Re: Group Policy Problem

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From: Mark Renoden [MSFT] (markreno_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/20/04


Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:08:42 +1000

Hi

Do you have the issue if you create a test user based on the same mandatory
profile but residing in an OU that is not subject to the GPO's that you
suspect?

Kind regards

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:3aa201c49f18$579bdb40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> We allow any approved curriculum software, all the office
> apps, crucial Windows files, etc.
>
> The part that is throwing me off is that the error is NOT
> related to Software Restrictions.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi
>>
>>This sounds almost certainly tied to the list of allowed
> applications you
>>have in the policy.  What applications do you allow?
>>
>>Kind regards
>>-- 
>>Mark Renoden [MSFT]
>>Windows Platform Support Team
>>Email: markreno@online.microsoft.com
>>
>>Please note you'll need to strip ".online" from my email
> address to email
>>me; I'll post a response back to the group.
>>
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
>>
>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:27f401c49e8c$79b28850$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>> We have a relatively large school network. Within AD, we
>>> have all of our student accounts under one OU with a
>>> fairly large set of group policy settings applied to
> them.
>>>
>>> All of our student accounts use/share the same mandatory
>>> profile. Within that profile, there is a desktop folder
>>> that contains several shortcuts to some approved
>>> applications. The problem is that anytime a student
> clicks
>>> on that folder on the desktop, he/she receives the "This
>>> operation has been cancelled due to restrictions on this
>>> computer..." The wierd thing is that we don't have any
>>> policies that restrict users browsing/using desktop
> icons.
>>> We have software restriction policies, but the users
> would
>>> receive a different error message if the problem was a
>>> software restriction issue.
>>>
>>> I've looked through all of our policy settings and I
> can't
>>> find one that sticks out as being a problem. Is there a
>>> way I can figure out what policy setting is causing the
>>> issue here?
>>>
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>>
>>
>>.
>> 


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