User Setting GPO is not shown on the PC.
We have a new group policy which makes some Control Panel/Personalization changes in the User Configuration.
We link this GPO to a Test User OU and move my own AD account to to the OU.
I run gpupdate/force on my PC (login as myself) and run gpresult. I still do not see that User Settings policy appears.
Please advise.
Thanks.
We link this GPO to a Test User OU and move my own AD account to to the OU.
I run gpupdate/force on my PC (login as myself) and run gpresult. I still do not see that User Settings policy appears.
Please advise.
Thanks.
ASKER
Ok, now I see it in User Settings when I typed gpresult.
The GPO makes changes in the User Configuration. Can I apply it to OU that contain computers and expect it to work?
In our environment, we only group computers but we do not group users. I also do not want to apply the GPO directly under our domain.
Please advise again.
Thank you!!
The GPO makes changes in the User Configuration. Can I apply it to OU that contain computers and expect it to work?
In our environment, we only group computers but we do not group users. I also do not want to apply the GPO directly under our domain.
Please advise again.
Thank you!!
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ASKER
Sorry, I follow your way: edit my GPO>computer configuration>administrati
Sorry, I should have asked this first: what server version are you using?
If you are using Server 2012 the full path is:
Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Group Policy
The full name of the setting is:
Configure user Group Policy loopback processing mode
The setting should be set to Enabled.
Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Group Policy
The full name of the setting is:
Configure user Group Policy loopback processing mode
The setting should be set to Enabled.
ASKER
we use Windows 2008.
I just enable "User Group Policy Loopback Processing Mode" and set it to replace.
I move my workstation to a test OU that links to that GPO (the one that modifies the User Configurations). I run gpupdate/force and run gpresult /R, I do not see the GPO in User Settings.
I just enable "User Group Policy Loopback Processing Mode" and set it to replace.
I move my workstation to a test OU that links to that GPO (the one that modifies the User Configurations). I run gpupdate/force and run gpresult /R, I do not see the GPO in User Settings.
ASKER
I just tried Merge mode and same result.
Please advise again.
Please advise again.
Bear in mind that a computer policy takes effect on startup rather than login so you will have to restart the computer which the policy is targeting. Have you rebooted the PC?
ASKER
rebooting now. I think I have to use "Merge" mode in my case, right?
Yes, you should use the Merge mode. Did the GPO apply after a reboot?
ASKER
Works.
One last question, I need to apply that GPO to a Windows 8 PC. Is GPUPDATE & GPRESULT the commands to use?
One last question, I need to apply that GPO to a Windows 8 PC. Is GPUPDATE & GPRESULT the commands to use?
Yes, that will work on Windows 8 as well.
Have you checked that there is no security filtering on the linked GPO? When you run the gpresult /r command does the policy name appear at all in the results? If so it should tell you what, if anything, is blocking the GPO from being applied to the user. If not, then check that the GPO is enabled, linked to the appropriate OU and not being blocked by any inheritance/filter settings.
Kind regards,