Tools or Script to Reset Password Local admin From Domain (Bulk operation)
Dear Forum,I would like to ask for your experience by managing to reset password local admin for multiple computer by using any tools or scripts. Currently we can not put reset local password from GPO...
View ArticleLink GPO to multipe OUs
Hello Can anyone tell me how to link multiple OUs to single GPO, i have around 256 OUsPlease asistAamirNA
View ArticleTrying to deploy Firefox in GPO and does not work, Can MSI be a problem?
I want to deploy Firefox from our Windows Server 2008 R2 but it does not work. My clients are Win7 and WinXP.The result of gpresult /r tells me the particular policy is applied but software does not...
View ArticleUSB Storage Device Block Using GPO
Hello,I have an issue with GPO which restricts access to USB storage devices. My domain's both Forest and Domain functional levels are set to Server 2008 R2.I have applied that GPO to all client...
View ArticleGroup Policy Audit?
Hi all,I am currently looking at an environment that has almost 1000 Group Policy Object applied, and I need to understand what they do, which are still enabled but not being applied to any computers...
View ArticleGPP Printers
So I can see quite a few posts relating to this problem but not quite the specific issue we have.I am mapping 2 printers from the same server using preferences under the User settings.The first printer...
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MMC keeps crashing when attempting to save a WMI
Hi all.Everytime I attempt to save a WMI I get the following:I then click on 'Debug' and get this:So basically I can't do anything!This is what I find in the Application logs (Event id = 1000):Faulting...
View ArticleUser targeted GPO settings do not apply on Windows 10 (1607) computers if...
HiI just had a bad experience applying GPO settings to Users using Windows 10 (1607) computers.The GPO contains ONLY settings in the USERÂ Policies section. NOTHING in the Computer section.The filtering...
View ArticleCan't Remove IE Maintenance settings from group policy
Dear Techies,In group policy under IE Maintenance I configured some settings like home page and proxy settings etc, now I removed all settings from group policy, I cleared every thing but still I can...
View ArticleComputer applying printer GPO even though GPO is not assigned, any way to...
I have a computer that appears to be processing a GPO that's adding printers. A gpresults doesn't show a any computer or user policies with printers in it. It's almost like a cached old policy is...
View ArticleLock PC if user is locked out
Is there a GPO method of locking the PC down if a user is on and locks themselves out?We have users who may work for a while even though they are locked out and certain services will cease to...
View ArticleQuestion on creating a new Group Policy when the settings are known
I'm creating a process to use across multiple environments which will presumably be the same OS versions, possibly not.What are best practices around creating a GPO if the settings are known like...
View ArticleCreate Local Admin User on Domain Computers through GPO
I know there are quite a few threads on this but most of what I have found are old. And in 2015 some user on here said Microsoftremovedthe ability to create or modify any Group Policy which contains a...
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Trying to disable Office update notifications in Shared Deployment on RDS server
Hello, With my shared deployment of Office 2016 on my RDS server my users are getting notifications in Outlook that there are updates available and gives them the option to install which on a heavily...
View ArticleHow to determine if old Group Policies apply from a server 2003 DC to an...
I am upgrading the domain controllers from server 2003 to server 2012 r2.I am no GPO expert.Wondering the best way to know if any GPO's defined are still working or if need updating or whether best to...
View ArticleUser level GPO
Hi All,We have department wise OUs present in your domain. Example : OU present is "AdminTeam" and all administration departments members are part of this OU. Only Users are part of this OU and not the...
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Using 'Wired Network (IEEE 802.3) Policy' breaks group policy
Hello,To accommodate Windows 10 with Credential Guard we want to create a new group policy that configures the Wired Network authentication to use PEAP with certificates on our W10 devices.When I...
View ArticleStartup script GPO fails to deploy
Hello everyone,I've been bashing my head against an issue I've encountered at my new job as a sysadmin - I need to deploy an inventory software via GPO (OCSInventory). Going through the software's...
View ArticleAD : Hierarchy beetween USER GPO and COMPUTER GPO, for the same parameter
Hello,I have 2 times the same parameter, inside AD, at computer and user level. What is the hierarchy ? Regards,
View ArticleGPO : enable the USB mass Storage and USB DVD drive, for Admin only
Hello, Do you know the name(s) of the GPO used to enable the USB Mass Storage (usb key and drive) and also the USB DVD drive (external) ? Regards
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