Enable RDP 8 via GPO
I'm trying to create a GPO that will enable RDP 8 on all Windows 7 Machines, however, the setting is missing in the GPO editor. I'm guesssing I need a GPO template to see this setting, but I can't...
View ArticleDisable Check Boxes GPO
Please see the following link about what check boxes are I have an ou that seems to have check boxes appeared on machines however I have run a GPRESULT and just cant see the setting...
View ArticleTransferring (Only) AD from One Server to Another
So I have found plenty of scenarios with regards to moving to a new server, but not sure one exactly like mine. I am not a server guru by any means, as this question may attest to. Basically, we are...
View ArticleDisallow users from viewing Redirected Share root?
Hi All, I have user documents redirected to a share on a server. The share is \\Server1\UserDocs\%username% I don't want the users to be able to navigate to \\Server1\UserDocs\ and view each others...
View ArticleHow do I move an Exchange 2007 mailbox server to a new AD site?
Just moved our 3 Exchange 2007 servers (one client access/hub access, one client access for ActiveSync mobile device support, and one mailbox server) to a new data center, and a new AD site. Both the...
View ArticleTracking who is logging into a computer and when
I'm sure it is out there already but i'd like to find a report that I can pull to show who is logging into a workstation and when. Anyone got an idea where to find it?
View Articleshortcut group policy /please help I am so tired
Dear whom read my problem good evening and thank you for help at first I want to appear to users the programs that I want to make them able to use so I want to appear these programs on dasktop as a...
View Articleturning off windows update on ony 3 computers of the 50 domain comps?
I have a windows 2003 domain of about 60 pcs and laptops mostly running windows 7 and xp. We have a wsus policy setup to have windows update at a certain time every day on all boxes. I need to make 3...
View Articleis there an utility to scan directorys to show permision of a specific user?
I would like to delete some old users in my AD domain. But, I would like to delete also the permission that the user have on the file servers directorys. i have tried AccessEnum from Sysinternals...
View ArticleFrustrating IE Proxy problem!
Hey guys I am the ICT Technician for a school, we seem to be experiencing a problem with students accessing the internet, we use IE9/10 with windows 7 pro with all the latest service packs and...
View ArticleUsers setup with misspelled names - best fix?
Recently, HR has taken on a bad habit of misspelling new users' names on the setup tickets. The result is, the last two users have had to tell me that their account/logon/email names were spelled...
View ArticleFunctional Domain Levels
I have a domain where both DCs are Windows Server 2k8 R2; I'm thinking about raising the domain functional level but since it's (nearly) irreversible I want to make sure it will be fine. Everything...
View ArticleGroup Policy Priority? Which will be applied?
Question regarding Group Policy (Win2008) (Win 7 workstations) I have a basic "users" group that locks down users, in this case no removable media access (disabled read and write). However i have some...
View ArticleRemoving desktop icons from RDP desktops using GPO
Aside from Adobe Reader we have a program that recreates duplicate desktop icons every time we update the program. Rather than go to the desktop of all of the remote desktops on each server, can I use...
View Articlehow can i give a user remote access to their workstation in GPO
So what I'm trying to figure out is how can I give a user Remote access to their workstation using RDP in GPO with out giving them access to every computer\ server in the domain. One way I can kinda...
View ArticleDo you use GPO to deploy printers?
Do guys use a GPO to deploy network printers? We have a gpo to deploy 8 network printers (user config - control panel - printers), it takes up to 2 min sometimes for the gpo to load upon startup....
View ArticlePrinter Settings GPO
We have a problem where users have the odd local printer but our group policy's stop users from changing settings primarily paper is set to letter and needs to be set to A4. Thanks in advance
View ArticleDomain migration
I am tasked with moving domains from A to B as our company name has changed. Our current domain has exchange 2003, 2 DC running Server 2003, domain function level is 2003. It has several SQl servers...
View ArticleActive Directory replication issue?
I am not a heavy AD user, so i am not sure what my issue is precisely, so if i ramble on with my description of the issue, then i apologize in advance. The issue that i am having is that once a week...
View ArticleHow are others manging configuration settings for Chrome and Firefox
I currently manage the network for a large school system. We are windows based and depend on Group Policy to manage the configuration settings for the various windows operating systems and IE. We used...
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