Re: GPO testing

Howdie Scott!

Scott wrote:
Here are the steps I used to create and link the GPO :
- In Active Directory Users and Computers created an OU under the domain
called Test OU
- In Active Directory Users and Comptuers created a security group under
Test OU called Test Group.
- Placed two users in the security group Test Group.

STOP! This might be the reason why the policy is not working. Group Policy does not work on groups, so you need to put the two users DIRECT into the OU where you linked the policy at.

I know the term "Group Policy" would indicate that they would work with security groups, but Group Policies only apply to user- and computer accounts. You therefore have to _always_ put user and/or computer accounts into the OUs you link GPs to. The "Group" in "Group Policy" means something like "a group of users/computers"

Try this and let me know if it works now - the rest of your steps should be ok.

cheers,

Florian
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