Manual Drive Mapping
My school district is switching from Novell to Active Directory (about time, right?). One issues we are facing is some of the CAD software we use at the high school. Due to the way it works, the user...
View ArticleWhy would internet explorer not appear for all users on the domain?
As I'm testing new accounts on my school computers, I'm noticing Internet Explorer does not show up for some of the accounts. It shows up when I log in, and when some students in the same AD OU, same...
View Articlenew GPO, create an OU for it, or add individual users?
I want to push out an IM app and will have about a dozen or so people that want to use it. So, more of a general 'best practice' question, but would it be better to create an OU in ADUC and assign the...
View ArticleMystery GPO running at startup
When this particular computer boots up, it is looking to uninstall IE10 but fails. after researching, it looks like there is a GPO telling it to uninstall. however, on the domain controller, there is...
View ArticleSchool/Lab GPO settings that I could import
Hi Guys! Does anyone have a template of sorts that I could just import into my local GPO for a school/lab setting? There is no server onsite an I need the GPO settings in an image I am creating for...
View ArticleChanging Password through Sonicwall SSL VPN client
I have been working on this for quite sometime with the technical support folks at Sonicwall. This used to work and now does not, I had the same problem when we originally set this up. You are...
View ArticleWindows 2008 logon hours and overtime
Is there a way to let some one work overtime and allow them to not bypass the specified logon hours in AD? It seems pretty black and white, but maybe there is a feature I am unaware of. Example, I...
View ArticleSet up home Windows 7 ultimate system
I am set up as the admin (only time they let me on is when there is a problem) and I have a standard account set up for my wife, who sometimes allows the kids to get on (they also have their own...
View ArticleGroup Policy Office - Excel 2013 - Trusted Locations Issue
Hey Guys, I have set up a Group Policy for Excel 2013 using the ADMX file downloaded and have it set up in a policy. The Policy I have setup fine, it is reaching the targeted computer, checking in...
View ArticleHome folder maps multiple drives to path set in AD Account
We are migrating to Windows 7 from Xp. We have 2008R2 Domain Controllers - have had for a while now. The users Home drive (H:) is mapped based on the Home Folder setting in Profile tab of their users...
View ArticleIE 10 problems setting homepage through GPO?
We set the homepage through GPO and the page shows quickly then reverts to a blank white screen. Things done to resolve the problem includes: 1) Resetting browser 2) Deleting all temp files 3) Running...
View ArticleGroup Policy on 2008 r2 server
hi , im trying to apply a group policy on one of my server that whenever users logs into that particular server it should pick those IE settings which I have defined in the GPO. From the security...
View ArticlePossible to change Outlook Send/Receive settings via GPO?
We have many users that try to change their Outlook email send/receive settings to 1 min, and it blows everything up (not the technical term for what is really happening, but you catch my drift :D)....
View ArticleLocal Admin Access to Other Computer With Admin Rights Using Same Password
The computers in my network using the same password to local admin. The problem is the local admin of one computer can access other computer in network with admin rights. Is there any way to block...
View ArticleAD/GPO Auditing Software
I'm looking at options for AD/GPO Auditing. Things like account creation/change/lockout. Group membership changes, logon/logoff, etc. More granular stuff like ACL changes in AD, property changes, etc...
View ArticleGPO weird error.
An error has occurred while collecting data for Administrative Templates. The following errors were encountered: An appropriate resource file could not be found for file...
View ArticleGPO to lock Shutdown - Conf Computer
Have the GPO setup and currently only applied to the OU containing the machine used filtering to only apply to that one machine... Also have another piece of the GPO for the computer to clear that...
View ArticleGroup policy loopback not working
I need to apply loopback processing so user settings are applied for a remote desktop services server that over-rides settings applied to their users OU. I have configured a GPO that applies to the...
View ArticleHow can I add URLs to the favorites bar in IE10 via GPO, RSAT Windows 8/2012?
Hello all, so I need to add some URL's to IE10 Under Windows 8 from GPO but the usual path to do this (Under User Configuration --> Policies --> Windows Settings --> Internet Explorer...
View Articlewhat are steps do I need to do to uninstall AD on one of the DC?
I have two domain controller. server1 and server2. Currently server1 have the GC. I would like to move it to server2. This is the step I taken so far. Open up site and services. then go to server2...
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