Re: Group Policy

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You know, out of curiosity, I joined a Vista Ultimate VM to my domain and the GP works with Vista. Is XP not compatible with Server 2008 Enterprise?

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de> wrote in message news:6cb2911d9de48cc3780aab07b67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello John,

You have configured/linked the GPO within GPMC, so start with Computer/User configuration,.............................etc.

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Where is the path located?

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Hello John,

Check that the IE version is supported, shown in the settings
description. Please post the path to the GPO setting.

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yes, and all looks good. Here is the strange part. My group policy
took affect on the server and not the client. What do you think?

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de> wrote in message
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Hello John,

Did you check with RSOP.msc that the changes are shown?

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I added a few URLs to IE for testing purposes. I ran the below
command and logged off and logged on. Still, my changes are not
there. I know I am missing something here.

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de> wrote in message
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Hello John,

Group policy refresh is done automatically between 90-120
minutes. If you like to changes immediately you have to make sure
changes are replicated between all DCs and then run gpupdate
/force on the client machine to update the settings.

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I can make all types of changes in the group policy manager, but
I do not see any changes on the client side. What the heck am I
doing wrong?

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Hello John,

RSOP is to view the current settings. Changes you have to do in
the GPO.

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Thank you. I did what you said and when I go to make changes
in the Resultant Set of Policy, everything is grayed out. Any
ideas?

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de> wrote in
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Hello John,

The client must be located in the OU where the GPO is linked
to. After that run gpupdate /force on the client or restart
the machine. Now you should see in gpresult /v that the GPO
is listed as applied and rsop.msc should show you all the
settings on the client.

Keep in mind that there exists a computer and user
configuration part, so also the user has to be located in the
OU if you configure user settings in the GPO.

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Yes, I actually got this part established after I posted it.
OK, so how to my modifications that I make on the server
affect the client? This where I am stuck.

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de> wrote in
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Hello John,

You use the Group policy management console on the 2008
server to create the policy and the on the OU rightclick
and choose link an existing GPO(or similar).

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that's where I am confused. How do you link the GPO to the
client machine?

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de> wrote in
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Hello John,

Yes, you can configure GPO for IE startpage and also hide
some settings. On the client machine, which must be
located in the OU where the GPO is linked to, NOT the
computers CONTAINER, run gpupdate /force and then check
with gpresult /v or rsop.msc in a command prompt if the
GPO is applied. I suggest that you not change both
default policies, on domain level and domain controllers
OU.

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Hello everyone! I am running Server 2008 Enterprise and
so far all seems to be running well. At this point with
my server, I would like to control a few of the settings
with my XP clients. At logon, I would like my XP clients
to point to a certain website and I would like to hide a
few settings.

Is that done through group policy? I started to play
with the Group Policy preference, which seems to be a
new feature of Server '08. However, with the changes I
have made, I don't see them with the client.

Am I missing something?

Thank you.

~John



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