Questions tagged [group-policy]
Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that control the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts.
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Replacement for gpedit.msc in Windows 7 Home edition
I have been trying to edit the rights for an account on a Windows 7 Home Pro machine. I would normally use gpedit.msc to to this, but it doesn't seem to be included in the home versions of 7.
What ...
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windows 2003 server folder redirect problem
i have installed windows 2003 server as a domain controller.
its working fine. i have also configured home directory for each user its also working fine.
in the group policy i have applied the ...
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What IE settings do IT folks need to control? [closed]
I am building a customized distro of IE and anticipate the need for IT shops to apply their policies to it. Anyone have experience with this and know what needs to be controlled by IT. Also, what is ...
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Can Windows 7 enable Folder Redirection via Group Policy?
I'd like to enable folder redirection on my stand-alone Windows 7 Pro box. Is that possible?
The Group Policy Editor shown in the Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide has a Folder Redirection ...
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Windows XP remove certain abilities for groups
In my environment, I want to prevent temporary users(guests and such), from shutting down the computer. From within Windows.
I would have thought this option would be listed in the USER/Groups ...
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To disable View - Explorer Bar - Folders Option in Internet Explorer 6.0
Are there any Registry Settings or GP's that I can use to ensure that View - Explorer Bar - Folders option is disabled in IE 6.0 for a particular user alone.
We have already disabled the Address Bar,...
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Applying settings from a GPO to a mac
Ive got a few macs onto my domain and now im having a couple of issues with the GPOs, mainly none of them apply.
I didnt expect most of them to apply, certianly my MSI instalers and lockdowns but i ...
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Folder Redirection Doesn't work in Windows 7 or Vista
I am running a Windows Server 2003 Domain, and most of our clients are Windows XP. In the Domain Policy I have folder redirection turned on for Documents and Desktop. This works great on my XP ...
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Making an XP based computer apply policy template to only certain users
I have a device running Windows XP that is not on a domain. I want to lock the non-admin user down.
I got the SteadyState .adm templates files for lock down (using SteadyState caused problems with my ...
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Local Group Policy in Windows 7 - Roll back to default settings?
Is there an option in Local Group Policy (LGP) under Windows 7 to switch back to the default settings as they were before user changed them in LGP?
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Windows Components section is missing from my Add/Remove Programs
I'm guessing it's a group policy thing, because I have to run appwiz.cpl from cmd to launch the add / remove programs window.
Is there a command line utility to control windows components? If not, ...
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Alternative to gpedit.msc for Windows Home editions? [duplicate]
Is there an alternative to gpedit.msc for "Home" versions of Windows (ie: Vista Home Premium)?
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Vista Group Policy Editor via run "gpedit.msc" not found
When I try and run the group policy editor, via gpedit.msc, I get an error message "Windows could not find gpedit.msc, please try again, etc." How can I fix this and access the Group Policy editor?
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