Re: New ADM file to change IE history retention settings

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Howdie!

NatsM schrieb:
I'd actualy already done that, but although I can edit the settings, when I apply the GPO they don't appear to be doing anything! I'm doing it on my local GPO and then running GPupdate on my PC and it's not changing the settings that I want changed. Mind you my PC is in the domain... do I have to take it out of the domain to test? I could shift on to doing this on a virtual PC running on my PC so I could take it off the domain...

Although the machine's in a domain, it should apply the setting. The only thing I can imagine is that a domain policy is overwriting your policy. You can check that with rsop.msc. That shows you the "winning" policies.

Also check if the settings are reflected in the registry at the right places. I see you have line breaks in there - I've had an issue with these things as they were simply reflected as two rectangles between two words of a registry key.

Sorry - I know I'm being dumb!

Certainly not. It's a process of learning - nothing else. Keep up the good work!

cheers,

Florian
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