push printers via GPO on Server 2012
I am trying to push out printers on our new print server .They push fine to some users but not others. I am no expert at this nor GPOs. Printersare setup via Users vs Computersas I have users spread...
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GPO and RSOP - The dreaded "Reason Denied: Empty"
Hello ladies and gents,I am attempting to apply a forced logout policy to one particular user through GPO settings. The GPO is denied with Reason Denied set to Empty.Things I've checked:The computer...
View ArticleGPO not executing script
HiMy main goal is to setup a GPO which in time, will connect some laptops to our Companys wifi.As I haven't been so Lucky to get many GPO's running the way I like, I thought of doing this step by...
View ArticleGroup Policy with mixed PCs
I have just recently been tinkering with Group Policies for stuff like screen savers and locking machines, but I am also looking at properly setting up regional information like date format, time...
View ArticleTo get-aduser or not to get-aduser that is the question
I've been researching this for a month now and have read everything aboutvariables in powershell and get-adobjectI could get my greedy littlehands on. I still don't get it.I tried to get anemail...
View ArticleIE 11 - Group Policy
Hi,I have a 2008 r2 server, I use for citrix. I am unable to set any IE 11 settings in the Group Policy editor.Group Policy editor is installed on that server, as is IE 11. I thought that the adm files...
View ArticleA couple Server 2003 password policy questions.
We're (finally) about to set up a password policy on our domain. I have it all set up and I'm itching to turn it on. With 2003 it has to be set at the domain level and affects everything. Does this...
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Start Menu Toolbar in Windows 7 via GPO
I have created a repository of URL's my company uses on a daily/weekly basis to help speed up on-boarding of people. As a test I set it up like below as a toolbar on the start bar.Now my problem is...
View ArticleDFS namespaces empty in one site
We have four sites. On two of these sites (London and New York) we can see the contents of a couple of our namespaces but on the other two (Hong Kong and DR) they are blank.Looking at the DFSRoot...
View ArticleGenerate SW Report for Installed update for an Application
Hi All, I have upgrade the software through the GPO start up script. msiexec /i "\\server\softwareshare\1.ICUserApps_SU10.msi" /update "\\server\softwareshare\2.ICUserApps_SU18.msp" /l...
View ArticleAdd Trusted Sites Via GPO but still allow users to add trusted sites
does anyone know how to add a trusted site via gpo while still allowing users to add trusted sites themselves? Currently if I add trusted sites via a GPO it greys out the users access to this feature...
View ArticleNeed help with GPO to block .exe's in %appdata% folder
I am new to using GPO and need help in setting up a policy to block .exe's from running in the %appdata% folder. I am doing this to deny certain malware from being able to run most notably the...
View ArticleWhitelist File in Software Restriction GPO
So in an effort to thwart the lovely crypto variety stuff floating around we instituted the fix that blocks executables and zip files from running out of appdata and temp files using the GPO software...
View ArticleGPO Printer deploy not showing
I have a newly setup Server 2012 install in VMware Player (for testing) with two printers set as per user GPO. They are both created as shared printers with "Run in logged-on user's security context"...
View ArticleActive Directory Replication error
Hi guys,I have installed a new domain controller Windows Server 2012 R2 in an existing domain structure.The Structure has 4 sites (no child domains), and I have moved all the FSMO roles to the new...
View Articlepassword dictionary check
I am looking for a possible solution to have something check the dictionary in password creation for Active Directory. Anyone have any suggestions? Anything out there that's free?
View ArticleHow to query Active Directory for accountLocked and accountExpires
I recently came across a brilliant script by Jeffrey4859 and I found it was missing something for me. I haven't had much success capturing the accountLocked and accountExpires.I have used at least a...
View ArticleCreate a new Domain with an Existing one.
Here's the run down.We have a domain (company1.com) on a Windows Server 2000 server with AD. I want to create a new domain (company2.com) on a Server 2008 R2 server. Slowly migrating users and systems...
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GPO software installation still "pending" after multiple reboots
I can't seem to get past this:I've rebooted 5 times now, running GPUPDATE /FORCE before each time; nothing is changing. I have two test machines that are exhibiting this issue. I have...
View ArticleCan't force IE 10 as default in GPO
We're running a domain controller on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Our clients are using Windows 7 Enterprise. We are trying to set a GPO so that any user on the network will have IE as their default...
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