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   IPsec problem because non static IP Hi, I have two workstations running Windows XP (A and B) configured with an IPsec policy. It actually works but I have a problem because B- computer gets different IPs from the ISP. On the other hand, A- computer has a static IP. On A-computer, there is a IPsec policy defined from A-IP to B-IP and on B-computer from B-IP to A-IP. This actually works but every time ISP change B-IP I have... 1 03.05.2007 10:47:04 localgroup administrators I need to set a group policy to remove domain users and only add domain admins to local group administrators on workstations. Mixed xp and 2000 environment. W2k3 server. I am trying to use net localgroup administrators /add and /delete. Using a startup script with only test computers having read access. What variable can I use for the domain users, and will this work? Is there a script ... 15 03.05.2007 08:27:27 Userenv.log - Slow Boot Up - Libmain A few computers in my environment are experiencing slow bootups on the domain. I have enabled verbose logging for Userenv. It appears by the time stamps the system is hanging for 15min or so at the following entry; LibMain: Process Name: \\?\C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM\WMIADAP.EXE This happening seems to come and go on these computers. They have the issue for a week or two then it goes ... 1 03.05.2007 01:25:12 Allow users to choose their own Homepage while applying IE Mainten Can someone help me with the following: I am using a GPO to apply proxy settings and implementing the Internet Explorer Maintenance policy processing to process even if the GP have not changed. As a result all policies are processed when a user logs on. However, we do not put a homepage in the GPO. But users have a default in the .ins file under the Group policy user area of their co... 1 02.05.2007 13:03:00 Copy GPO Is it possible to copy a GPO and use it on another domain. We have another small domain in our forrest and would like to copy our existing gpos to this domain. Thanks ... 2 02.05.2007 05:38:30 How To Control restrictAnonymous in Mixed Environment 2000/2003 Hello. We currently have both Windows 2000 servers as well as Windows Server 2003 servers within our 2003 Active Directory. Due to security audits, we would like to control the restrictAnonymous settings so that both types of servers are secure. For example, we would like to set the Windows Server 2003 servers to the restrictAnonymous key set to 1 (null sessions cannot enumerate share... 10 02.05.2007 04:54:30 Use Group Policy Editor in XP to connect via DHCP? Is it possible to use the active directory group policy to configure a group of Windows XP Pro workstations to use an automatically assigned IP address (DHCP) rather than the current setting, which is a static IP address? There is a DHCP server that is configured and working. All that needs to be done is configure all of the workstations to connect via DHCP. Thanks for your time. ... 4 01.05.2007 20:39:39 File sorting properties in ADM file / group policy I would like to have the option to invert file sorting as the default setting on our windows clients. You can invert the selection in the file window view, but it doesn't stick and it leaves no traces in the registry. Who can help? ... 2 01.05.2007 19:13:58 IE Homepage Is there a way to set the IE hompage using a computer based GPO? I know it can be done under Internet Explorer Maintenance but that does not help me since it is a user based setting. Any help would be appreciated. ... 5 01.05.2007 17:57:51 Default Policy not applying Hi, We have two domains - the root domain A and a domainB within the same forest. We have used domain B for years but are now switching to the root domainA - this has nothing applied in it. We now have a few users and comptuers in. I needed to set the Default Domain Policy so that accounts had to meet password complexity (a very basic setting) but i'm finding that it just is not a... 4 01.05.2007 17:00:56 Permissions Required to Create a GPO What permissions are required to create a GPO anywhere in AD? If we specically allow for eg full control on one particular OU to a group called GPO admin - where users are simply domain users - the users can edit, delete - do anything to any object in that OU - but they cannot create a GPO. What specific permission is required for this? Regards, Jim ... 4 01.05.2007 15:53:47 Log Off if network down Is there a way for force a user to log off if there is no network connection? My users (students) are pulling the network cables out as the system is logging them in so they can play games etc. So I need a way of forcing them off when there is no network connetion. ANy advice appreaciated. Thanks Steve... 6 01.05.2007 10:27:57 Removal of NT\2000 ntconfig.pol from Active Directory Environment Hi, I have a problem with removing the ntconfig.pol policy that affects NT\2000 PC's. We have removed the last NT machine from our Active Directory (and not before time too!). So I deleted the ntconfig.pol file from the netlogon share of our DC, this removal replicated to our other DC's. Yet I still have 2000 PC's picking up the deleted NT Policy. This is not just tattooing, today, a... 3 01.05.2007 10:13:01 Add user/group to local group via Group Policy I want to add/force my domain administrators group to all machines in my domain via group policy without disruption of service and without changing any current memebers. Some of my local administrators have removed the domain administrators accounts from the local groups and i want to put the domain admins back in. If i use the standard GPO it replaces memeberships, i just awant to add ... 6 01.05.2007 05:01:39 Group Policy Help I Currently Work for a High School as the computer tech (No network admin, just contractors and there's no money for this years budget)and were trying to get software installations and editing windows using group policies?i was wondering if there are videos or tutorials of being setup and in watch it in action?(for free?) ... 1 01.05.2007 04:04:14 Password policy situation Ok.. got handed the task to roll complex rotating passwords. Currenly the default domain policy is not linked and sits in the group policy objects folder with all fields set as Not Defined. My boss was trying to figure this out and created a new policy and it is currently linked to the domain with criteria filled in for the policy to work but does not work. I learned that policy has to ... 4 30.04.2007 23:08:01 Preparing for 2K to 2K3 AD Migration->GPOTool shows odd error Greetings, I am checking my W2K SP4 DC's GPO status with gpotool and getting an error. Policy {31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9} gpotool: e ERROR: Err: Name different between Microsoft, Registry.pol Error: saturn.admin.msu - jupiter.admin.msu sysvol mismatch Details: ------------------------------------------------------------ DC: saturn.admin.msu Friendly name: Default Domain ... 1 30.04.2007 21:12:03 password policy by OU Can we do password policy by OU ? We have 1 real policy where one group of users will have to change their password every 40 days. The other group can have their password set to never expire. Thanks. ... 4 30.04.2007 19:59:37 sceregvl.inf issue I added an entry to sceregvl.inf, and realized it was supposed to be boolean instead of string. I had already registered it, and so went back, changed it, and reregistered with the correct setting. Now "security options" is empty in the mmc. I tried copying a backup untampered version of sceregvl.inf, and registering it. That failed to fix the problem. So, I tried to rebuild secedit.sd... 1 30.04.2007 16:10:32 password policy by organizational unit We are trying to avoid multiple domains and setup multiple password policies in a single domain. We want our staff to have a 10 character minimum password that changes every 40 days and students to stay the same. We have tried this in a test environment where in the DC container we left the password policies as "not defined" and blocked inheritance. We did the same thing at domain level by... 7 30.04.2007 14:51:38 Desktop settings.. Hi, Can I use GPOs to enforce: Auto arrange desktop icons Display the My Computer, Network Neighbourhood, My Documents and IE icons on the desktop. Thanks for tips on this /jake... 2 30.04.2007 12:00:59 Allow installation of ActiveX Windows XP SP2 Hi, I want to enable the installation of ActiveX components for Intranet sites for our desktop PCs (XP-SP2-IE6). I've set the GPO: Windows Components/Internet Explorer/Internet Control Panel/Security Page/Intranet Zone/Download signed ActiveX controls and set it to Enabled (auto-install without prompting). It works fine: if I logon to a PC with admin rights and go to the relevant ... 4 30.04.2007 10:56:11 GPO, Flash and Proxy Auth Hi all A very strange one that I have been able to sort of put down to Group Policy in some way shape or form. We have an external website used to upload content, it makes use of Adobe Flash for the content uploading etc. Whenever I try and upload content my proxy server is asking for authentication. I know it's not a proxy server issue (using Squid and NTLM). I moved my system (which I am ... 2 30.04.2007 09:57:35 Script Local Policy Change I am about to deploy about 1400 computers that need to have a local group policy change made. I need to be able to write a script that will add power users to the "load and unload device drivers" local policy in order to avoid having to add printers for every user that wants one. We currently have this applied using Active Directory, but the policy does not take affect until effect unt... 3 28.04.2007 07:30:28 GPO with Password Hey guys GPO provides a great security...i was just wondering is it also possible for GPO to ask for password to verify authentication? -- Message posted via WinServerKB.com http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windows-group-policy/200704/1 ... 5 28.04.2007 03:13:52 20 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20