Re: 2000 Server with XP Clients -- Policy problem

Howdy Martin!

Martin Gibney wrote:
I have a Windows 2000 server which is domain controller for the domain
( a school ) and i am joining Windows XP clients to the domain, this
works fine. What does not work is when i set a Group policy -- the only
machine which takes the policy is the domain controller.

Is there an idiots guide to setting up Group policy for domain users
somewhere please?

I can do it in Windows 2003 without any problems, i have also added the
..adm files from XP to Windows 2000.

What were your attempts to create the policies you wanted? How did you try to setup a new policy?

The "standard" steps to create a policy are the following:
1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers
2. Create a OU (or a complete OU structure that - at best - matches your company's structure) and move the computer and user objects into the OU that shall overtake the Group Policy. At best you do create a OU with users for the user-GPs and a OU with computers for the computer-GPs.
3. Right-click the OU, select Properties, select the Group Policy tab and create a Group Policy. Make the changes you wish.

Always keep in mind that computers will only apply the computer settings of a GP as users will only apply user settings of a GP.

cheers,

Florian
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Nachwuschsadmin aus dem Süddeutschen/Germany.
eMail: Vorname [bei] frickelsoft [Punkt] net.
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