GPO

Is there any GPO setting which Prevents users from sending encrypted messages while they have the certificate

we are looking to see whether there is any GPO setting which Prevent users from sending encrypted messages while they have the certificate. I appreciate if you can support us in this regard.

Internet access restriction via GPO

I need to restrict internet access in a particular department in my organsation and i need a way by i cld do that using Group Policy

Group Policy Folder redirection Issue

Hello, We have a group policy for our users who log into Citrix. The folder redirection had worked, however, some changes have been made by a member of my team, and I am struggling to find the solution. We have 2 GPO's, one for "Admin Users", and one for "Common Users". Common users should have a...

Domain Group Policy problem - no shutdown options in workstations

We recently added another group policy object to a domain with 3 sites so that logon scripts are handled depending on in which site the user logs on due to hotdesking personnel. The problem that seemed to develop from that is that, although the "Shutdown" button is available in all workstations...

I need to redirect 'C:\Documents and Settings' to drive D:\

Windows XP SP3. I worked on a project recently where we had to install preimaged machines and do the final tweaking for the End User. What I noticed was, instead of the vunerable C:\ drive carring this critical section of personal data, it had been redirected over to a safe zone of drive...

Group Policy / Vista

I've created a group policy (using a vista PC) to redirect users' My Documents folder to a sub folder of their home drive. I.e. It should redirect to \\\myserver\users\joe.bloggs\My Documents\ It works fine for windows XP, but vista clients only seem to redirect "my music", "my pictures" and "my...

Locking out the Internet?

Hey guys, sorry to annoy just wondering how would I Lock a user out of a program E.g. Internet Expplorer but still having it connected to the network, btw this is on WinXP SP 2. I havve been looking around in the GPO and Local Users and Groups but with no luck.

Editing the registry

How can I edit the registry through GPO? I want to edit the screen saver password protect optopn.

How can a group policy push down to static IP address?

I'm able to push down the group policy to those computers that have dynamic IP address but not those static IP address. Do anyone have any idea why? Is there another way to solve this? Thanks.

Disabling Administrator login by Users thru Group Policy

To control login by individual users as Local administrators of their Windows XP computers in a Domain, thru Group policy.

Office GPO installed with update?

I installed the Office 2007 Compatibility update to our users with Office 2003. Some of these users also have Office 2003. Some users are receiving a message : "You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked this version by...

how to create a shortcut USING gpos

I need to create a desktop shortcut for VBs for users using an application mapped from the network. I have 100 users just need to create a desktop shortcut to open an application run from my network drive and them apply to my gpos OU. thanks

What are the requirements for an Active Directory Client? How can a client PC retrieve the GPO setting from Active Directory Server.

What are the requirement for Active Directory Client. How an client PC retrieve the GPO setting from Active Directory Server. Can a Linux PC retrieve GPO setting from Active Directory Server? Can a Linux PC retrieve Network and Security setting from GPO? what are the steps when a when a windows...

DNS does not work due to GPO setting not clearing out of registry

This is more an answer than a question, but it may help someone, took us a long time to figure out. We have been battling an issue with XP SP2 laptops going on and off the domain for quite a while, and now figured out how to fix this. First the issue: Environment: Window 2003 SP2 domain with XP...

Group Policy- folders on redirected desktop not appearing

Hello. I have successfully redirected the desktop for our users. I want to create folders on the desktop and place shortcuts in the folders. I have created folders in the directory that is used as the redirected desktop but they do not appear for the users. Shortcuts placed directly in the...

General Access Error using Script on Domain PCs

I am running a VBscript through a GPO to change the Local Administrator password on all workstations in my domain. In order to test this, I did the following: I created a Test OU, and applied the GPO solely to that. I took a test box and moved it into the Test OU. Then I had the GPO in question...

Prevent users from stopping services on workstations

Using GPO, how can I prevent users from stopping the Symantec AntiVirus service on workstations?

Can I use a GPO to stop users from changing information in Windows folders?

Our company has a share called "ClientStore" where we store all client information. Within the "ClientStore" folder we have a letter for each letter in the alphabet. Then we have another folder with the client's company name within the folder that the client's company name starts with. Then we have...

Why can't I open this Group Policy object?

I am unable to open a Group Policy Object. The system cannot find the path specified in Windows Server 2003. I can open about half of the GPOs and edit them, but I can't open the other half. If I rebuild the GPO, it works fine. I have run DCDIAG (Clean), GPOTOOL (Clean), I have checked with ADSI...

GPO linked to site

I have a question about gpo's I cannot find in my book. when a gpo is applied to a domain, it does NOT filter down to its child domains. it must be applied to the child domains also. my question is about gpo's applied to sites. does a gpo applied to a site filter down to all domains within the...