Group Policy

Group Policy Object Security Configuration with Windows Server 2003

What is a typical procedure of downloading a ca or certificate authority and giving a particular user or administrator access to it so he can assign certificates to other users? After I hook up a server to a gpo, how do I configure the security policies in the gpo so that I can disable the server...

GPUpdate from a local admin account? Is it possible

Do you have to be signed in as a domain account to use GPUpdate or can it be done from a local admin account?

How to provide permissions through domain policy for folder "C: Program Files"

C:\Program Files permissions through Group Policy

How to disable the firewall through Group Policy

How to disable the firewall in the domain machines through group policy console

Group policy for home networks?

Is thier a solution for a small home network(2 Computers) Microsofts group policy looks way too much for me.

How to Change NTFS file folder permision From Remotely or By Group polices.

Hi All, I have near about 100 system in a Active Directory Domain network . and this all 100 system use in near about 150 user in deferent time . And they Save there data in Local system as well as in File server share folder. I have given right for network share folder NTFS Permision to...

WinXP Pro PC cannot ping Win2003 DC after Windows Firewall configuration.

I have been fighting with this issue for 2 days and I am going crazy. We have 2 domain controllers, 1 on-site and 1 off-site as a backup. Last week I configured a windows firewall group policy object to open: file and printer sharing, remote access, disable remote desktop, open ICMP for the...

Prevent Software Installation on Clients Windows Server 2008

Can someone tell me how difficult it is to remove Installation rights from a group of users who use workstations on a Win2008 network? I've been told that doing so requires one to do a file audit of all files on the workstations to find out which programs need to write to the local disks to allow...

VPN Tunnel

Hello. This is my current setup. Main office has several servers (usual web, ftp, exchange, dns) which is using an RV042 router for the network. At the remote office, I have a Netgear FVS318v3 router that is maintaining the VPN tunnel back to the main office. I can't narrow down the problem. I...

WSUS and GPO: How to get the Domain Admin Account to update from Microsoft

Hello and thanks for looking and possible helping I have a Win Server 2003 R2 Service pack 2 Running WSUS 3.1.6001.65 My Active Directory is on a Win Server 2003 R2 service Pack 2 64 bit My issue is I implemented the Wsus server and the IT Director wants to be able to log into a computer with...

File Types settings

Can the file types options, under "Explorer\Tools\Folder Options\ File Types\ [File Type e.g. XLS]\Advanced \ Browse in same window" be set automatically e.g. by use of Group Policy objects (Windows XP SP3)

Can Windows Explorer 'File Types' settings be amended by Group Policy?

To enable our reporting software to correctly export to Excel 2007 (WXP SP2 operating system) we need to change the following Windows Explorer 'File Types' setting: Open windows explorer and navigate to the XLS file type and enable the "browse in same window" option, see path: \Tools\Folder...

Users cannot change password when prompted

I use Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory. I have strict password policies set, and lately my users have been getting warnings that their passwords are expiring in X amount of days. I know the defualt is set to start prompting at 14. The problem is that when my users opt to change their...

Allowing junior Network Admins to do their job

Hello, I need to allow some it staff to be able to add computers to the domain, install software on all systems and be full local admins on every box in the domain. Can you suggest a way to do this via gpo? or script? - or both? Thanks !

Extending AD Schema

We extended the AD schema in preparation for 2008 and had a IPSec GPO stop working. The GPO or at least the name seems to work thru GPresults but the IP filter settings do not apply/

How to apply Group Policy for a RunAs user?

group policy which is related to a user does not work when we run a program as user(runas).wh have to login with user on local system(ntuser.dat get updated) and then runas user works with group policy setting.(such as hiding all hard drives).how can i update group policy in user profile without...

Group Policy

there r two group policies applied in two diffrent groups first group is sales and second group is purchase. there is a data server in which there is a folder named marketing, the users who are the members of sales group have the right of read only and the users who are the member of purchase have...

Trouble opening Group Policy

When I try to open Group Policy on my company domain controller, I receive the error message: “The Domain Controller for Group Policy is not available” Also, in the Event Viewer application log there are a lot of error logs with Event ID 1058: “Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO...

Group Policy

When I attempt to open GP editor for Default Domain GP (on server2000). I received multiple error messages (I mean like dozens of them), "...string is too long and cannot be truncated". As a result I cannot even check the settings in the Default Domain Policy, the messages would pop-up and pop-up...

Is it possible?

Is it possible to become an expert in antivirus protection management and configuration (to be able to fine tune your centrally managed antivirus software in a mixed environment that includes different types of systems: Windows, UNIX, Linux), complex network topology with LAN, WAN links, various...