GPP hidden mapped drives intermittently showing
On our 2008 R2 citrix xenapp 6 farm hidden drives mapped by Group Policy Preferences is intermittently visible to all users logging on for some minutes, before it is suddenly hidden again. This has...
View ArticleMap Network Drive with GPO Preferences
Hi!While trying out GPO Preferences in the new Windows 2008 Server I came across a little problem.I wanted to map a network drive with a path containing a users username. For example...
View ArticleCan I map a drive to a redirected My Documents folder/Home Drive?
I have folder redirection set up to: \\servername\Users$\testuser (Folder redirection automatically create a documents folder)I would like to map to that same folder using group policy preferences....
View ArticleBacking Up GPOs with Server 2012
I have added a member server as Windows 2012 Standard to our domain. I try to backup all the GPOs in the domain using GPMC from the 2012 server but I get an error stating "The specified server cannot...
View ArticleWhat are the minimum permissions required to assign a User or Group Read...
Hello,For all GPOs in our domain, I want to use a Powershell script to use the Set-GPPermission cmdlet to assign the 'Read' permission to a Security Group. Are Domain/Enterprise Admins the only...
View ArticleGroup Policy Client service does not start
Hi,As soon as I (administrator on my PC) logon to Windows 7, I get a message saying that the Group Policy Client service failed to start. I'm not sure why I'm getting this error even though the...
View ArticleHow to disable Windows Explorer balloon notifications
Does anyone know if there is a way to disable ONLY the Windows Explorer balloon notifications with Group Policy? We have network drives being mapped via Group Policy, but when laptop users disconnect...
View ArticleServer Admin Account Can't access the users redirected folders-not working
Hello All,I have the same issue as listed the thread Server Admin Account Can't access the users redirected foldersbut the solutions are not working and my users are getting folders created as UserName...
View Articledisable non bulit in local users via group policy on client machin
HiI have windows 2008R2 DC and my furest functional level is 2008 ,and all client machin in my domain is windows 7.I want to manage Local users on all my client machin in domain via group policy.is...
View Articleforwarded events from DCs to another Domain Machine
Hello,i've got 2 DCs in my domain (win server 2008 r2). i want to forward security logs to another domain machine.so, on Forwarding computers (in this case DCs) i run "winrm quickconfig" command. then...
View ArticleDeny User's the ability to change settings on their workstation network...
Basically my issue is some users need to be configured as local Administrators which in turn gives them the ability to modify aspects of their network adaptors.This has become a problem because I have...
View ArticleHow to push a file (.scr or .jpg) to clients via Group policy
I met a crazy case that make me madness.Our customer want to specify a standard screen saver on all clients( XP, win7). Our solution is to use Group Policy to specify that saver shared on server....
View ArticleWhat is the difference between "Restricted Group" Group policy setting and...
HiI have windows 2008R2 dc and my furest functional level is 2008 and all client is windows 7.iwant to mange local admin membership via group policy.I wonder to know What is the difference between...
View ArticleAppV 5 ADMX Template - Error 51
Existing GP template files used here are ADM format. Copied the AppV ADMX template to the ADM folder of a new policy, when re-opening the policy to edit get error 51 unexpected keyword. Same result on...
View ArticleGroup policy help for SBS 2003 dealing with event id:1065
So, I have an error that keeps coming up with the event id: 1065 dealing with "NTAuthority\system" error and the group policy object "cn={ba1d9715-a1bf-45d0-a8f5-4b9e56136117}" is what's listed. I...
View ArticleFinishing features missing from printer deployed w/ GPP
We have a customer with a Savin printer. The print server is 2008R2 and the printer was originally deployed with group policy by right-clicking it and selecting "Deploy with Group Policy". As such, the...
View ArticleServices and Scheduled Tasks tied to a specific user account fail to run on a...
In Windows Server 2008 R2Lets assume user acct: User1Password for User: 1234I have assigned an automatic service to run based on User1's credentials for startup of service. I have also created a...
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Computer Configuration policies not being applied
Since the time change last Sunday we've found that on some of our Windows 7 SP1 clients the Computer Configuration policies are not being applied. Our DCs are all 2008 R1 Enterprise SP1. The first...
View ArticleSoftware installation policy with uninstall script issue..
I am working with Windows Server 2003, and Windows 7 Pro 64 bit and Windows Pro XP machines. I am attempting to uninstall Java 1.5.17 through a script (with a GP named Java Uninstaller), and then...
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Error: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another...
Experts - I'm getting below error message when i try to edit one particular GPO.I tried to use Process Explorer to find the handles using this gpo and found when ever some machines or process using...
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