Re: Group Policy not applied after reboot (intermittent)

The information at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0504.mspx
might give some clues.

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"dathrill" <dathrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3306B58B-C83A-4818-8439-5D7EA6831634@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Yep, that's the issue. It shows the Standard Profile for the firewall is
> applied instead of the Domain Profile, even though the GPO was
> successfully
> applied.
>
> No idea what causes it. Anyone else have any suggestions? I'm tempted to
> put a "gpupdate /force" in my logon batch file. =(
>
> "Bruce Sanderson" wrote:
>
>> When you have the problem, run the command:
>>
>> netsh firewall show state
>>
>> You may find that the "Standard" profile got selected instead of the
>> "Domain" profile.
>>
>> I've seen this happen, but don't have an explanation of why. Restarting
>> the
>> computer again usually corrects it. Sometimes unplugging the network
>> cable,
>> waiting for the "cable unplugged" message and reconnecting the cable
>> fixes
>> it also.
>>
>>
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>> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
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>>
>> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>>
>>
>>
>> "dathrill" <dathrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:192B7CFF-98C0-422E-94EA-247643AFDCDD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have a group policy which contains all of our XP-SP2 firewall
>> >exceptions.
>> > Sometimes after a reboot, the policy settings aren't applied to the PC.
>> > On
>> > the PCs that have the GPMC installed, if I do a RSOP is shows that the
>> > policy
>> > was applied successfully, even though the firewall settings are
>> > missing.
>> > This happens randomly on different machines after a shutdown or a
>> > restart.
>> > Running "GPUPDATE /FORCE" applies the policy successfully.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions? This is driving me nuts. Please help!
>>
>>
>>


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