asked on

GPO user config policies applied twice

I am new to GPO and have started implementing some new policies. The environmentn is Windows Server 2003 domain. None of my polices that are currently being applied are using loopback. The structure looks like this:
Domain/OU1(gpos: A)
OU2(gpo: B)
OU3(gpo: C, D, E, F)
UsersOU4(gpo: G, H)
DesktopsOU5(gpo I, J)

RSoP for the user looks like this:

USER SETTINGS
--------------
CN=*******/, ******,OU=IT Group,OU=Stephenville,OU=Fluid Control,OU=Energy Processing,DC=NET,DC=FMCTI,DC=COM
Last time Group Policy was applied: 1/29/2009 at 10:13:43 AM
Group Policy was applied from: ste1dc01.NET.FMCTI.COM
Group Policy slow link threshold: 500 kbps

Applied Group Policy Objects
-----------------------------
STE Browser Settings
ste1 - ie7 setting
STE1-Google Toolbar
STE1 Logon Script
STE1 Fluid Control Settings
Default Domain Policy
STE Browser Settings
ste1 - ie7 setting
STE1-Google Toolbar
STE1 Logon Script
STE1 Fluid Control Settings
Default Domain Policy

MightySW

Hi, what you need to do is click on the OU that this machine is in (under the group policy editor) and click on the group policy inheritance tab. You will see which GP's are inherited from above and which are directly linked via the location column.

If you don't want all of these applying then you will have to unlink them from both the OU directly or block inheritance (I don't recommend this).

Here is a pic of what I am speaking of.

HTH
GPO.jpg

kdr_zb229

ASKER

I understand what you are saying but the problem is that the policies are being applied twice, see previous post for details. I do not want to prevent any of them from running, I just do not want them to run Twice.

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

MightySW

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

kdr_zb229

ASKER

That did fix the issue but why does the policy apply twice in this situation? Shouldn't only the computer config protions of a policy be applied to the pc and the user config portion be applied at the time the user logs in? This seems that the user policy is applied during the PC config application and then again for the user.