Ok.. got handed the task to roll complex rotating passwords. Currenly the
default domain policy is not linked and sits in the group policy objects
folder with all fields set as Not Defined. My boss was trying to figure this
out and created a new policy and it is currently linked ...

Can we do password policy by OU ?  We have 1 real policy where one
group of users will have to change their password every 40 days.  The
other group can have their password set to never expire.  Thanks.

We are trying to avoid multiple domains and setup multiple password
policies in a single domain.  We want our staff to have a 10 character
minimum password that changes every 40 days and students to stay the
same.  We have tried this in a test environment where in the DC

Can I use GPOs to enforce:
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Display the My Computer, Network Neighbourhood, My Documents and IE
icons on the desktop.

I want to enable the installation of ActiveX components for Intranet sites
for our desktop PCs (XP-SP2-IE6).
I've set the GPO:
Windows Components/Internet Explorer/Internet Control Panel/Security

A very strange one that I have been able to sort of put down to Group
Policy in some way shape or form.
We have an external website used to upload content, it makes use of
Adobe Flash for the content uploading etc. Whenever I try and upload

I am about to deploy about 1400 computers that need to have a local group
policy change made.  I need to be able to write a script that will add power
users to the "load and unload device drivers" local policy in order to avoid
having to add printers for every user that wants one ...

Hey guys GPO provides a great security...i was just wondering is it also
possible for GPO to ask for password to verify authentication?

I'm trying to set our software distribution point up on a DFSRoot this is
hosted on a clustered Windows 2003 file server.
I've setup the DFSRoot and software dist file share using Cluster
Administrator and applied Read permissions to Authenticated Users on both as

I'm trying to set some user settings for people that login to specific
computers.  The computers are spread out over different OU's.  I have
Loopback Processing Mode set to merge, but it doesn't seem to be working
correctly.  When I run RSoP, it doesn't show it getting applied at ...

I have a need to be able to set the password age for one particular user
differently than the rest. In other words, our global domain password
settings require domain passwords be changed every 180 days and the user is
prompted to change starting 14 days out from expiration. I ...

I'm going to re-post my previous post that i had in the terminal services
group.. Any help is appreciated.. Thanks
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Managing adm templates is a tricky business and requires that all

We are deploying new pc’s in the company
Win XP, Office 2003 and IE7 with all the latest patches and service packs
I created a GPO that defines URL/favourites and links
Settings are “place favourites and links at the top …” enabled

I need some assistance in managing local group policies (LGPs) on my XP Pro
SP2 machines.  These machines are in a 2003 domain and those policies are
fine.  My question relates to managing the LPGs on these machines, either in
out of the domain.   I need to do this because these ...

Hopefully this is the best NG for this issue:
I have set up about a dozen or more Windows 2003, R2 servers on our AD
domain of about 8000 computers.  On each of these I have set up the Windows
Firewall with exceptions for things such as File Sharing and Remote Desktop,