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Name: indysz
Date: January 6, 2005 at 06:58:34 Pacific
Subject: Group Policy not working right
OS: Windows 2003 Server
CPU/Ram: 2.8 ghz, 512
Comment:

Hi I'm new to Windows Server 2003 and I decided to make a group policy. Well I created one for an OU and when the users login to there computer the policy DOESN'T work. So I made sure the computers were also in the OU. It still doesnt work. The only way the group policy works is if that particular user logs on to to the server it's self. What am I doing wrong here? Why won't it work when users login on there own pc's?

Any help would be appreciated


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Response Number 1
Name: briantech
Date: January 6, 2005 at 07:44:19 Pacific
Subject: Group Policy not working right
Reply: (edit)

Where did you apply the GPO at? there are some GPO's that only work on the domain and OU levels, like password changes, those GPO's only work on the domain level.. etc.


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Response Number 2
Name: briantech
Date: January 6, 2005 at 07:45:28 Pacific
Subject: Group Policy not working right
Reply: (edit)

One other thing, is this GPO a Machine or User gpo?


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Response Number 3
Name: normajean
Date: January 6, 2005 at 12:39:50 Pacific
Subject: Group Policy not working right
Reply: (edit)

Group policy does not take effect immediately when you create it. You have to type a command to refresh group policy or reboot the server for the change to take place.

Type gpupdate at the Run command to refresh the policy immediately.


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Response Number 4
Name: briantech
Date: January 6, 2005 at 16:33:23 Pacific
Subject: Group Policy not working right
Reply: (edit)

gpupdate is really only good for user update's not machine updates, I would reboot the computer


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