Roaming Profile (Domain) Logon over VPN Slow or Fails
Hi We run SBS 2011 in office 1 with all users running roaming profiles and folder redirection. In office 2 we have a single internet connection with only 1 member of staff logging onto his roaming...
View ArticleMoving Active Directory (GPO) profiles
So I was trying to move my user profile files from one server to another, and set my GP to do folder redirection on desktop, my document, my pictures. Now, for some reason, even after gpupdate /force...
View ArticleIntroducing Multi Sites to AD & Exchange
I have one main site with AD and a single Exchange 2010 Server.I have another site which is bridged but i want to convert that so it's on it's own subnet (which is best practice i believe). For this...
View ArticleHow do you map network drives?
I was wondering what you all used on your networks to map network drives for your users. Do you use a .bat logon script, a .vbs script or do you do them via a group policy? My AD is running on...
View ArticleCross Forest Logon Script Failure
We have two domains - Domain A is the Forest Root and Domain B is the Tree Root. When a user from Domain B logs into Domain A, the logon script is not executed (the opposite scenario does work). I...
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Deploying Printers via GPO
When deploying a shared printer via Group Policy Preferences I have several choices. 1. Shared Printer2. TCP/IP Printer3. Local PrinterWhat is the difference of deploying a Shared Printer vs a TCP/IP...
View ArticleHELP! Demoted last domain controller in domain accidentally
Here is the problem. We had a Windows 2003 SBS domain. 3 other Windows 2008 R2 servers were added as domain controllers. We had issues demoting the SBS because it was stating it couldn't contact the...
View ArticleTwo Fire Departments One Organization
Hello,So i run I.T for one fire district and two other districts are wanting to work with us to consolidate their I.T in with us. Now i have one DC and each fire district has it's own web domain. So...
View ArticleAny GPO guru's out there??
I have deployed are new photocopiers on a new printserver via the print manager into the default GPO, yet it is not deploying the printer!!!!!!Help!!!!!!!!PleaseSteve
View ArticleGPO to add a folder to Windows 7 Documents Library
I have a folder created under each user's profile that I would like to add to the default Documents library in Windows 7. I've looked, and looked, and looked again; and have yet to find a way to do...
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Item Level Targeting Issue
Hello,I've got a printer that's deployed through a GPPreference with item level targeting that specifies the IP range of 10.100.101.0 - 255 OR membership in the "All Printers" group. Not being in that...
View ArticleHow do I restrict access to applications using group policy?
I have read a little, (and will be reading a lot more) into restricting access using group policy and I was curious if anyone here has successfully done this. I also wonder if there is a better way to...
View ArticleRegister and Start a Service with Group Policy
In one of our class rooms we have some students who have figured out how to disable the Lanschool Student service (it has been deleted completely). Is there a Group Policy that we can set to not only...
View ArticleImportant GPO for a school
Hey I have a quick question. If you were going to add 5 GPO to a server were there are students. What GPO would you choose and why? Regards Jørgen
View ArticleRenaming a User
Hi All,We have a Server 2012 Domain with Exchange 2013. A user was recently married and needs her email and login details changed. This was easy to do on SBS 2003 but since we have a seperate Exchange...
View ArticleDeploying Shortcut via GP Not Working for Certain Users
So I am deploying a shortcut to a website using Group Policy to deploy this shortcut to all users desktops. This works great if the user has never logged onto the workstation and has to create a new...
View ArticleHi, I want to "hide" the run cmd from the start menu but not disable win + R
Hi, I want to "hide" the run cmd from the start menu but not disable win + R as if disabling we cannot run login batch files, yes I know group policy can now run drive mappings but it takes forever to...
View Articleoffice 2010 outlook gpo setting not applying
Im trying to disable the junk email folder and filtering all together in outlook 2010 in my environment. So I went ahead and downloaded the adm and admx files for office 2010 and installed them in my...
View ArticleHow to change the name of domain user profile
For Example i had old domain old.local the user profile when created became user.old then when i changed the domain to new.local and migrated successfully all users & Computers the user profile...
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Can i link my spiceworks profile picture to my AD account?
I want it to show up in outlook like in the picture attached. It would really simplify the process if i could simply have my users edit their profile picture themselves.
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