Group Policy: Disable Restart & Log off, Enable Shutdown only
I need a Group Policy that will change the Restart | Log Off option to only (and only!) Shut Down. Basically, I just want "Shutdown" to appear on the start menu. I have a client that has public...
View ArticleDC and AD Site Deletion
Hi Guys, I have been testing a subsite in our Domain (all 2008R2) which had one DC. The DC recently had a hardware failure and is completely dead. At this point I would like to forcefully remove the...
View ArticleGPO Pinters
Hi rEcently I found an issue in one of the offices we work with into our AD. I have noticed that my printer by default its been deployed on all the computer on this particular office. I think that...
View ArticleGroup Policy Software Installation FAILS
I'm attempting to deploy Flash using Group Policy and seem to be having some epic failures. I've followed a guide that was on the forums for a script to unisntall old versions, and that seems to work...
View ArticleNew computer system teething problems
I recently got tasked with upgrading our old server from Novell 3.12 to 2k8R2 which also meant new computers as the old ones were still running XP. All computers are now on Win 7 pro 64 and everything...
View ArticleLogon VBS Script Not Mapping All Drives
I have a logon script i have in place to map drives and for all users to also map certain drives based on what group they are in. I have taken bits of code and have built up on this for a few months...
View ArticleGPO Logging...
Guys My boss just asked me an odd question. We had an odd thing happen yesterday, and my boss thinks it has to do with a GPO that someone at our Parent organization was working on, and they applied it...
View Articlemoving user redirected folders to a new path.
I have a group policy in place that does folder redirection for my users my documents. I would like to move that location to a new server. What is the best way to go about doing that? Should I make a...
View ArticleChange local administrator password via group policy or script?
We had a local admin password leaked and I need to change the password on all my pcs on my network. is there a easy way to write a script or gp to change this?
View ArticleBGinfo Security Groups apply
Hi All, I have managed to run BGinfo if I create a new OU on AD and move the computers fro teh computer folder into the BGinfo folder that the GPO applies. But If I want to move the computers back to...
View ArticleIs there a Group Policy to modify outlook calendar permissions and set to full
I would like to use a group policy to make a change to everyone's outlook calendar so that all of the managers can see their "full details". I have 4 managers that need to see "everyone's", other than...
View ArticleGPO Question
I have setup a GPO to block write access to removable storage devices through user setting. The problem I have is that I need admins to be able to overide this setting but I never get prompted to...
View ArticleUser Migration - Users SID
Hi All, I currently have a Windows Server 2003 Domain "Domain A", I also have a Windows Server 2008 Domain "Domain B". I am in the process of moving users from Domain A to Domain B. I have exported a...
View ArticleNot using the correct Domain Controller Site and Services?
We have a MPLS network. 3 sites domain name: adc.local site1 = DC1 = 10.1.1.100 site2 = DC2 = 10.1.2.100 site3 = DC3 = 10.1.3.100 I have setup IP block under the site and services to go to the correct...
View ArticleGPO Software Installation 2008 R2
I am attempting to install software using a new GPO for computers. I used the Shockwave.msi file as a test. Authenticated users have Read permission to the share and the GPO. I have verified the...
View ArticleWin Server 2003: Event 1030/1058 on GPO's created yesterday.
Hi guys, I have a small network here running 2 domain controllers (Win Server 2003R2 - SP2). I went back to check on a couple of very simple GPOs I created yesterday, and cannot edit them. When I...
View ArticleDomain Controller
windows 7 adding computer getting An Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "SES" could not be contacted
View ArticleCreating Domain Controller in Existing Forest
We currently have domain on a subnet. The organization I work with, is opening a new company called domainB. What is the best method when using dcpromo to create a domain called domainB. These two...
View ArticleCreate Second Domain in Existing Forest - help
Our current organization is opening a new company called domainB. we have an existing domain called domainA. domainA users have email as user @ domainA . com. domainB users need to have user @ domainB...
View ArticleAD Security Group - Reverse Lookup?
As odd as that title sounds, it's pretty much what I'm needing to find out. Have a particular security group that I'm attempting to determine what it's "attached" to in terms of whom it's giving...
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