Disable "Important updates are available go to pc settings to install them"...
Does anyone know if it's possible to disable the "Important updates are available go to pc settings to install them" message that appears at login in the bottom right corner of the screen on Windows...
View ArticleGroup Policy Implementation Issue
Hi,I have 2 domain controllers Windows Server standard 2008 and Windows Server 2012. Windows Server 2008 is primary domain controller while windows server 2012 is additional domain controller. Windows...
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How does one setup ShortTime via GPOs in Windows 2k8 R2
This question was already posted...(http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7f68032f-9432-4cda-8970-b904aab3e89e/shorttime-setting-not-found-in-windows-2008-r2-gpo) but not...
View ArticleApply a GPO only if user is local Admin
Server 2008 R2, Clients: Windows7Hi all, I need a GPO that apply it only if user is local Admin in the computer that logon on. I think that with WMI filters I can get it but I can't do it. The SID of...
View ArticleFile Access Auditing.
I am having some problems turning this on. It seems like it is not set in group policies on our Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. In GPedit on the server I can set either Under Computer Configuration >...
View ArticleHow to Configure Remote Powershell Setting using GPO on Clients
Hi ExpertsThere are number of cases where our IT team needs to perform operation on remote Desktop using PowerShell. So, we want to configure Remote PowerShell (Enable-PSremoting or winrm ) on all...
View ArticleGPO to block writing to USB not fully effective
We have a GPO to block writing to USB media and it appears to work when using Windows Explorer. There is an error when trying to copy files to USB through the GUI.However, I noticed that it seems to...
View ArticleDear Microsoft: AppLocker, Application rules, UAC, local administrators
I want to employ AppLocker + UAC as a defensive layer over locally administrative accounts. My desired behavior: local administrators must elevate (UAC) to run an application; the default rule for...
View ArticleRestore redirected folder permissions after restore
Hello, Hope someone can give me some pointers, before i start destroying permissionsI have a client whom after changing the target folder in DFS management, messed up their redirected folders...
View ArticleStrange DNS, Group Policy & Active Directory Issues - Can't track down root...
For the last few weeks, we've been getting complaints, from our developers, about not being able to authenticate on various systems. The issues were hit & miss but still problematic enough to...
View ArticleDisable WIFI connection with GPO when network cable is plugged
Hello all,I want to disable the WIFI connections on users laptop whenever the user is connected to the LAN with the ethernet cable.- WIFI should be enabled when the cable is not plugged.- WIFI should...
View ArticleShutdown group policy not working during hibernation
I have a group policy that runs a task to shutdown all computers at midnight. The problem is, if the computer is hibernating it doesn't kick off at midnight, and instead runs when the user logs in...
View ArticleCrash every time Windows refreshes policy
We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 box that is blue screening and crashing every time it refreshes group policy.Computer starts up, gets to "Applying Registry policy" for a minute or so, then crashes.I...
View ArticleRun Script Once through Group for All users
Hello Everyone, We have 4 forests with one domain each having forest trusts. I want to run a script only once on all the windows 7 machines in all the domains. I have created the script and saved it in...
View ArticlePassword policy not applying properly
I have set password policy for my domain that Maximum age: 60days Minimum age is: 45days but I get messages every week that passwords would expire in 4 days I checked using rsop.msc and policy seems...
View ArticleUsing applocker to deny by hash rule
Is there a way to block a file by hash without actually having the file? This was trivial in server 2003 software restriction policies. I could paste a hash into a rule, and it did it's job. Now it...
View ArticleInternal and external policy
Is there anyway to have policies applied to the computer while connected to domain and once the user disconnects (ie go home) all the policies go back the way they were.for example CD ROM and usb are...
View Articleadmx files. control decimalTextBox
Hi.I would like to display default value in control decimalTextBoxin state "Disabled" and "Not cofigured".(I used attribute defaultValue="6" in the adml file pls see below)<decimalTextBox...
View ArticleGroup Policies missing settings
I am having an issue with one of our domain controllers that is on a separate domain. When I go into group policy, there are several policies in there that are missing the settings. They just show...
View ArticleHow to block .exe in a specific directory with Windows 7 Pro
Hello,Is it possible to prevent a user to run exe files in a specific directory with Windows 7 Pro ?In fact I would like to do the same thing that Applocker but on Windows 7 Pro as applocker cannot be...
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