Re: Internet Explorer Maintenance Windows XP SP2

From: Christopher Walker (someone_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 11/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 13:33:18 -0000

Hi,

Any update on the problem? we are itching to roal our SP2 but cant until a
fix has been released.

Thanks

Chris

"Mark Renoden [MSFT]" <markreno@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:O%23YUvVZtEHA.1308@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Bashar
>
> Microsoft is aware of this issue and it's currently under investigation.
>
> Kind regards
> --
> Mark Renoden [MSFT]
> Windows Platform Support Team
> Email: markreno@online.microsoft.com
>
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> me; I'll post a response back to the group.
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> "Bashar Arar" <bashar@adez.ae> wrote in message
> news:ckvqlo$cjt1@news-dxb.emirates.net.ae...
>> I'm facing the same problem and it only happens when Application Data
>> folder is redirected.
>>
>> "Mark Renoden [MSFT]" <markreno@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:OHqDeomqEHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Chris
>>>
>>> If you can confirm the symptoms as only occurring when application data
>>> is redirected and the behaviour is reproducable, it's probably worth
>>> logging a support incident to have it looked at. If these aren't the
>>> specific symptoms, you'll want to examine the logging I mentioned
>>> earlier.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> "Christopher Walker" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23Q6alcbqEHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>> Well I thought I'd cracked it and then......
>>>>
>>>> I created some barnd new AD Group Policy's blocked inheritance and
>>>> built a mcahine with Windows xp sp2 (slipstreamed) using ris and guess
>>>> what it worked and it still works three days later! this was a laptop
>>>> one of twenty we have to build for staff .... the next machine i built
>>>> worked then i restarted it and you guest it back to normal no ie proxy
>>>> or homepage settings ... now these two machines had exactly the same
>>>> build from the same image and have been only logged on to as my self
>>>> and were built with ris directly into the same AD unit. ....
>>>>
>>>> However after this point i found some AD replication errors on my
>>>> servers... i have since cured these and I am now going to rebuild the
>>>> laptop using RIS auto and see what happens.
>>>>
>>>> Can only be an SP2 problem I think, will be a pain though with 1000
>>>> students wandering round 350 computers .... well at least its more
>>>> secure they cant even get access to the internet, cheers microsoft!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Chris Walker
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Julian Gilbert" <julian@NOSPAMPLEASEgilbert-1.freeserve.co.uk> wrote
>>>> in message news:cjpgpt$q9i$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>>>>I have experienced similar problems with Internet Explorer Maintenance
>>>>>on
>>>>> our organisation's Windows Server 2003 domain with Windows XP Service
>>>>> Pack 2
>>>>> clients. I am trying to apply proxy server and homepage settings to IE
>>>>> for
>>>>> all users.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In our case, the settings are applied correctly for the majority of
>>>>> our
>>>>> users, but not for users from a particular OU. After extensive
>>>>> testing, I
>>>>> discovered that Internet Explorer Maintenance fails when using
>>>>> Application
>>>>> Data redirection. It seems that the mechanism for applying branding to
>>>>> IE
>>>>> fails because the branding information is never copied to the
>>>>> redirected
>>>>> application data location.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this a known bug? Is anybody in a situation where your Internet
>>>>> Explorer
>>>>> Maintenance works and you are using Application Data redirection?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for any information.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Julian Gilbert
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Christopher Walker" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23aquyJEoEHA.1460@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll have a look at it but I dont think that this is the key. The
>>>>>> only
>>>>> user
>>>>>> who gets the settings is the Administrative account .... normal users
>>>>> (who's
>>>>>> policy works fine with sp1) dont get it anmd neither does our support
>>>>> users
>>>>>> ..... The policy was created prior to logon.i'll take a look at the
>>>>>> brndlog.txt as mentioned and see what I get!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Mark Renoden [MSFT]" <markreno@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:%23QPxHKDoEHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> > Hi Chris
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Internet Explorer Maintenance policy only applies by default when
>>>>>> > it's
>>>>> new
>>>>>> > or it changes.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > You might want to take a look at:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > 306915 Internet Explorer Maintenance Group Policies Do Not Apply
>>>>>> > During
>>>>>> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306915
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > If this isn't helpful, try harvesting the brndlog.txt file from
>>>>>> > \Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer under the user
>>>>>> > profile
>>>>>> > that's having the problem. It might give you a clue as to why it's
>>>>>> > not
>>>>>> > applying.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > 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.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > "Christopher Walker" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> > news:K0%3d.46918$U04.14438@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>>>>> >> Hi,
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I have a strange problem with Windows XP SP2 and a group policy
>>>>>> >> which
>>>>>> >> applies our IE settings through the Interent Explorer Maintenance
>>>>>> >> part
>>>>> of
>>>>>> >> the policy.
>>>>>> >> Basically it dosnt work for regualr users ..... as a rule we do
>>>>>> >> not use
>>>>>> >> the administrator account as we have created support accounts with
>>>>>> >> a
>>>>>> >> "more secure" set of restrictions these accounts do have local
>>>>>> >> admin
>>>>>> >> privs on our workstations.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> We experience the following symptoms when trying to access the
>>>>>> >> internet
>>>>>> >> through ie 6.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Proxy/homepage settings are not entered (logged on as our support
>>>>>> >> accounts) (these are in a different ou with a different policy)
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Proxy/homepage settings work (logged on as our Administrator
>>>>>> >> account)
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I though that it was something screwy with the GPO (even though it
>>>>> works
>>>>>> >> fine with sp1 and hotfixes!) so I moved the support accounts into
>>>>>> >> the
>>>>>> >> same AD unit as the admin account performed "gpupdate" and deleted
>>>>>> >> the
>>>>>> >> local profile of the user.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I still experience the same problems ..... must be a simple
>>>>>> >> solution?
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Thanks
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Chris
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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