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AndrewMcHale
Posts:0
 | | 05/15/2009 4:44 PM |
| Hi all,
If I'm correct RSoP doesn't show GP Preference settings? (Unless it puts
it in as registry entries?)
How can I troubleshoot GPO's containing GPP settings at the client side?
E.G. Is the workstation picking them all up, are they deploying
correctly?
Darren, as if we don't ask enough of you already, a whitepaper or blog
post on systematic GP troubleshooting (Look here, if this is ok then
look here, if that is ok then look here, etc) or a summary of all the
troubleshooting tools (GPMC, GPEdit, RSoP, GPResult, Event Viewer, etc)
would really help me.
Many thanks
Andrew
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| Darren
Posts:103
| | 05/15/2009 4:44 PM |
| Andrew-
RSoP does show GPP settings, as long as you are running it from a Vista,
SP1 or 2008 box (2003 or XP-based GPMC won't show it). The only thing that
RSoP won't do correctly with respect to GPP is evaluate whether Item-level
targets within the settings have evaluated to true or false-they will all
show up as true.
As for whether they are getting picked up correctly, if you go to
download.microsoft.com and search on "Group Policy Preferences ADMX",
you'll find the GPP ADMX files that you can install. What these do after you
put them in c:\windows\policydefinitions (or the Central Store) is add a
container under Computer Config\Admin Templates\System\Group Policy\Logging
and Tracing that exposes trace logging for each GPP extension. This is
probably the best bet for tracking down problems that may be occurring after
RSoP reports that a setting did or did not get delivered.
As for a whitepaper on troubleshooting-I actually have an old one out on
GPOGUY.COM that I probably need to update. Also, if anyone is interested,
I'm doing a 3 part video webinar for Windows IT Pro magazine on GP
Troubleshooting, in June. More info is here:
http://windowsitpro.com/elearning/index.cfm?http://windowsitpro.com/elearnin
g/index.cfm?fuseaction=dynamic
<http://windowsitpro.com/elearning/index.cfm?http://windowsitpro.com/elearni
ng/index.cfm?fuseaction=dynamic&v=5162&p=5206&code=&eventid=29&code=whatsnew
> &v=5162&p=5206&code=&eventid=29&code=whatsnew
It does cost some nominal amount, I believe, but perhaps worth it for some.
Darren
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Subject: [gptalk] How to check a workstation is receiving Preferences (GPP)
Hi all,
If I'm correct RSoP doesn't show GP Preference settings? (Unless it puts it
in as registry entries?)
How can I troubleshoot GPO's containing GPP settings at the client side?
E.G. Is the workstation picking them all up, are they deploying correctly?
Darren, as if we don't ask enough of you already, a whitepaper or blog post
on systematic GP troubleshooting (Look here, if this is ok then look here,
if that is ok then look here, etc) or a summary of all the troubleshooting
tools (GPMC, GPEdit, RSoP, GPResult, Event Viewer, etc) would really help
me.
Many thanks
Andrew
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