group policy allow all users to run a specific application as administrator
In the properties of the application i have it enabled but somewhere in GP it's preventing it. where did I oops ? Windows 7
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My Director and I were having a discussion about the possibility of cleaning up & upgrading our Active Directory. The current functional level is 2000. We DO still have Windows 2000 servers -which...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 AD environment mixed with Linux
Where in my Windows AD environment do failures get logged in this scenario:Linux machine via ldap connection tries to set a AD user's password, but it is rejected because the AD refuses the password...
View ArticleIs there an easy way to rename a domain?
Currently our internal domain is called CONTOSO.co.uk and this causes some dns issues with our external internet domain. Is there an easy way to rename it to CONTOSO.local.I am currently running...
View ArticleIssue with Security Filtering in a GPO
I am created GPO's for printer deployments, initially in testing i just added test users to the Security Filtering in the GPO to make sure the correct printers were deploying and they were. when I add...
View ArticleAD Replication Errors - Event 1864 - repadmin 8614 error
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View ArticleGood script that will auto create a user in AD?
Looking for a script that i can fill in name, and the script will add new employees to AD.
View ArticleCreate a single startup script to uninstall multiple software\updates?
Hello community. I would like to create a GPO startup script to silently uninstall every bit of MSXML 4.0 SP2 and SP3 from user computers (windows 7 Pro) in one startup script. Is this possible? The...
View ArticleGPO Fails to Install MSI
I am trying to deploy an MSI to computers in OUs in our org.If I point to a target computer and run the Group Policy Result wizard on it, I can see that the GPO is being applied, however, the message...
View ArticleDesktop background group policy
HelloI am currently playing with group policy's and active directory in depth for the first time in an I.T role, I am just simply trying to create a test policy to change the desktop wallpaper when...
View ArticleLocal Group Policy: Custom Removable Device Usage
Policy: The goal is to lock down these computers, preventing software from being installed. Need USB devices (flash drives) written to but not written from. They are already setup to accept Printer...
View ArticleCan add users to Lync!!
Good Morning.I posted this issue in the past but between one thing and the other got push to the site and I never follow up on it, but the issues basically is that I cant add any NEW user to Lync.I am...
View ArticleGP issue with script
I deployed an Untangle UTM the other day and set up the script they (Untangle) provided for AD integration in a GP.The first machine I tested it on would not boot to a desktop. After login it would...
View ArticleSYSVOL and NETLOGON missing on my newly promoted DC
Hi SpiceheadsMy newly promoted DC can access AD but not Group policy, It seems that the sysvol and netlogon shares are not replicating to my new server. I had no error during dcpromo. Repadmin...
View ArticleQuestion about Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 Auto Archiving Group Policy
We want to implement a group policy to turn auto archiving on in Outlook 2010 and 2013. We want users to be able to change the settings, but the GPO grey's out auto archiving option in outlook. Is...
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Group Policy issues - Drive Mapping and Printer Mapping - Help!!
Hey Guys, really could do with some help here...we have migrated our file server over to a new one.I have moved everything over to our new file server and have changed the group policies.But after...
View ArticleGPO to allow users to enable/disable connection and set ip address
I have some users that need to be able to enable and disable their network connections as well as set static IP's when out in the field. I have configured the following GPO's under User Configuration...
View ArticleManaging IE10 (on Win7) GPOs from Windows Server 2008 R2
We're starting to see IE10 installed on some of our Windows 7 workstations (which I'm fine with), but there are some internal sites that don't work well with it unless compatibility mode is enabled...
View ArticleDefault Domain Policy - System Services - MSExchangeSA
I am examining our default domain policy and I noticed that there is a System Services setting for MSExchangeSA. Is this something that Exchange 2010 automatically installed in the policy when we...
View ArticleNeed WMI script to display User's Display Name in BGinfo
Hi,Need WMI script to display logon users Display name in DesktopCurrently it is displaying users logon name , we have give employee cod in logon name, currently it is displaying employee code in...
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