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...
View ArticleGPO verify settings, policy not working
Trying to execute a simple logon/logoff script within group policy. But for some reason, the policy doesn't work. The directories are still empty and not logging any data. The configuration is very...
View ArticleHow to reverse My Document Redirection - Server 2008. Only reverse My Music,...
Hi everyone.We had the following My Documents Group Policy enabled for Documents, My Music, My Pictures and My Videos:TargetSetting: Basic - Redirect everyone's folder to the same...
View ArticlePrompting for password after mapped a drive with admin password
Friends,I created a mapped drive in under User configuration preference windows server 2008 GPO. it's working fine and it's showing when then new user log in. But when I restart or Logoff and Log in...
View Articledeploy an exe using gpo
hi all, I have quite a few posts open at the moment as I am really trying to remove tight vnc from my network.Iv tried removing reg keys with gpo prefs, iv tried stopping the tight vnc services, iv...
View ArticleError access redirected folders on certains machines
Hello!ScenarioI have a GPO that redirects users documments folder to a network share (\\networkServer\Documents\%username%) in a Windows 2008 R2 domain.I followed this guide to make the redirection:...
View ArticleEnable Fast User Switching on Server 2008 R2 on Thin Clients
Hello, I am trying to enable Fast User Switching on our Thin Clients, but whenever a user locks the screen there is no option to switch user. This results in having to restart the thin client to start...
View ArticlePrevent write in the home directory in a client active directory
Hello,I have a win 2003 server domain controller and win 7 clients; i want that the domain users, when they do logon in the clients, can't write in the local disk of the clientI configured a group...
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Can't force IE to be the default browser with GPO.
I'm trying to force IE to be the default browser on my domain. I've set the Default Domain Policy to use IE, but it never gets changes on any of my clients. I'm running a mix of XP Pro and Win 7 Pro 32...
View ArticleMy Documents Folder Redirection GPO & Folder Permissions
Hi,We are using My Documents folder redirection GPO to redirect user's MyDocs to a network share. The MyDocs redirects just fine and does the job it was made to do however I am running into a small...
View ArticleHi everyone, I have a question about deplying software via GPO
I successfully rolled out a java update with GPO software update from the computer GPO section. My question is I uninstalled java from the test pc with the expectation it would re-install it again...
View ArticleRegional Preferences are applied incorrectly on Windows Server 2008 (R1) SP2
We have group policy in place that has the following settings:User Configuration -> Preferences ->Control Panel Settings ->Regional Options ->Regional Options ->English (Canada)This...
View ArticleMax Number of line
hellois there a limitation for the number of shortcuts in the Group Policy Préférences ?nicolas
View ArticleBest way to set GPO for Windows 7 Power Management so computer never sleeps
I see in Computer config/Policies/Admin Templates/System/Power Management, there are a lot of power settings you can configure for Windows 7 machines. We do a lot of work at off hours, and we have...
View ArticleCreate an Exception for Domain Admins
Good day,We have several administartive type account on our Domain, we would like to remove the shutdown command for all Domain account except the Domain Administrator accounts. How to make an...
View ArticleImport XML file to Group Policy Preferences Registry
Hello,I am attempting to import a converted registry to xml file into Group Policies preferences. Based on tutorials, I should be able to drag and drop the xml file through the Group Policy Management...
View ArticleWindows 2008 SP2 Terminal server gets hung at Group Policy Client when...
I have a windows 2008 SP2 server that is getting hung on waiting for Group Policy Client after up for some random amount of time.The symptoms are that those that are in the system can continue to run...
View ArticleWindows 7 Power management group policy settings
I read that you can control all of a computer's power options through GPO in Windows 7. Does this require having a Server 2008 domain controller, or can it be done from a Server 2003 box somehow?
View Articleusing group policy to automatically check the 'Allow remote assistance...'...
I have already enabled the policy in my GPO Computer Configuration - Administrative Template - Windows Components - Terminal Services - Allow users to connect remotely using Terminal Services...
View ArticleAuto-Archive GPO for Outlook 2010 - What happens when the PST reaches max size?
Hi guys,I have a Windows Server 2003 domain controller on which I have imported the Outlook 2010 ADM templates.I have applied some settings for Auto-Archiving.Once the settings are applied to a User...
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