[gptalk] Re: New to the list, vexing issue here...

  • From: "Alan & Margaret" <syspro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:28:42 +1000

Hi Stephen,

 

To set the homepage, you just need to write the value to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main - Homepage . You
can do this via your own ADM template if you like. 

 

As to try and resolving your problem I would suggest that you activate Group
policy logging and look at the UserEnv log. I have a free program on the
internet that helps enabling the log and viewing the results. You can
download it from http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir
<http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=policyreporter.shtml>
&f=policyreporter.shtml

 

It should help you a lot at showing all the steps involved, right down to
applying the ADM component of the policy and the actually registry keys. If
you have trouble interpreting it, post the log and I can look at it for you.

 

Alan Cuthbertson

 

 

 Policy Management Software:-

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<http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=pol_summary.shtml>
&f=pol_summary.shtml

 

ADM Template Editor:-

http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir
<http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=adm_summary.shtml>
&f=adm_summary.shtml

 

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From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Stephen Barash
Sent: Friday, 3 October 2008 7:40 AM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: New to the list, vexing issue here...

 

Hello Jamie, thanks for the reply

 

All under user config, always use gpupdate /force.

 

I do use an IE maintenance to set the home page. Wish I could get rid of it,
but I don't know of a way to force home page without it.

 

Question about the test, is there any way I can get an accurate gpresult on
a legacy user without instructing them to do a gpupdate /force? I just put a
security deny on the IE maintenance GP for a legacy user, but gpresults for
the user show the GP is still applying.

 

-Stephen

 

Stephen R. Barash

Clever Ducks-Computer Network Services

1413 Monterey Street

San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

p.805.543.1930 x15

www.cleverducks.com

 

From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 2:10 PM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: New to the list, vexing issue here...

 

Hmmm, strange. Do you have any older IE Maintenance Policy GPOs still in
your environment? Sometimes they can conflict with Admin Template settings
and produce odd results.

 

Have you tried a "gpupdate /force" for an existing user to see if that kicks
things into gear for you?

 

Jamie Nelson | Operations Consultant | BI&T Infrastructure-Intel | Devon
Energy Corporation | Work: 405.552.8054 | Mobile: 405.200.8088 |
http://www.dvn.com <http://www.dvn.com/> 

 

From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Stephen Barash
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 4:01 PM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] New to the list, vexing issue here...

 

Hello folks, I've been trying to roll out Administrative Template IE7
Intranet security zone changes via group policy for a long time. Gpmodeling
shows the changes for existing users. With gpresults, the changes are never
picked up - gpupdate doesn't help.

 

If I create a new user, the new user does pick up these changes. But no-go
on the hundreds of existing users.

 

This is a load balanced terminal server environment, with roaming profiles.
I thought this may be a 'tatooing' issue, but tools like Clean Registry
Policy Utility don't seem appropriate as user profiles are stored at a
centralized location on a file server.

 

Any suggestions? Especially for a way to propagate these changes en masse?

 

Thanks!

Stephen

 

 

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