Log On As A Service GPO
So its a best practice to use a domain account for services .... ie backup software, SQL, exchange etc.And if you have a service account that needs to hit the majority of computers in the network then...
View ArticleMultiple WMI Filters
Hi I'm trying to create two WMI queries for one WMI filter to apply to a GPO. As the GUI lets you do this I would assume its a valid operation. I have to create 2 queries as the namespace is different...
View ArticleActive Directory logon tracking
I have a batch file that runs when a user logs on that prints to a text file: echo IN user: %username% computer: %computername% date: %date% time: %time% >> \\XXXX\deploy\Logs.txt I have the...
View ArticleSearching AD shared printers in the required OU only
Hi All!Is there a way to allow searching of Active Directory shared pinters in the required OU ONLY ? In addition, searching printers in other OUs must be denied.Prefer to do this using GPO.Thanks in...
View ArticleApplying group policy shortcuts policy - slow login.
Hi there,I am doing some fine tuning on a Windows 2008/Citrix server farm. And am trying to improve the login times. There is an approximately 10-12 second hang on 'applying group policy shortcuts...
View ArticleChange default browser to IE in WIN 10
Hi all! I want to change the default browser in WIN10, from Edge to IE, with Group Policy. I try to import default associations with DISM, but did'n work. I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 Active...
View ArticleSet/change WMI Filter and Security filter outside Advanced Group Policy...
HelloWe have just implemented Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management for editing of GPOs.We have some GPOs that users not are Domain Admin too.Some users need to set/change WMI filter and Security...
View ArticleGPUpdate /force hangs, no error message, no events
Pretty much the title. I've been trying to force Group Policy updates on a single machine on my domain, and the process simply hangs while displaying "Updating policy...". I've seen some other...
View ArticleRegGetValue returned data type differs from the data type mentioned in admx...
For the gpo setting: "Network directories to sync at Logon/Logoff time only", in the corresponding UserProfiles.admx file, datatype is mentioned as REG_EXPAND_SZ:<text...
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GPO "Deployed Printer Connections" Component Failed
Hi,We are running a VDI environment with over 1000 Windows 7 desktops provisioned on top of a "thin" Windows 7 base image and we are attempting to deploy printers to the think Windows 7 base image,...
View ArticleDisable only windows firewall notifications in Windows 10 with Group Policy
Hi!How to disable only the windows firewall notifications in Windows 10 with group policy? I tried with registry change but didn't work. Anybody have a solution for this problem? Szilard
View ArticleRegistry update through group policy works partially
Hello,I'm trying to enable the following registry key on all clients using group policy so i used the update option and kept the information...
View ArticleAdding bulk sites to trusted zone
Hello I have to add around 150 sites as trusted zone, we are aware of the adding to “Site to the zone assignment list” in Administrative Templates and selecting option 2.is this the only option to add...
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GPO for adding reg key on win 10 systems
Hi,I'm trying to create a GPO that will allow me to add a folder & reg key inside that only restricted for Win 10 using GPO. I used the command on command prompt and it works as expected but I want...
View ArticleDeleted Groups.xml
Hello: My DCs are windows 2012, with a few 2008s. I do not have a suitable backup of my default domain policy. I accidentally deleted the groups.xml file located at...
View ArticleNew GPO error for a group : Filtering: Denied (Security)
Hi,I created a new User GPO linked to an OU.In delegation I have Authenticated Users with read permission and a security group with apply group policy permission.With a gpresult I have the result :The...
View ArticleSet a default associations configuration
Hi Guys, I'm deploying Windows 10 Enterpise November Update (Build 10586) via MDT. I have set VLC to be the default audio/video player, Adobe Reader to be the default PDF viewer and Chrome to be the...
View ArticleActive Directory logon tracking
I have a batch file that runs when a user logs on that prints to a text file: echo IN user: %username% computer: %computername% date: %date% time: %time% >> \\XXXX\deploy\Logs.txt I have the...
View ArticleGPO Issue after Migration
we have migrate our AD from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2, when we try to apply some policy we face the issue "AD/SYSVOL version mismatch message is displayed in Group Policy Modeling Wizard result"
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