Re: Group policy and Group shield??

From: WetBehindEars (WetBehindEars_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:41:05 -0800

Well it was working last week because part of the security GP was a splash
screen I had created that popped up when users went to log onto the network.
Now that screen does not appear anymore.

"Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" wrote:

> Wet,
>
> I will admin right off the bat that I am not a fan of McAfee AntiVirus
> software. I am a big fan of Norton and TrendMicro. Not sure that your Anti
> Virus software is necessarily causing any problems with this, though.
>
> Let's do some basic troubleshooting:
>
> Where did you create this Password Policy?
> What are the settings?
> Is it a separate GPO or is it included with some other GPO? If so, are the
> other parts working?
> Why do you think that it should have started today?
> Do you have any GPOs that are working?
> Have you made sure that DNS is correct? And that all of the clients point
> only to YOUR internal DNS Servers ( and not the ISP's )?
> Have you run 'net accounts' on the Domain Controllers as well as on some of
> the clients? How does that look?
>
> I would start there!
>
> I would also suggest that you implement complexity - if you have not done
> so - and educate your users as to what that means. Furthermore, I would
> suggest contacting MS-PSS and getting the fix for the error message that the
> user is given if he/she attempts to change the password to something that
> does not meet with the complexity rules. Out of the box the error message
> is not very useful or informative at all. The new error message - once you
> implement the change - is very specific! The user just needs to read it!
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821425
>
> The call to MS-PSS does not cost you anything as long as you mention that
> you are looking for the fix as discussed in that MSKB Article. They will
> e-mail it to you......Just make sure to give them a valid e-mail address!
>
> You might also want to take a look at this:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=309799
>
> Might be a bit too much but in my opinion you can never have too much
> security. Just educate the users!
>
>
> --
> Cary W. Shultz
> Roanoke, VA 24014
> Microsoft Active Directory MVP
>
> http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
> http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
>
>
>
> "WetBehindEars" <WetBehindEars@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:35328F15-3C96-462C-9AFE-C74759BD56EC@microsoft.com...
> >I set up a group policy to take affect on our passwords (length,
> >expiration,
> > etc) and should of started today, but it did not take affect. I also
> > received
> > various messages from Alert Manager (Group Shield) this morning and was
> > wondering if there is any connection. Has anyone experienced a group
> > policy
> > not working due to their virus protection? Is it possible? Any
> > suggestions?
>
>
>

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