Apr
19
Note: This article applies to the deployment steps outlined in the following TechNet article: Deploy Office 2010 by using Group Policy computer startup scripts Symptom: Upon trying to deploy Microsoft Office 2010 using group policy and the OCT (Office Customization tool), Office Setup launches, but immediately returns the following error: Setup Error: Path or file …
Apr
19
Note: This article applies to the deployment steps outlined in the following TechNet article: Deploy Office 2010 by using Group Policy computer startup scripts Symptom: Upon attempting deployment of Microsoft Office 2010 using group policy and OCT (the Office Customization Tool), the following error is logged in %LogLocation%: %day% %time% Setup ended with error code …
Mar
13
Problem: Users logging on to an Active Directory domain across a relatively slow VPN link will unreliably apply group policies. This article deals with user policies specifically, not computer policies. Solution: Although the ultimate solution to this problem would be to cure the root cause of the group policies not being applied, my reason for …
Aug
09
**Note from the Author: Although this may be helpful for older OS versions, the process below is no longer the correct method. There are many reasons that a network administrator may want to synchronize the clocks on all Windows computers across the Active Directory domain. The following steps will demonstrate how to easily accomplish that …
Apr
12
Sometimes it is useful to leverage the power of Group Policy in Active Directory to add sites to certain security zones in Internet Explorer. This can save the network admin the trouble of managing the security zone lists for each computer (or user) separately. In the following example, each user on the network needs to …
Feb
08
Situation: An organization has users that log into workstations interactively and also log into a Terminal Server with the same user account, but stricter policies are desired for the Terminal Server session than for the users’ interactive session with their own computer. Also, certain users (such as Administrators) should be exempt from these policies. ex: …
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