Group Policy Application
Good day,I have set up a GP which adds certain URLS to trusted sites and Local Intranet to internet explorer security properties.I originally set it up with the user accounts added to the group in...
View ArticleForcing document mode in IE 8,9,10,11 using Group Policy
HiI have a network with a mixed population of Internet explorer.I have XP machines with IE8 (I know there shouldn't be XP any more but the powers that be haven't agreed to replacement yet!), Vista and...
View ArticleMigrating AD Information
This may be a simple answer, but it's the first time I will be doing it, and I don't want to do it multiple times if necessary. I want to migrate all the OUs, Groups, Users etc etc from the current AD...
View ArticleLog on dilemma
I have a major problem at school. I recently joined 16 computers to a domain called techna. Recently the password of the server was changed and now no one can log on to the server. The error message...
View ArticleRenaming Domain - Question for remote users
I am about to embark on a task I have never had the pleasure of doing before. For business structure reasons I am having to rename our domain to another name. So for info purposes changing "Domain A"...
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...
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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 ArticleCan't connect to domain
I tried to connect a client to the domain this morning and got an error saying the dns was bad.I rand dcdiag and got the following error:"The host 20cf44b3-6448-4120-8840-b0fdee7befc5._msdcs. could not...
View ArticleAD ThumbnailPhoto - Input
Like to get some feed back on adding a ThumbnailPhoto to AD. Has anyone done this within their network? One of the main reason I like the ideal of this setup. Is the AD picture showing up in Outlook....
View Articleintel screen rotation
My question is a simple one sort off,i work in a school and we are trying to stop the kids from rotating the screens but the problem is the teachers need access to the Intel graphic's drivers for a...
View ArticleGroup Policy question regarding the Change password option.
Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Server'sOur users are notified that password are going to expire but when they try and change it the 'Change Password' option is greyed out. Where in group policy is...
View ArticleTools to change folder permissions in bulk
Are there any tools anyone recommends that will allow me to change folder permissions based on a specific search criteria? For example, if I wanted to search a specific folder and change the...
View ArticleOffline files encryption in Windows via GPO
I am wondering if anyone has experience encrypting workstation offline files via a group policy on SBS2011. I have been trying for over a week now to use a group policysetting to encrypt my offline...
View ArticleMapped Printer showing up on computers
Okay I have wired issue and not sure where to start.We are running a VMware with windows 7 non persistent desktops.When a user logs in we have logon script to map their printers and default to a...
View Articleevent id 1112 when moving home directory to new server
we just moved all our AD and shares to a new server. all users home directories were automatically recreated on the new server the first time they logged on. accept one machine. On that machine the...
View ArticleChange ODBC via Script
I saw some posts to change ODBC parameter via script. However, I need a little more than it. In my case, in need also:1) Change ODBC and password for ODBC connection (Since this ODBC use a Service ID...
View ArticleSet Icon Layout for all domain users.
Hi there everyone. I have been pondering on this issue I cannot come to a viable solution. I am trying to set Icons on the desktop on a certain layout and along with that, they cannot be touched or...
View Articlecontrol panel access for single user
i am an IT admin at my job, actually the only It person in office. I am fairly new to this job. I do not know much about group policy and the settings, but I need to add myself to have control panel...
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GP Core Failure on machines across MPLS
I'm getting GP Core Failure on multiple machines:Group Policy Infrastructure failed due to the error listed below.The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.Note: Due to the...
View Articlesomeone sent an email from someones else's account: Can I track it down?
Environment:Exchange 2010Office 2010Background: An internal employee sent a complaint about someone (or something, not sure which) from another employee's email address. Thoughts on how to go about...
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