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Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that control the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. Group Policy provides the centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users' settings in an Active Directory environment.

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Forcing disable of Google Account synchronization of extension on a per-extension basis

We have authored a Chrome extension and would like to ensure that our extension does not at any time participate in being sync'd using Google Account synchronization, even if the user has specified in the Advanced sync settings dialog that…
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Run Two Command Line Commands on Shutdown Group Policy

I am trying to run the following commands on start up for particular computers in a particular OU: del "file_destination" REG ADD "registry_key" /v "value" /d "" /f I created a batch file with the above commands, but I do not know if the batch…
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Best strategy for installing cygwin under restrictive IT policies?

My organization has a group policy in effect that will only allow executable programs to reside under the Program Files (or Program Files X86) directory. Obviously, these directories are not writable by normal users. I have access to local admin…
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PowerShell: Get-EventLog and Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy

This question maybe dump, but how can I query the 'special' event log called 'Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational'? Get-EventLog -Source "GroupPolicy" -LogName "Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational" fails and below as well...…
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Log files for group policy application deployment

I'm looking into using group policy to deploy a couple of applications. I want to have the log of each installation written to a shared folder on a file server for tracking purposes. I can create the log if I pass the appropriate parameters. For…
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Roaming functionality in windows 7

I am creating a client application. This application just give users some choices and saves their choices inside 'C:\Users\Userid\AppData\Roaming\Custom1\Config1' as text Files. I assumed that if the user logs in from other machine in the same…
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Program Blocked by Group Policy - Windows 7

I am facing issue while running a EXE. I ahve tried all possible way avialble on net as far as I did research. 1) Go to gpedit.msc-computer configuration-windows settings-security settings-local policies-security options.Change "User Account…
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Explorer not starting after logon script ran

I set a batch script to run at logon using GPO that runs an exe. The exe runs, but Explorer doesn't start until after I stop the exe For example, say this is my batch file: notepad.exe This will open notepad on a black background; no task bar, no…
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RDP users can't access website even though it's mapped to the intranet zone and enhanced security is off

I have a MS access 2003 database which includes a webbrowser control to allow users to visit one specific website. This MS access database is accessed via RDP on Windows Server 2008 R2. I should also mention that this access mdb is set up as their…
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Is it possible to use batch scripting to retrieve Windows Server Group Policy Value?

Is there any batch command that will allow me to retrieve the value of the particular group policy in Windows server? Some thing like gpedit.msc did, but I want it in command line cause I want to convert those value to the format that I…
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Cannot Create new Group Policy Object (GPO)

I was tasked to create a script where I can automated the configurations of group policy objects (GPO) using PowerShell. I'm creating a new GPO using this command: New-GPO -Name "foo" But, whenever I try to create a new GPO, I always encounter this…
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How to block websites from AD DC Windows Server 2012

How to block websites from Active Directory Domain Controller Windows Server 2012 request form our company.. to block YouTube.com from Domain controller ( which is windows server 2012) from morning 9am to evening 5pm. how can i achieve this…
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Why doesn't group policy settingS get changed?

I am trying to change some windows settings by group policy settings using C#. My application creates sub-keys in the group policy objects section successfully, But some times they doesn't work. For example i am trying to disable desktop using…
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Batch Command to Copy Group Policy User Files to Sub-Folder with Unknown Name

I'm working on a project where I need to sysprep a windows 7 image. I need to create a batch script to delete the existing files and sub folders inside another folder with an unknowable name located within the windows/system32/GroupPolicyUsers…
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.NET Group Policy\Machine folder

I have a unique requirement (let's just leave it at that) to access the System32\GroupPolicy\Machine folder from C#. I can browse to the directory with full control, but when accessing from C# I get the following error: Could not find a part of the…
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