GP setting to turn off wireless
I have several users with laptops who don't remember to turn off their wireless radios when they plug back in to the wired LAN. Is there a group policy that I can assign that basically says "turn off...
View ArticleError 1926 Could not set file security for file...
When trying to upgrade existing client software we get the following error:Error 1926 Could not set file security for file \\networkpath\folderredirectionshare$\username\Appdata\Appname\. Error 0....
View ArticleSystems adds automatically a AD security group to a local security group
Our fileserver (2008 R2 Standard) is member of the domain. On regular basis a AD security group is added to the local security group "Administrators". This is logged in de Eventlog. This looks like...
View ArticleGroup Policy Administration Templates how do i import these
Hey everyonei am new to group policy in 2008 and R2 and i have not really done much in 2003 eitherour domain controllers here where upgraded from a 2003 SBS server to a windows 2008R2 Domain, now a lot...
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Group Policy security settings could not be determined
We are running a Windows 2008R2 Enterprise Edition system. It is a member server in an Active Directory domain. A user, a member of the Local Administrators group was going to make a change in the...
View ArticleGPO Logon/Logoff Script Won't Apply to Users in Administrators Group
Currently I'm having problem in applying Logon/Logoff script to users in Administrators group. The built-in account, Administrator, is working normally, the policy was applied but when I have another...
View ArticlePreventing thumbnails in XP and 7 with one policy
Hello everyone. Currently I have User Config/Admin Templates/Windows Components/Windows Explorer "Turn off caching of thumbnail pictures" set to Enabled via my 2003 server. But looking at the group...
View ArticleCross forest users logon and Loopback policy security filtering
Hello. I have a question regarding loopback processing and security filtering. My client requirement is that we have 3 citrix servers (windows 2003 SP2) on which my other Japanese forest's users will...
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GPSVC guzzles RAM
Hey All, since al while, we observe the increase of RAM that is used by the GPSVC Service (on SVCHOST.exe) We patched all affected systems (Domain Controller) with : - Windows6.0-KB958089-x64.msu -...
View ArticleForcing Windows 7 Pro machines to always 'Wait for network', both when...
A long time ago I found a policy that I could apply to Win XP machines that would force the machines to wait until the network was fully ready before it would give the 'Press Ctrl-ALt-Del to Log On'...
View ArticleWindows 7 expiring certificates renewal GPO
Hello, I have been asked to find a GPO that will disable expiring certificates renewal prompts in Windows 7 clients. Anyone came across this before? This for old certificates that for some reason we...
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 ArticleWindows Explorer not auto refreshing
Hi,Wasnt sure really what section to post this in, but i am in need of some help.I have a windows Server 2008 setup with XP clients.I have begun moving staff from simple user accounts, to acounts with...
View Articlewindows could not connect to the group policy client service
I know this forum has similar questions, but none of them have answered my problem so far.Case:My parents have moved to a new place, so they received a new modem with build-in wi-fi.I had an old...
View ArticleRestrict Computer Logons to a Group
We have 2 PCs that we need to block logins for everyone except a couple of users. I have those users in a Security Group and tried applying a Group Policy to an OU with those PCs that allows them and...
View ArticleWindow XP vs Windows 7 GPO's
Hello,I am working with a client that is about to migrate all of their exiting XP SP3 systems to Windows 7. My task is to make sure the GPO's for the User and Computer are in place prior to migration...
View ArticleGroup Policy Reports
My client using nearly 5000 nodes. They need the report of policies applied in how many nodes and how many nodes policies are not applied. Is that possible ?Any third party tool is thereThanks in...
View ArticleProxy settings are not applying properly
I'll start by saying I know this question has been asked many other times in these and other forums. I've tried many different solutions from those threads and other research at this point (in other...
View ArticleGPO for hide Thumbs.db
Hello,i have policy for unhid System Protected Files and Hidden Files.I want the possiblity to hide Thumbs.db for this.Are there any possibilities for this by using Group Policy?Thx
View ArticleCMD.exe as administrator GPO
Hello,i am trying to find a solution for automatic "run as administrator" when running cmd.exe on server.Are there any possibilities to realise this with a GPO?Thx
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