Align Application Window
Hi,I want to align an Application Window on first launch to right hand side of the screen. By default on first launch, my application (Lync) launches on the left of the screen. Once I drag it to the...
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...
View ArticleGPO to open firewall to allow Remote Management of Win 8 clients
Anyone know if there is a definitive list of what firewall rules are needed to allow Remote Management of workstations, primarily Windows 8.So far I have found the following:COM+ Remote...
View ArticleRemove 'Network' access button from Explorer in Windows 2008 R2
Good day!We have: Windows Server 2008 R2 with "Remote Desktops" role installed. (DC is also under Windows Server 2008 R2)We need: to remove (or disable) "Network" access button in browser in Navigation...
View ArticleGroup Policy Objects / Templates not replicating since adding Server 2012 DC...
I added a Server 2012 to our domain back a couple months back and I've just noticed that the \\domain.local\SYSVOL\domain.local\Policies isn't being synchronizedWe have 6 x 2008 DCs, 1 x 2008 R2 &...
View Article2008 AD with XP clients GPOs
Hello,We have created a new 2008 AD domain. We are still using XP Pro clients. We are creating new GPOs in 2008AD. We can't find a GPO setting to disable "messenger" and "windows wireless" services...
View ArticleGPO Group Policy for adding sites to the intranet zone
My environment uses ie8 with 2008 R2 AD and our users are running Windows7 sp1. I have a GPO built called standard IE where there are 5 intranet sites added.In fact, if I look at the settings tab of...
View ArticleWindows 8 GPO for Roaming Taskbar-items
Hello,i am looking for a working GPO for Windows 8 and Task-items (also for 3th party icons).What is the way to organise this?Thx
View ArticleUnable to deploy a file via GPO
Hi there,We're planning to rollout a template file to all users, mostly using Windows 7 machines, via Group Policy but it's not doing what it's supposed to be doing. Under the GPO settings, user...
View ArticleGpo Login script does not always run.
Hi, We have an enviroment with 1 SBS 2011 server and 2x 2008R2 servers used for RD (using a session broker to devide the session) We have a logon script running for all the users, this is a simple...
View ArticleGroup Policy is getting unlinked automatically
Hello Team,we implemented one user configuration policy and linked to one OU, but while checking the policy after 2-3 hours we found that its unlinked from that OU,Could you please provide your...
View ArticleSettings getting wiped out on exit
I created a GPO to control cookie retention. Any time I go into the User Config> Policies > Windows Settings > Internet Explorer Maintenance > Security > Security Zones and Content...
View ArticleLocally Disable all Domain GPOs
I have an urgent need to locally disable all GPOs from being pushed to a group of about 400 PCs and Servers.Background:I am in a rather large medical facility. IT manages daily work PCs (email, office,...
View ArticleIE 9 GPO for Trusted Sites
Hello all!I have an issue on my DC running Windows Server 2008 R2 and terminal server with the same versionI'm creating a GPO that have only one setting that add site to the trusted sitesBut after...
View ArticleDefault Domain Policy not being applied to newly reformatted computers ONLY -...
As Ned Flanders would say, "I'm in one dilly of a pickle". I'm a new System Administrator digging through and learning about AD, GP, etc. for the first time. A while back, I used the Microsoft...
View ArticleLocking down a shared users desktop
We are currently building a shared workstation that will be going out to the users. These machines are going to auto login. What we want is to lock down the desktop so that it can be seen but the...
View ArticleGroup Policy not getting Applied.
Hello Everyone,Here is the group policy issue i have. I have a user based policy which is applied on the user logon script. When we check the client, this newly created GPO is not getting updated and...
View Article/appData Roaming windows 7
Why does this run all the time...Slows my computer down...What can I do?
View Articleadmx for IE9
hi allwe deploy Windows 7 and IE9 with Microsoft MDT (Deployment Toolkit). How can I disable IE9 First Runhow can I find admx files for IE9 Chris
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