Threads Replies Last Post 20 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20   Startup Script Question! I have a simply reg modification which I push via the startup script...Question is the reg modification is 1 time..so everytime the workstations will boot up will it apply that script? In that case isn't that a extra overhead unnecessary? How should I go about it.. Since its a 3rd party reg value I need to change over several workstations[xp/2000] I was using policies for it... Please ad... 4 24.06.2007 09:34:44 Screen Saver Hi How can I use a GPO to force users to use a password protected screen saver after 15 minutes of inactivity. Thanks... 3 21.06.2007 21:21:02 How to compare GPO reports? I have a custom GPO which I use in multiple domains and over time each has evolved/organically grown. I need a simple, inexpensive way to compare the GPO settings so I can see the differences in each domain. Does anyone have a solution they would recommend? ... 3 25.06.2007 14:00:00 Software Restriction Policy Advice? We have a scenario in our company where we'd like to allow users to only install software approved by the network administrative staff. So, our developers create company software packages that we need to allow employees to install (or, possibly install through SMS). But, we'd like the developer team to determine and control when the software installation files (*.msi) can be downloaded and in... 4 25.06.2007 18:04:49 Proxy settings using IE maintnenance (user settings) I set a bogus proxy using the IE maintnenance portion of GP to quickly remove internet access for a group of users and now I would like to give this access back to these users. I have removed the link on the OU and have done a gpupdate on my test user and there is no change - the web responds as if that GP is still applied. How can I remove these proxy settings? Thanks. -- Jeffr... 2 25.06.2007 10:07:42 Place favorites and links at the top of the list in the order spec Hi, trying to put a folder with some useful URLs on top of the Favorites list for every user. The good part is that the folder with the URLs shows up in the Favorites of the users targeted by the GPO. The bad part is that the folder is not in the top spot of the favorite list. Can this be done? Thanks... 10 25.06.2007 09:10:39 Prevent Users From Change the Wallpaper I need your support to prevent users from changing either the desktop or the active desktop wallpapers by any means.... 6 24.06.2007 12:51:35 Group Policy Tab Missing Win XP I have the admin tool installed on my Windows XP Pro box. I open ACUC Active Directory Users and Computers. Right Click on the OU I want to set GP. Click on Properties. I used to have the "Group Poicy" tab. It is now missing. I have tried reinstalling the admin tool to make ACUC available but no luck. Any ideas? -Thanks Shawn... 2 22.06.2007 19:09:35 Group Policy not working I have a w2k3 server and i created a OU and created a software package under users to install MSoffice. After creating the GPO i run gpupdate /force and when a user from that OU logs in office is not installed. The GPO was assigned. i run gpresult on client and dont see the gpo that i created in there. any suggestions. ... 6 22.06.2007 16:11:48 "log on locally" + machine local group? (I tried searching on this, but I must not have guessed the right keywords, so I'm asking.) The scenario is, there are several machines in my domain where I want to limit use to a specific domain account. The trick is that the domain account will vary from machine to machine. For example, on machine ABC I want only DOMAIN\JOHN to be able to log in; on machine DEF I want only DOMAIN\SALLY t... 2 22.06.2007 15:09:17 Vista error aplying gpo. I can't execute gpupdate. Sometime i can apply and more often i'm getting error: C:\>gpupdate Updating Policy... User Policy Update Failed. Computer Policy Update Failed. To diagnose the failure, review the event log or invoke gpmc.msc to access infor mation about Group Policy results. Also again and again this error shows in event viewer. The processing of Group Policy fa... 1 22.06.2007 13:05:01 setting permissions on an OU Hello I am working with the GPMC, i need to set permissions on a top level OU for a group of users, to have certain rights over this OU. This OU also has two nested OU's I need to block the permissions that i set for the group of users at the top OU from propgating down to the nested OU's. when using GPMC when i right click on the nested OU i see there is an option to block inheritan... 2 22.06.2007 05:45:01 Windows 2000 group policy, define port exceptions Hello, i recently became aware that you can update the templates of a 2000 server machine to those from a 2003 server. i applied the hotfix to fix the truncation issue. the new adm files that i added on the 2000 server work fine and show updated Group policies. however, the one i want isn't there. (isn't that always the case) im trying to add specific ports in the windows firewall (for v... 2 22.06.2007 05:41:25 IE7 and Tabbed Browsing I am using Server 2003 R2, and I have several users who have complained that they can't use Tabbed browsing in IE7. I have looked online at several knowledge base articles and most say to make sure that the turn off tabbed browsing option is configured in teh GP, however I don't have this in my GP under User Configuration/administrative templates/windows components/internet explorer. T... 4 21.06.2007 21:01:27 Clustered File Server - Software Installation - GPO I am trying to deploy software thru a GPO using Software Installation. I have been using this method for quite sometime with no problem. Recently I built a clustered file server, using microsoft clustering, Win2K3 SP2, I started deploying software from this server this week. I first ran into the typical Kerberos Authentication problem. I checked the "Enable Kereros Authentication" check b... 1 21.06.2007 20:57:19 Allowing modification to proxy exception only (no proxy IP change) Setup: DC Servers: Win2003 SP1 DFL, FFL : Win2003 Clients: win2000 Sp4, XP SP2, Vista Browsers : IE6, IE7 • Proxy configured thru GPO • Proxy Exception configured thru GPO • Proxy modification disabled for users • Registry editing tools disabled thru GPO Issue: Allow users to change proxy exception without allowing changes to proxy server IP/Hostname:Port. Tried Solutio... 1 21.06.2007 16:28:02 GPO Error - Failed to impersonate user I am troubleshooting ineffective GP settings. Verbose logging for USERENV.log suggests that the settings can't be applied because of failed impersonation. I am wondering where to start troubleshooting. Can anyone offer suggestions? USERENV.LOG below.... USERENV(4ec.4dc) 12:09:17:758 GetProfileType: ProfileFlags is 0 USERENV(4ec.19c) 12:09:17:758 GetProfileType: Profile already loaded. ... 1 21.06.2007 11:26:00 Logon script doesn't update AD for remote sites --____VEELQQPTFROSEDLQOLHZ____ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 SGkgQWxsLA0KDQpJIGhhdmUgYSBsb2dvbiBzY3JpcHQgdGhhdCBpcyBzdXBwb3NlZCB0byBwb3B1 bGF0ZSB0aGUgRGVzY3JpcHRpb24gZmllbGQgb2YgdGhlIGNvbXB1dGVyIG9iamVjdCBpbiBBRCB3 aXRoIHRoZSBuYW1lIG9mIHRoZSBwZXJzb24gdGhhdCBsb2dnZWQgb24gdG8gaXQuIFRoZSBzY3Jp cHQgd29ya3MgcGVyZmVjdGx5IGluIG15IG... 2 21.06.2007 11:07:42 Backing up Outlook data on laptops in a MS 3k domain without Excha We have several laptop users who are in the office infrequently throughout the week. All laptops have domain membership with roaming profiles and offline file synchronization active. This way, their profiles and data are synchronized with a server during logon/logoff. But offline file synch doesn’t let you target files like Outlook’s .PST file because of the nature of the file. I wan... 2 21.06.2007 08:04:40 autologon vista I would like an autolog for a local user for a set of computers on Vista Enterprise or Ultimate in an Active Directory domain. Autologon account would be a local account on the system The system would be part of Active Directory Is that solution can be managed through group policy for Vista Enterprise and Ultimate? ... 1 20.06.2007 22:43:54 Error: "No such interface supported" when in GPMC Settings Tab I'm getting this popup error on at least two servers that i've installed the GPMC on so far. I can't find anything related in Event Viewer. This is one of the best features of GPMC - when it works! Has anyone else seen this? I've been googling for hours and only found one mention of it - on an Italian forum :P Both servers are Windows 2003 Standard, Service Pack 1, running AD, DHCP, ... 1 20.06.2007 20:40:29 GPO to Turn Off Manage Add-Ons in IE7 I'm looking for a policy to turn off Mangae Add-Ons in IE7. I don't want to disable just what I want to be shaded so user can't select this option.... 1 20.06.2007 15:10:01 Java group policy? Hi, Just wondering if anyone as any experience with policies for Java. We just upgraded to JRE 1.5.0_11 and the application we use has an annoying habit of adding shortcuts to the desk top. There is a setting in the Java Control Panel that supposedly handles shortcut creation but I notice that seems to be a per users setting. In the Java Control Panel it is located on the Advanced ... 3 20.06.2007 15:07:40 Disable archive.pst in both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 Can this be done in a group policy? We are running Windows XP SP2 along with Outlook 2003/Outlook 2007. I think we have the correct settings but it seems to still let the end users run an archive.pst from their machines. ... 2 20.06.2007 11:49:52 Error 1085 when GP refreshes I have an error 1085 when Group Policies refreshes. The error message is: The Group Policy client-side extension Security failed to execute. I have checked what happened before in Event Viewer and there is an warning 1202. Security policies were propagated with warning. 0x4b8 : An extended error has occurred. For best results in resolving this event, log on with a non- administrative acc... 1 20.06.2007 11:38:35 20 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20