Internet Explorer begins blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls
pls. be aware of upcoming change for IE admin templates - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/08/06/internet-explorer-begins-blocking-out-of-date-activex-...according to the latest Microsoft...
View ArticleBlock Active X
Starting Sept 9th, IE will begin blocking out of date Active X Controls. This will include many of the different versions of Java that we are required to run for some of our programs to work. We need...
View ArticleWindows XP Group Policy Shortcuts Module Cannot be Found
We just re-imaged a computer lab with an image that was working fine. Now the 29 computers will not receive shortcut policy. The issue seems to be with the machine replying with the Group Policy...
View ArticleProxy setting via GPO for IE11
I have been trying to get the proxy settings applied for IE11 in several ways and all have failed. I have tried it via the registry, using the ieak, and the admx.First the registry:- I use the registry...
View ArticleDefault browser homepage help
Is there a way to redirect all users, Mac & PC without going through group policy? I know I can do it that way, but I have some machines that are on the domain, and some that arent. I've worked...
View ArticleThe object selected does not match the type of destination source
I am getting an error when working in Group Policy Management Editor under Server 2012. When I try to add a specific printer to deploy under User Config\Preferences\Control Panel Settings\Printers I...
View ArticleActive directory groupmembership changed by itself overnight
Over the weekend I added another virtual AD DS on a fresh installed Server 2012R2 machine, and recently I noticed that the group membership for RDP use has been modified... Not only has it been...
View ArticleUsing ADUC to set home drives with persistent
We use ADUC to set the h: drive (home drive) when we create a user account. Different accounts have different home drive locations.One thing we are finding is the H: drive is not mapped persistent and...
View ArticlePlay movie when computer starts
Hi,We have request to automatically play a company movie on specif date when the employees starts their computer.we found a way to do it via login script with the command: path="C:\Program Files...
View ArticleRenaming a DC which has Domain Namespace targets
I have a failing DC at one of my satelite offices. I need to replace it with new hardware.So far, this is where I am at:I have the replacement DC up and running.All the shares from the old DC have been...
View ArticleGroup Policy Preference Question - on assignment
okay, so I have a group policy preference, assigned to users in a certain security group.one user has an issue where it takes 30 minutes or more for them to login to the domain, which we have seen...
View ArticleQuestion on Active Directory/Servers
I work for a very small school district. About 50 computers. 1 server. We are fixing to deploy Windows 7. We are also updating WIndows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. However, our...
View ArticleGPO Security Filtering for Computer Accounts
Hello All,I have a GPOwith Computer and User configuration specific settings for Windows Updates for non-administrators. I have created a security group membership with selected computer accounts and...
View ArticleUser logon/logoff times in AD
Good morning, what's a quick way to find out when a user logged out on a certain day in the past week? Event log is all I can think of, but would I look on the Domain controller for that or do I look...
View ArticleDeploying RDP files to Desktop
We are attempting to move from a very old version of Citrix to Remote Desktop Services and RemoteApp. I am trying to find a way to deploy the RDP files through Group Policy so that the application...
View ArticleRejoin PC to domain remotely - possible?
Is it possible to rejoin a PC to the domain remotely? I have one that dropped off the domain. It's live on the network though. I'd like to be able to remote into it somehow (it's geographically away)....
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DC failure when shutting down
hi,I had a DC, with Server 2008. I added a new physical server, with Server 2012 and moved all fsmo roles to the new server. replication is doing as it should(all dns entries are being replicated, and...
View ArticleActive Directory Group Memberships
What is the easiest way to determine what a group membership does or gives access to?I am not looking to determine what group memberships an account belongs to. I want to determine what the group...
View ArticleGroup Policy - Computer specific
I apologize if this has been asked, but something isn't clicking with me in regards to Group Policies and I tried to search through the forums.Ultimately, I am trying to apply a computer group policy...
View ArticleActive Directory
Hi Guys,We will soon be thinking of moving our company onto an Active Directory system.We are a company spread over three sites and for security reasons we feel that Active Directory would be the best...
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