Windows 7 - Group Policy Computer Start-up Scripts installs, but does not...
HiAs above, hope it makes sense and not sure if this is a Windows 7 issue, but when i install GPO computer installation unlike Windows XP which shows you what is installing, with Windows 7, there is no...
View ArticleDelete temporary Internet files
Windows 2008 R2Win 7Win XpUnder "user config\preferences\windows settings\folder" Created 2 folders to delete Temporary Internet files with with 1 targeting Windows 7 and the other targeting windows...
View ArticleAdvanced Group Policy for Server2012/Windows 8
Hello,a part of MDOP is advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM).The latest download is for Server2008R2 and will not work on Server2012.Is there an workarround or seperate download for server2012...
View ArticleWindows 2003 Registry Setting for Automatically adjust clock for daylight...
Hi, in Windows 7, you can use this key to enable/disable DST settings in the registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformationValue Name: DynamicDaylightTimeDisabledValue...
View Article3 questions about lengthening 2008 R2 Group Policy minimum password length
Greetings,I want to lengthen our organizational policy (not the Default Domain Policy) from 10 to ultimately 16 characters. I'm making an intermediate stop at 14 to give users a chance to adjust. My...
View ArticleWindows 7 Kiosk Machine - IE Proxy Settings - Domain 2008 R2
Brief overview of our scenario.2008 R2 domain, windows 7 environment.We currently have a number of machines we have locked down with GP to remove certain drives, create a standard desktop and apply...
View ArticleGPO settings lost after some time when logging on with cached credentials?
A customer has several employees that work ocasionally outside the corporate domain, sometimes for weeks. They have no (VPN) connection to the corporate domain, just internet. They all log on to their...
View Articleaccess denied in creating group policy object
hi i have a problem in creating GPOs,when i'm trying to create the new GPO i receving access denied.i have 2 domain controller in my domain that one of them is Additional Domain Controller and i'd...
View ArticleSoftware installation - user assignment instead of computer assignment
Struggling all the day with an unwanted user assignment of software installed through GPO. The correspondig scenario:a package Python.msi stored on a UNC network share with full permissions foreveryone...
View ArticleDNS not working properly
Hello,I have 1 forest with 1 domain in my company, and i am creating several sites, for each geographical zone. That zone has also a different IP range and a RODC that replicate with Primary Domain...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Group Policy XP Power Schemes not working on clients
Hi,My site is running all XP clients with a Server 2008 R2 DC. Recently certain clients within a certain OU have been adopting 'portable/laptop' power schemes and I am banging my head against the wall...
View ArticleFolder Redirection & Recycle Bin
People who are using Folder Redirection, what are ya'll doing about the redirected recycle bin? Do ya'll just accept that n% of space is going to be wasted by the users redirected recycle bins or is...
View ArticleProxy settings in IE manipulate via GPO
I'm trying to uncheck "Use a proxy server for your LAN" and I'm unable to find that anywhere in a GPO.
View ArticleGPO do not applied on all machines
Hi dear WinServer 2008 gurus. I have a couple of problems on my server, and would like to get some help on this issuesFirst of all must say that all client computers and 2 DCs (WinServerEnterprise2008)...
View ArticleGroup Policy To Selectively Unhide Task tray Icon or Force Balloon Notification?
Windows 7 does not have the yellow exclamation point like XP did and that was a bit more difficult to miss.In Windows 7, the "Updates are available" balloon shows for a short time and then hides...
View ArticleHow to add a local user in the restricted administrators group?
hello allMy objective is to restrict membership to the local administrator group of a computer such as domain admins and administrator , however I like keep a local user such as desktopadmin local...
View ArticleDeploying fonts via GPO/SCCM
Hello,We have a 2008 domain and we would like to restrict users to a particular set of fonts in that domainWe have a OU created and all the users to whom that font has to be pushed are in that OU.The...
View Articlevbs script not applying when put in GPO
Hi guys, Hoping someone can shed a bit of light on this for me please, I have a vbs file which is literally to add 2 registry entries:- Dim WshShell Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")...
View Article2008R2 Folder Redirection (Missing documents)
Having implemented folder redirection for a few weeks now, have pushed policy to move documents folder to users home directories. Things had been working fine, had a user report today that their...
View Articlewhat is security filtering
Windows 2008 R2 SP1 member serversWindows 2003 SP2 member serversWindows 2008 DC/ADi created a group policy to force a restart of all my Win7/WinXP users. i created the policy in OU1 whose members are...
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