"Turn off the upgrade to the latest version of Windows through Windows...
At the moment we still use 2008 R2 Domain controllers. I've updated the admx files to support Windows 10. In the past,I enabled the "Turn off the upgrade to the latest version of Windows through...
View ArticleDocument / Desktop Redirection - updating GPO
I have about 300 workstations in my environment -mostly Windows 7 SP1 and some Windows 10. For these workstations, I have document redirection configured for their Desktop and Documents folders. This...
View ArticleHow to disable Proxy settings from Group policy
Hello All,We have Windows 7 sp1 and 2012 Domain Controller in our environment. Currently we are using Proxy settings via Group policy.But we have requirement to remove the proxy settings for bunch of...
View ArticleGPO Block adding bookmarks to Edge?
All favorites are required to be saved in IE so we can redirect and back them up centrally. How can we block users from saving favorites in Edge?
View ArticleGPO to change default Windows 10 apps from Store to Desktop apps?
We have a GPO to disable opening Store apps, but the default apps remain store apps despite this. For example, when the user clicks on an audio file attachment such as to play their voicemail messages...
View Articleneed helping blocking certain gpos
ou structure:domain company servers computers users usersI have gpos linked to domain ou. I have block inheritance set on Servers ou. More recently,...
View ArticleRemoving Registry Settings on Clients Created by .ADMX Files
HiI'm using .ADMX file locally on one of my admin workstation to push some registry settings on clients. My question is, if I delete the .ADMX file from the admin workstation, will the registry...
View ArticleAutomatic log on to "Other accounts" (Office 365) in Windows 10 with Group...
We are rolling out a bunch of Surface Books at my job and was wondering if there was a way to apply a group policy that would automatically log users on under the "Other accounts you use" option within...
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running a VBS script with parms
I am calling a VBS script in my GPO as shown above. If you click BROWSE both the .vbs and .xml are there, as part of the GPO. This is a Computer policy. On my target machine I've rebooted many...
View ArticleReset IE and Edge settings after User Log Off
Hi,Is there a way to 'reset' Internet Explorer and Edge via GPO each time the user logs off.I want to prevent the user from setting there own favorites, or save any passwords, cookies, zoom level etc...
View ArticleGPO 801.11 wireless policies too slow to apply
We have a GPO to configure 802.1x wireless computer policies and it works, but takes a very long time.If I'm already logged into Windows, disconnect wireless and reconnect, it only takes less that 10...
View ArticleActive Directory LastLogon and SharePoint Audit Not Matching
I currently use a script that check's the lastlogon on all dc's in our domain.this information does not match the audit information from sharepoint - we are effectively disabling active accounts...
View ArticleUpgrading from 2003 Domain to 2008 Domain
Hello Everyone,Let me start off with our PDC crashed and our backups were no good. The Backup DC is limping along but need to prep for 2008 Standard Domain Server. I ran the adprep /forestprep...
View ArticleI created GPO to shutdown, how I cancel it
By using GPO, I created a scheduled task to shutdown computers daily at 9 PM under Computer Config/Preferences/ControlPanel Settings/Scheduled Tasks.Then, I cancelled this GPO by dis-link it to OU and...
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Group Policy is not working
I am using Window Server 2008 R2. XP and Win 7 OS are running on all the client machines.Internet Explore-6 running on XP machine while IE-11 running on Window 7 machines.I configured following group...
View ArticleSYNERGIX Local Account Password Management versus Microsoft LAPS
I have come across SYNERGIX Local Account Password management as an alternative to Microsoft LAPS. http://www.synergix.com/products/active-directory-client-extensions/microsoft-laps-compared/Feature...
View ArticleLack of Terminal Services access despite having rights
I have a user who is receiving the following message when trying to access a Server 2008R2 machine via RDP."To log on to this remote computer, you must have Terminal Server User Access permissions on...
View ArticleStep by Step Application deployment to Intune users
Hi,I havent been able to install software to my enrolled users machines, i have added to the Intune Group Users.I can see the users in the groups that i have create.I can see the apps have the...
View ArticleGPP Local User and Group creation
Hi We are facing issue in creating user account in Windows servers and computers using GPP local user and Group option. We have configured a policy to create local user account named "test" with...
View Article32Bit Oracle Web Application not working in Windows 8.1 64Bit
We have 32 Bits Oracle web application, previously it was working on Windows 7 (32 and 64 bits version).Now we are using Windows 8.1 64 bits version.But this application showing Error message: Java™...
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