Server 2008 GPO and Windows 7
I currently have two 2008 domain controllers. The workstations are all XP. All GPO's were working just fine. Forced Corporate desktop & Redirected My Docs folder are the main 2 in question. I recently implemented some Windows 7 machines and these GPO's do not stick. Do I need to upgrade the domain to R2 in order to properly control the Windows 7 machines via GPO?
Joseph Moody
No. What do you mean by don't stick? Do they show up if you run gpresult on the machines?
What version of Windows 7 are you running on the client machines?
ASKER
I have not run a GPRESULT yet on the machines, and the version is either PRO or BUSINESS. I was under the impression that Windows Server 2008 came out before windows 7. And because of this it did not have the correct policies. Such as the Windows 7 Themes. I created a corporate wallpaper and assigned it via GPO. Every XP machine took the policy and displayed the wallpaper as specified in the GPO. The Windows 7 machines did not.
Do the windows 7 machines have the wallpaper? Are you pointing the wall paper to a local file (Ex: C:\Windows\Web\wallpaper.j
ASKER
No, it is a UNC path placed in the GPO.... Works on the XP boxes!! And, I am redirecting the My Documents folder to their Home Directories (H: Drives) and they are reporting that it works SOMETIMES.
Do a gpresult /h on an xp and windows 7 machine. Upload both files here.
Ex:
on windows 7, open command prompt and type
gpresult /h 7.htm.
Ex:
on windows 7, open command prompt and type
gpresult /h 7.htm.
ASKER
Can't I run GPRESLT from a DC in the GPMC, or is it best from the workstation?
Gpresult shows you the group policy processing results from the computer it is ran on. Run it from an XP and a 7 machine. This will allow us to compare the results.
Everything looks fine for those two policies. Do you see any errors in the event log?
ASKER
This is the System event viewer for the Windows 7 PC. I cleared the logs, ran GPUPDATE /FORCE, rebooted the PC, and saved the log attached. Please review and let me know what you think. WIN7CSV.csv
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