9 home page for all domain users...we want to change this.Now we have some domain users for whom we want a blank home page...we don't want these users seeing or...
View ArticleHow to enable DC group policy logging?
We have some member servers that are joined to our domain, but are not Windows servers. They are a mix of *nix servers. We use a piece of software from Quest that allows this to happen. Some of...
View ArticleOrganizational Unit Targeting problem
I am trying to roll out a group of files to most of the computers on my network using Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy.The files deployed perfictly but to the wrong machines! They deployed to all...
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Missing Settings
Hi everyone,I cant seem to find the settings for wallpaper on when i open GPO on my domain controller.I'm using server 2008 R2Meshack
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