gpo

Fixes an issue in which you cannot deploy applications for installation on client computers that are running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 by using a Group Policy Object (GPO). When you try to apply the GPO, you receive a "Windows failed to apply... More...

Fixes an issue in which the Proquota.exe uses incorrect profile quota Group Policy settings. This issue occurs when you apply multiple Group Policy objects (GPOs) that contain different profile quota settings. More...

Hello, I have a query about the aero theme where it is not loading on a couple of our PC's at work. It appears to work when logged in as a local administrator however when we login using a domain accounts with elevated IT rights we only get a grey classic start menu and none of the graphics -...

We have a GPO that has a shutdown script that runs on our XP machines, but does not run on our win7 machines. Our DCs run Server2003. The script is simply a shortcut to an hta file on the hard drive of the clients machines. I have checked several win7 machines and the hta files are present in...

Fixes a backup operation failure that occurs when you try to use GPMC to back up a GPO in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs when you set "NT Service\TrustedInstaller" as the owner of a file, a registry item, or a service in the GPO. More...

Fixes an issue in which the GPMC snap-in cannot display the detailed settings of a GPO in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7. Additionally, you receive an "Index was outside the bounds of the array" error message. More...

Fixes a problem in Windows Vista and newer in which domain users find that the redirected folder is empty after you apply a GPO to client computers in order to redirect a folder to a new network share Link Removed

We have an undocumented change how our OS does handle how to behave when a query takes too long when used in a GPO WMI-Filter Link Removed

Hi All I appear to have an issue with Offline files. I have a redirected Start Menu and Desktop so that users get the same interface as if they were online at work. This is an AD domain environment using GPO for all settings detailed below. Before I try the below error testing, you should...

Hey there guys, I'm running a 2003 and 2008 server the 2003 is the primary DC. Most of our PC's are XP and were testing 2 windows 7 machines. The desktops and some shared drives were stored on a nas box but it was unstable so I shifted the desktops and some public shares to a server on one...

I have a standard GP called "standard user" one of the settings is to only shoe 2 control panel applets (using XP lingo) so xp workstations would only show "time date" and "desktop" so the users could adjustthe clock and also changetheirwallpaper and screen saver and such We now have...

Brand new laptop and only two users set up (administrator - local computer and end user - domain). Gave end user "administrator" previledges but when user tries to install software they receive the following error "The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation". End...

Hello All, i am hoping someone can help? Basically we are trying to add a desktop theme in W7 through a GPO through User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel\Display\Desktop Themes If i leave the box blank it installs the default W7 profile fine but we would...

A little background and info: I support a number of people who for one reason or another need to be able to do things a local admin can do like install programs and start services (or more accurately allow a program they're running to start a service). All users are in the local administrators...

Hi, I work in a fairly large company and we use a logon script (pushed thru GPO) utilizing "NET USE" to access shared drives. In XP, the system simply skips those drives which user has no access rights to and goes back straight to the C:\drive prompt. This effectively puts an end to the script...

I have a windows 7 laptop that I loaded and it started having problems with the user profile I thought it might be a GPO that had been applied in the domain so I removed it from the domain. but I have still had multiple problems with the local profile. I usually get profile not available for...

Using Windows Server 2008 to manange my network with XP SP/3 clients, i was able to create in the domain GPO mappings to auto map drives when a user logged in based on what OU the pc belonged to, who the user was, and / or what Security group the user belonged to. Just to play around, we...