Force IE home page using group policy - Why won't it work?
We will be rolling out a company intranet shortly. We want to drive traffic to it by forcing everyone's IE home page to it. At present we want to test our group policy on just a small group of...
View ArticleDC replication issue
I have a Windows server 2003 DC and a 2012 DC, Domain level is 2003 replication says it is always successful, but I have found changing a password or unlocking an account an the 2012 server does...
View ArticleSpiceworks' Group Policy Management webinar: this Thurs, 5/1!
Hey everyone!Just dropping into the AD/GPO group to let you know about our upcoming webinar on Group Policy Management! Whether you're using Active Directory or LDAP, Spiceworks' very ownPeter Tsaiwill...
View ArticleSoftware Restriction Policy with Wildcards not Working
As many people have done recently in response to CryptoLocker, our company has recently set up Software Restriction Policies in Group Policy. We have set them up with a Default Security Level of...
View ArticleIdentity Management Solutions
I am looking to manage a multitude of system IDs, from a centralized tool, if that is even possible.Right now, we have accounts in Active Directory, Edirectory, Linux/Unix/Redhat, Oracle and...
View ArticleFolder not redirecting after migration
I have this client that has their users profiles (desktop and documents) redirected to the server via GPO. I installed a new server, created the profiles folder and changed the GPO to point to the new...
View ArticlePC won't join our domain
We have a Win XP laptop that will not authenticate with the domain. We are pretty sure it has nothing do with our domain controllers becauseit isonly this one laptop, everything else is working fine....
View ArticleDeploying Windows 8.1 GPO Windows Server 2008 R2 Help!
Hello, I we are a small school considering deploying new Windows 8 Laptops. We have already purchased a couple of them for testing before we decide to buy more and replace all of our super old Dell...
View ArticleUnable to change proxy in IE off domain.
Under connections/lan settings in IE all settings are greyed out, and there is a statement that the settings are controlled by the system administrator.Win7, 32bit, ie11er, that's me, at least on a...
View ArticleMigrate to new Active Directory Domain Name
So our company is changing names and I want to migrate our AD to match the new company name. I am torn between something like corp.domain.com or going with a domain.me domain. Anyone have any opinions...
View ArticleScreen Saver GPO
Hi All, I am trying to deploy a specific screensaver company wide. Through a GPO it works perfectly and is configured like in the attached screenshot. The only problem I have is that the users need to...
View ArticleCreating a new domain- use .local?
Hello, We are working on setting up a AD domain for our company. We created it as a .com and when we had a some IT help from outside come in to assist in some things they said that a .com would cause...
View ArticleExport/Import AD user info
Hi, how can I export all the users in my AD to CSV, modify all the fields and import it back?
View ArticleInternet Explorer Vulnerability-Group Policy settings
Hi:With the latest news of all versions of Internet Explorer having a serious security flaw , and it being suggested to not use IE until this is patched, I need some advice.We need to use Internet...
View ArticleGroup Policy Forcing Firewall upon joining domain
I inherited a system and am having difficulty with Group Policy and Firewalls. I will admit I don't know much about GP. My Domain is managed by a Small Business Server 2008. I have recently spun up...
View ArticleUtility to change Log on to computers in AD
Does anyone know of a utility or application that can update the log on to option in AD. We restrict which computers a user can log on to, however it would be nice to be able to add a new server to all...
View ArticleNew Shared Drive
Hey Everyone!I just finished moving our shared drive for our club over from an old server to our new VRTX blade system. I created all the folders, set the permissions, added the GPOs, and it worked...
View ArticleSet security internet and local intranet to high
HiiI'm facing a problem to create a group policy to set security internet and local intranet to highWhen I point to the following path in GP editor:User Configuration --> Preferences --> Control...
View ArticleRestricting Users
Good Morning! Where I work we have a learning center for the youth and a 3 computers in a lab the computers Run windows 8 (I know I tried to talk my boss out of them) and since the kids ranging 12-17...
View ArticleApplying 2003 Domain Firewall Rules to Windows 7 Client
I've not had much experience of Group Policy implementation, so am using my Windows 7 workstation as the guinea pig for the firewall rules I want to ultimately set on our 2008 R2 RDS. The DC is 2003...
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