RE: Should this GPO setting Apply?
- From: lozza <lozza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:41:00 -0800
Hey Guys,
Okay, although I have not found an answer yet, I *think* I have made some
progress and am on the right lines, again if anyone has any comments please
do let me know.
..... after a lot of googling everything was pointing to the fact that I MUST
HAVE at some point applied the Outlook ADM to the def-dom-pol with the
setting for 'default path for PST Files' pointing to my network location.
After applying it I must have ripped out the ADM template from the
def-dom-pol and applied it specifically to the OU where I wanted the GPO to
apply. Hence this *probably* caused GPMC to give the output of 'display names
for some setting cannot be found....'
So... in an attempt to correct this.... Within the def-dom-pol I added the
Outlook ADM template back in... And set the setting for the PST path to 'not
configured'.. . Rebooted an XP client, logged in with a new user but still
outlook is pushing the path of the PST to the network store.
The strange thing still is even though I have configured the setting now to
'Not Configured' (and hence it does not now display in the GPMC settings tab
for the def-dom-pol GPO as being set at all) AND the ONLY policy that is
applied to Users (for new user created after this change as well) is the
def-dom-pol, the users registry hive is still showing the network path in the
ForcePST registry setting under
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\Outlook..... which I thought was a
protected registry area that doesn;t suffer from tatooing... is this
tatooing?
My head kind of spinning now... as i think i am getting out of my depth...
any steer would be great.
lozza
"lozza" wrote:
Hi Guys,.
I am confused by what is going on here.... looking for some help:
In AD i have an OU with a GPO applied. This GPO, as well as other users
settings, sets User Configuration\Administrative Tools\Microsoft Office
Outlook 2003\Miscellaneous\PST Settings\Default location for PST files.... to
a network location (I dont have any other option!). Now my understanding was
that this should apply to all users within the OU that is GPO is linked to...
and it does, just fine, was happy until today
However....
When I create a new user in AD, and place him in any other OU that does not
have this GPO linked to it (only the Default domain Policy), this setting
still applies to the user when configuring outlook... it shouldn't, should it?
So... I went into GPMC, clicked OU the user sits in on the left hand side,
clicked 'Group Policy Inheritance' tab on the right pane and see that ONLY
the Default Domain Policy is being applied... which it should be... good
So... I clicked on the Default domain policy on the left hand side pane of
GPMC and on the right hand side pane clicked the settings tab which shows me
all configured settings within this GPO. AND THERE IT WAS! under User
Configuration, Administrative Templates, Extra Registry Settings it says:
'Display names for some settings cannot be found. You might be able to
resolve this issue by updating the .ADM files used by Group Policy
Management'
and directly under that it specifies:
Setting: Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\ForcePSTPath
State: \\Network File server where PSTs are stored in the GPO its configured
for...
So why is setting also in my Default Domain Policy, when I open the Policy
to configure it I dont see it set, in fact I dont see any of the Microsoft
Office stuff in this GPO as I didn't add any administrative templates to the
Default Domain GPO
Truly confused and a bit worried that I've messed my default domain
policy... does anyone know what i;m talking about?
Lozz
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