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NT Policies
Name: Richard Date: March 9, 2000 at 19:33:59 Pacific
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Help. How do you get NT policies to work. We follow instructions and store the policy as ntconfig.pol in the netlogon share. When we then log on at either the server or a workstation (NT4) the policy dosn't load.
Name: Justin Date: March 10, 2000 at 05:33:15 Pacific
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I do know that it takes 2 full reboots for the policy to take effect. Try that first. Make sure they don't have any overriding policies at their local machine either.
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Response Number 2
Name: HelperK Date: March 10, 2000 at 06:05:42 Pacific
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....And/Or stop and start the Net Logon service. If System Policy does not take effect, re-evaluate the policies themselves.
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Response Number 3
Name: Dean Date: March 11, 2000 at 01:05:52 Pacific
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Plus you associate the user/groups with the policy you created in Pole Edit.. or whatever it is! :)
(just in case..)
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Response Number 4
Name: Richard Date: March 12, 2000 at 15:07:04 Pacific
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Thanks for the advise. We'll give it a go and see if it works.
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Response Number 5
Name: Pete Date: March 12, 2000 at 15:23:42 Pacific
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May be worth attributing a batch script to run when the ntws logs on to the pcd. Also need to assign a home directory on the nt box from user manager for domains.
Summary: Hi all, I am the administrator of a small Windows NT 4.0 network. I have been experimenting with NT policies and have run into trouble. I have accidentally applied a VERY restrictive system policy t...
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