I,m trying to restrict users to only Use Outlook for emails by createing a
hash Rule to stop outlook express from running so far without luck.Is this a
case of Microsoft allowing all its products to run despite or am i missing
something I have so far carried out all steps by the ...

I have looked through the GPOs and I can't find what is causing this
problem.  Windows XP sp1 clients, Windows 2000 AD
"They" are hiding the drives from the user to try and stop the user
from using C drive for storage (it's not working, but "they" don't

I'm running a Windows Server 2003 and I'd like to install the Group Policy
Management Console.  The version I find on the MS download site requires sp1
and I'm not ready to install that yet.  Does anyone know where I can find a
previous version of GPMC that will install on my ...

I've created several group policies in our Windows 2003 AD domain, but none
of our XP clients are able to apply the policy. Running GPresult produces
this:
The following GPOs were not applied because they were filtered out

I wonder if you someone help me please? I have installed EZ GPO but I'm
having a bit of trouble getting it to work as it should.
I followed the instructions that came with it and installed the ADM
template on the company domain (even though I only wanted to initially

I have domain server with Win2K advanced sp4 with active directory. I
am trying to set up a standalone machine (win2k Professional OS latest
SP) where users can surf the net. On the Domain Policy I tried to use
the Internet Explorer Maintenance connections settings to specify the

After creating and applying a user gpo, I can't close explorer windows. I
receive a message that this action has been prohibited by the
administrator.
Anyone know what I have done wrong ? Can't seem to find it in the policy.

I have a class where students login as administrators to WinXP machines. I'd
like for them to be able to view network settings (like IP address and DNS
servers) without being able to make changes to those settings. Is there a
policy that accomplishes this?

Hi I was wondering what are the best practices to lock down the
administrative points so users cannot browse to it.  Also it is not too
restrictive so GPO won't run.  Please let me know.
Dharmesh

Is it better to have 1 GPO with 300 setting defined in it.....or 3 GPOs with
100 settings defined in each one?...
What are the Pros and Cons of each?

I have setup a user policy that does a good job locking down a server for
specific users.
The 2 things that I find that they can still do are:
1. Right click on the desktop and select new and create a new item.

In our main office with over 200 users, I have a handful that have to wait up
to 10 minutes sometimes for their drives to map.  I am using a simple VBS
script in the OU GPO.  It works great for 98% of the users all the time.  
After a few minutes, the drives all appear and the ...

I am running a test lab with only 1 DC and 1 XP computers.
My DC crashed and I had to reinstall the server and AD.
I had to "rejoin" my computer to the domain put my XP kept the old GPO
settings.

I installed a new DC on my LAN but made it a totally different domain for
testing purposes, and joined my Windows 2000 PC to the new domain. But
according to GPRESULT, I am still receiving Group Policy settings from the
old domain.

As we have several administrator accounts in our domain, we need to put a
procedure in place to audit any modifications to the group policies. Any
ideas on how to do this with Windows's built-in auditing features? Are there
any specific event ids associated with changes made to ...