Search

Search for words used in entries on this website

Enter the words[s] to search for here:

Sponsors

Real-World GPMC Troubleshooting

With nearly 1,000 settings available in Windows Server 2003 Group Policy, troubleshooting is a burdensome and often frustrating experience for administrators. The most frequent problem—by far—for group policy application is failure of the policy to work as expected.

So Many Policies, So Little Time. Microsoft gave us some rudimentary tools in Windows 2000 Server to help, including:

• Gpotool
  
• Userenv.log
  
• Gpresult

As good as these tools are, there are some serious deficiencies. For instance, debugging a GPO failure involves getting the user to log on to the computer with his account; running Gpresult.exe; saving it to a file; then passing the file to the administrator for analysis. Multiplying that process several times during testing quickly becomes frustrating for everyone concerned. (continue at source)

Name:			Remember personal info? Yes No
Email:
URL:
Comment:		Emoticons / Textile
Before sending a comment, you have to correctly answer a simple question you know the answer to. This is a countermeasure against automated spam bots. What are the first four letters of Techlog?     ( Register your username / Log in )
Notify:		Yes, send me email when someone replies.
Hide email:		Yes, hide my email address.
Small print: All html tags except <b> and <i> will be removed from your comment. You can make links by just typing the url or mail-address.