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Blocking domain group policy on a local machine in Workgroup
I have created a VM for Win XP which is running now in a Win 8 host system using Hyper-V.
This Win XP VM was initially connected to the my company's domain but now disconnected and is part of the ...
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Change group policy using windows CMD
I want to change the group policy setting that applies the value of the Windows Update WSUS server location HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUServer and HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\...
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Run a script at logoff on XP Home?
Is this possible without having a process running continuously, listening for WM_QUERYENDSESSION or similar? (or worse still, loading a DLL into the Winlogon process)
(Also unacceptable: write a ...
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Pushing out LGP to many machines without AD
I have a school with 50 Windows machines that I would like to make edits to prevent the kids from changing the wallpapers ect... when they log into a student account.
We don't have a Windows Server ...
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How do I configure privileges for a Standard user account?
How do I limit the features of a Standard user account, without affecting the Admin account?
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OptimumX Delete Profiles - Windows XP machines
Created a GPO to run a batch file on shutdown for domain XP computers - with the purpose of deleting old user profiles.
For this I am using an application called DeleteProfiles from OptimumX.
cd C:\
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Is there any way to connect to my WinXP computer remotely using RDC when its disabled in settings?
I forgot to enable the checkbox "Allow Users to connect remotely to this computer" in "My computer" properties of my work computer. (WinXP SP3). Now I need to RDC (mstsc) to this computer from a ...
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Require password after screen saver
In the screen saver settings for xp/w7
Our "wait time" and "On resume, display logon screen" are greyed out.
We've been told there is no group policy to cause this. Wait time is set to 15 minutes and ...
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Editing GPO Programmatically
I have a batch file that I'm using to update a large group of computers. This batch file works, for the most part. Where it fails is when the computer has been set up to "Disable Active Desktop" under ...
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How to restore Active Desktop if Themes is locked via GPO?
My company forces Active Desktop upon everybody so that it can display a (monthly-rotated) corporate wallpaper.jpg.
Problem is, some computers (including my laptop) somehow experienced some errors ...
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Is auditing possible on Windows XP Home Edition?
Although Windows XP Professional has (a lot more) control over Security issues, Windows XP Home Edition does allow the regular user to probe around and allows to set Security settings on folders and ...
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Deny Execute Access on Removable drives (Windows XP)
I have my old computer with "Windows XP" on it. I was thinking if I could prevent the execution of .EXE .BAT .VBS and .LNK on Removable Devices. I can't find "Deny Execute Access" on Group Policy. Is ...
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Set Windows XP desktop background with group policy
I need to set a specific desktop background picture to a number of Windows XP machines.
Is it possible to use some group policy for this or must I do it one by one?
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Disable Access to Drives for Limited Users in Windows
How can I restrict users from accessing certain drives or partitions for Limited User Account in Windows XP/Vista/7. Kinldy guide me, there was something about Group User policy but guide me in steps ...
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Windows Update when Group Policy Forbids
I am in the administrators group for my local Windows XP machine and I would like to get updates via http://update.microsoft.com/[1]. However, this is prevented via the group policy:
Network policy ...
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