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Group Policy settings are not applied on member computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1 when certain SMB signing policies are enabled

Consider the following scenario: • The following policies are enabled on a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2003 in a domain: • Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\Microsoft network Read More...

Passwords in Group Policy Preferences

Have you ever wanted to configure a preference item to include a specific user name and password? You can do so in several types of preference items, but if you are working in a high-security environment you should first consider the security ramifications Read More...

Changes to Windows 2008 Active Directory in a Nutshell

Contents : 1. Server Manager 2. Changes to Domain Controller Promotion 3. Re start able Domain Controller 4. Distributed File System Namespace - DFSN 5. Distributed File System Replication – DFSR 6. Fine Grained Password Policy 7. RSAT Tools 8. IFM Support Read More...

Loopback policy does not apply on Vista machine, if security filtering is customized

Scenario: If we create a group and assign the users to the group. Create a loopback policy for users in merge mode and assign the group to security filtering for the loopback policy and give the following permission: Read and Apply Group Policy. User Read More...

Temporary profiles are loaded in Vista?

We see the following event ID is logged in application log: Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service Date: Date Event ID: 1511 Task Category: None Level: Warning Keywords: Classic User: User Computer: Computer Description: Read More...