Re: Win2K GP not getting applied on boot

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From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 07/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 23:06:12 GMT

You could run gpresult right after boot up on a computer and it will tell you the
computer policies that were applied and the last time they were applied. I can not
think of anything else offhand. I suggest that you may also want to post in the
Microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs newsgroup which concentrates on such issues. ---
Steve

"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2dc3d01c46b7c$d12a3ee0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi Steve,
>
> The systems are DHCP, and they point to the domain
> controller that they're getting the policy from for DNS. I
> did get the 1704 event that the security policy was
> applied, but it wasn't the GP, but a local policy it
> appears. The GP gets applied later, but that screws up my
> Windows Updates on boot. Anything else to check?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Is their an Event ID 1704 in the application log
> indicating security policy was
> >applied at boot up? If there was then you have a problem
> with that particular setting
> >configuration. Make sure you computers point only to
> domain controllers for their
> >preferred dns servers in tcp/ip properties as shown by
> Ipconfig /all. --- Steve
> >
> >
> >"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:2e17601c46a79$8d6f86a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am having a problem with my Win2K GP. It's not
> >> getting applied upon boot, but is applied at some point
> >> later. This is a problem, as I've set windows updates to
> >> update upon boot, if not on at 3am. I have an OU that I
> >> have the policy applied to, and this OU contains users.
> I
> >> have another OU underneath that OU called Workstations,
> >> which includes machines. The Workstation OU inherits the
> >> policy from the first tier OU. It's just getting delayed
> >> in the morning. PLEASE HELP!
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Tom
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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