Re: Group Policy not applying over Network to XP users

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This sounds suspiciously like the 'Fast Logon Optimization' setting in WIN
XP Pro. If a user logs on and does not get it what happens if he/she logs
off and then back on? I bet that it will take.

Please take a look at the following link:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305293

Does this help?

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Cary W. Shultz
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"DickySA1" <DickySA1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a small domain based Windows network. I'm running a Windows 2000
> Advanced Server with XP Pro computers. I'm relatively new to Active
> Directory
> and Group Policies.
>
> I've modified the screen saver policies in the Default Domain Policy. I'm
> planning on implementing more policies at a later date once I get to the
> bottom of my problem:
>
> The policy does not take effect when users log onto the XP Pro (SP1)
> computers even after running gpupdate.exe.
>
> When logging on locally at the Domain Controller with my 2 different
> domain
> admin logons the policies take effect for both users accounts - ok.
>
> I next tried logging onto one of the XP client machines with the first of
> these Domain admin accounts. The default domain policy seemed to have
> applied. I tried the second domain admin account but the policy had not
> been
> applied. The only difference to these accounts being that the first has a
> roaming profile configured.
>
> It seems to me that the policy has been applied (when logging on locally)
> at
> the DC then downloaded to the XP client PC with the roaming profile when
> logging on as Domain Admin1 but when logging on as Domain Admin 2, not
> configured for a roaming profile, the profile loads from the local pc and
> therefore the changes in the default domain policy don't apply.
>
> I suspect any further changes to the default domain policy will not show
> when logging onto XP as Domain Admin 1 unless I log on/off with this
> account
> as the DC first forcing the changes to the profile.
>
> Can anyone help?
>


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