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John Hoge
Asked: 2011-07-07 08:05:44 +0800 CST

Group policy not applying to new win7 box

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I just took delivery of a new desktop from Dell with win7 pro preinstalled. I removed the preinstalled dell crapware and then installed the software I really needed, ran updates and joined my domain. To my surprise I found that the group policy settings that customized my the home page to the company intranet did not apply.

It's strange because I had just created a new win7 VM and installed the OS from scratch. After the domain join, the homne page was set by group policy as normal. I really haven't changed this GP setting in a few years and it has always worked without a hitch.

I guess the next time I get a new box from Dell I'll format the HD and install Windows from scratch. That's not a great option right now because I've already installed all of my apps.

Anybody know how I can debug this and possibly get these GPOs working without a full reinstall?

group-policy windows-7

3 Answers

  1. You might want to try running:

    gpupdate /force

    from the command line, or perhaps: 

    rsop

    to run the Resultant Set of Policy tool which will allow you to examine the GPOs that are being applied.

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  2. Look at the Resultant Set of Policy.

    Verify that the computer is in the correct OU to get the GPO pushed to it.

    Run gpupdate /force

    Look in the eventvwr for failed GPO settings.

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  3. Use RSOP and gpresult to debug the issue.

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