Re: Local Group Policy Not working in Windows 2003
From: Jackie (mike_jackie_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/19/04
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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:19:53 -0700
Hi,
Thanks, for the help u were right it was the DNS problem.
>-----Original Message-----
>Let us say your domain is named "thisdomain.com"
>Can you browse to \\thisdomain.com\sysvoll\policy ?
>What you sketch could be caused by invalid DNS support:
>either client not using your DNS, or your DNS not holding
>needed records.
>In the option support tools install you will find netdiag
>Run netdiag on your DC and then also on your client
>and see what failures it reports
>
>--
>Roger Abell
>Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
>MCDBA, MCSE W2k3+W2k+Nt4
>"Jackie" <mike_jackie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:2eb6001c46b3f$5a635ef0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> OK here's the situation.
>>
>> I have a windows 2003 server that was upgraded from NT.
>> The processes was installing windows NT into the new
>> server and upgrading to windows 2003 and promoting it
as
>> the primary domain controller. Everything was working
>> fine since all the workstation was all still in windows
>> 98. Now we have decided to upgrade the workstation to
>> windows xp, this is when we start encoutering all this
>> problem. Our local group policy does not work.
>>
>> Steps that i have taken are:
>> 1. I have created a new OU and created a user in it. To
>> test wheter the fault was in the migrated user.
(user
>> from NT to Win 2003) Then i tried login in the
clients
>> workstation, the group policy didn't work.
>>
>> I created a user security group and have given it a
>> permission to have full control. Just to test. Login
>> to the clients workstation and nope the group policy
>> did not work.
>>
>> I have even made this group us "member of" "users".
>>
>> 2. This time i created a user within the "user"
container
>> i thought this time it will be using the default
>> domain policy. Just to see if its really working, I
>> edited the group policy by adding a "url" address.
>> Then, i login in the clients workstation to test it
>> the changes and there was no change. Again the group
>> policy didn't change.
>>
>> Then, i login again in the clients workstation but
>> this time as the administrator. And again the group
>> policy didn't work. But if im on the server
the "url"
>> address that i put in works.
>>
>> NOTE: Each time i made changes on the group policy I
type
>> gpupdate /force on the server and log-off on the
clients
>> workstation and login again. At one stage i even
>> restarted the server.
>>
>> 3. I also checked the event viewer after i updated the
GPO
>> and it says GPOs updated successfully. But the GPO
>> still not working.
>>
>> 4. I type in "Gpresult" and the message is:
>>
>> RSOP data for domainName\administraotr on SVRName:
>> Logging Mode
>> ___________________________________________________
>>
>> OS Type: M/soft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
>> OS Config: PDC
>> OS Version: 5.2.3790
>> Terminal SErver mode: Remote Administration
>> Site Name: Default-first-site
>> Roaming profile:
>> Local profile: c:\winnt\profiles\administrator
>>
>> USER SETTINGS
>> -------------
>> CN=Administrator, CN=Users, DC=cebuss, DC=qld,
>> DC=edu, DC=au
>> Last time GP was applied: [date]
>> GP slow link threshold: 500kbps
>> Domain Name: mabolo
>> Domain Type: Windows 2000
>>
>> Applied Group Policy Objects
>> ----------------------------
>> Default Domain Policy
>>
>> The following GPOs wer not applied because they were
>> filterd out
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Local Group Policy
>> Filtering: Not Applied <Empty>
>>
>> The computer is a part of the following security
groups
>> ------------------------------------------------------
-
>> Builtin\administrators
>> Everyone
>> Builtin\Pre-window2000 compatible Access
>> Builtin\users
>> Windows authorization access group
>> Nt authority\network
>> nt authority\authenticated users
>> This Organization
>> [ServerName]
>> Domain Controllers
>>
>> 5. Then I installed GPMC, and i found the GPO for my
user
>> wasn't enforce, so i enforce the GPO. Went in the
>> clients workstation and the GP still didn't work.
>>
>>
>> Note: Even within the XP machine i can browse the
network
>> no problem at all. I can to to the internet provided
that
>> i specify the autoproxy address.
>>
>> Any suggestions will be much appreciated. I will try
>> everything and anything ....
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jackie
>>
>>
>
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