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Windows 7 Group Policy Editor- shutdown batch file not executing
Trying to run a simple batch file at windows shutdown. Filename is log.bat, contents is single line:
DEL C:\Users\tom\.VirtualBox\*.log*
I've tried placing this file at root, at ...
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Manage Internet Explorer 10 security settings by GPO
Okay.. so i have been reading up most of the afternoon..
Currently most our clients (+300 are still using IE9 on Windows 7) but Windows 8 & Internet Explorer 10 is growing in numbers FAST.
We ...
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Group Policy Object Creation Failed - This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object
We have a Windows SBS 2008 domain controller (the only one in our domain) and I'm trying to create a new Group Policy Object to handle printers. Every time I attempt to create a new GPO, either in the ...
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Intranet Hosted and deployed Chrome Web Apps?
Our district is starting to use Chrome as a secondary browser. We currently customize a users experience with chrome via the GPO ADM files. However one thing we would like to do is have pre-installed ...
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Powershell script has different results when run via GP and PS console
I have a powershell script meant to run at logon to help monitor a lab.
When it is run from the powershell console it runs fine, it is able to grab the appropriate system information, generate a url ...
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grant admin's privilegies to domain group on MSSQL
Is it possible to grant admin's privilegies to domain group on MSSQL using Active Directory or vbscript? We have hundreds of MSSQL servers and we would automatically give access to domain group for ...
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Deployment of custom outlook 2010 add-in via GPO
We created an add-in, in c# .net framework 3.5, for outlook 2010. We created a msi package using the setup project. When we manually run this msi package, it application is installed and the add-in ...
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How to set Group Policy “Turn Off Automatic Root Certificates Update” vie Registry/Powershell?
I need to disable the following group policy in Windows 7 programatically, for example by modifying a registry key using Powershell:
"Turn Off Automatic Root Certificates Update"
Does anybody know ...
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Google Chrome on Terminal Server
I'm using Google Chrome on Terminal Server 2008 R2.
To manage some restrictions etc. I used the Google chrome policy which worked well.
Now on the server I'm using the policy "Run only specified ...
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a group policy that has gone into “Extra registry settings” is no more visible in .adm files
It's clear that when the group policy management shows, in its settings tab, a group policy under the "Extra registry settings" is because system .adm files have been updated so that policy has been ...
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Can't find Group policy settings that i see on settings pane
i have some group policies that were designed years ago on a 2003 server. Now we are on 2008 and using the group policy management editor. i have one policy to redirect my docs etc.. on the setting ...
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GPResult and RSop not showing changes made from GPEdit.msc?
I changed a Windows 8 local group policy using the editor you get from gpedit.msc and then run "gpupdate /force"
I then run "rsop.msc"
The only result I see are the ones I made in the "Administrative ...
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Script to turn off local Group Policy “Removable Storage Access” restrictions w/o restart
Our problem:
Fresh install Windows 7
Change LGPO: [Computer Configuration->Admin. Templates->System->Removable Storage Access->*Deny write access ]
Join domain
Due to contingency requirements, I ...
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Build command parameters based on input
I am attempting to build a script that will import data from a CSV and process commands based on the data that is filled in. Small Example:
CSV formatted with following headers
Name TargetOU ...
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Auto generate outlook signature by GPO using multiple signatures
A while back i have searched for a flexible way to automatically generate a signature for different types of users. Our domain has multiple companies and each have different needs. The default scripts ...
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Script to modify Local Group Policy Editor?(internet setting autocomplete)
I am trying to automate the turn off all AutoComplete Internet Settings in Local Group Policy Editor by scripting in innosetup. The idea is that it would modify the computer/server so that the user ...
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Services and Scheduled Tasks assigned to a user account
In Windows Server 2008 R2
Lets assume user acct: User1
Password for User: 1234
I have assigned an automatic service to run based on User1's credentials for startup of service. I have also created a ...
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confirm encyption type used
Is it possible to look at a pdf and tell what encryption level was use to encrypt it?
We are proposing to set an AES encytion level, in Word by group policy, and wanted to confirm this was actually ...
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Why is Remote Desktop Services missing from Group Policy Management in Server 2008?
I have SBS 2008 and my client PC's are not able to RDP to each other. The settings are grayed out due to being joined to the domain.
No prob, right? go into Group Policy Management, and locate this ...
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Enable group-policy using a batch file
If one wanted to permanently enable or disable a GPO, how would one go about doing so using a batch file?
I'm trying to create a batch file that changes the settings that says "Always use custom logon ...
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Programmatically Map Drives in Group Policy Object
I want to write a program in C# that will map a drive in the GPO. I found the
Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Management.dll which I think will allow me to do it, but I don't know what options to set.
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Is it possible to disable creation of sub folders within a folder to certain users?
The requirement is to disable the end users of the PCs ( Windows 7 and Possibly XP) from creating subfolders with a set root folder. The IT team wants to restrict users to creating documents within ...
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Issue with group/domain controls and admin rights
Server: Windows Server 2003
PC: Windows XP (Laptop)
Issue: The PC in question cannot get administrator rights even when logged on as the top level administrator account, or any other admin account. ...
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A first chance exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in
GPMGMTLib.GPM gpm = new GPMGMTLib.GPM();
GPMGMTLib.IGPMConstants gpc = gpm.GetConstants();
GPMGMTLib.IGPMDomain gpd = ...
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Windows 8 custom imagining for multiple clients -help please?
If anyone can help us I would be very grateful!
Every week we have multiple pc's to distribute to new clients. The machines have to be heavily customised with quite a few specifics:
Removal of most ...
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Active Directory GPO error; Printers not created on client
I have set-up an Active Directory environment with Windows Server 2008 R2 which is working great so far.
But I keep getting an error message in the logs of a Windows 7 client machine:
"0x80070bbf The ...
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An error has occurred while collecting data for Administrative Templates
I'm just checking my group policy in the group policy management and i came across this error.
Expected one of the following possible element(s), <text>, <decimalTextBox>, ...
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GPO WMI username filter not working over RDP
I'm trying to write a WMI filter to prevent a GPO from applying to certain users
SELECT * from Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE NOT UserName LIKE 'domain\\user1_%' AND NOT UserName LIKE 'domain\\user2_%'
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gpupdate with powershell
I want to perform a gpupdate as an -Action of a System.IO.FileSystemWatcher instance but gpupdate occasionally hangs completely when being called from PowerShell. I have tried the following way to ...
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group control policy windows 7
i am running win7 ultimate with 2 users on.
i am the admin and theres another user who is a basic user. i need to give the basic user permissions to install and remove software from the computer.
i ...
