I created a TempTestou where I have my test machine sitting and created a GPO
named test for desktop and it is not working. I configured settings under
user configuration ->Administrative Templete ->Desktop and applied. How do I
link the test gpo to the machine which is under my Temp Testou.

Thanks!

boba wrote:
> I created a TempTestou where I have my test machine sitting and
> created a GPO named test for desktop and it is not working. I
> configured settings under user configuration ->Administrative
> Templete ->Desktop and applied. How do I link the test gpo to the
> machine which is under my Temp Testou.
>
> Thanks!

user settings apply to the user. Is the user object in the same OU as your
policy is linked?

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/kj

It is this machine in my Temp Testou to which I am trying to apply this
policy to.
Means any user login to this machine the policy setting should apply to: not
to be able to change desktop or not to be able to delete my docs folder from
desktop etc.

"boba" wrote:

> I created a TempTestou where I have my test machine sitting and created a GPO
> named test for desktop and it is not working. I configured settings under
> user configuration ->Administrative Templete ->Desktop and applied. How do I
> link the test gpo to the machine which is under my Temp Testou.
>
> Thanks!

User configuration applies to users.
Computer configuration applies to computers.

One exception (in 2003). You can put a User configuration on an OU with
a terminal server in it, and the user configuration will apply to the
users on the terminal server, albeit the users are not in that OU. But,
this is _only_ for terminal servers. For workstations etc, user
configuration will only apply when user is in the OU's the user
configuration applies to.

So simply put, putting a user configuration GPO on an OU with only
workstations in it, will do nothing.

boba wrote:
> It is this machine in my Temp Testou to which I am trying to apply this
> policy to.
> Means any user login to this machine the policy setting should apply to: not
> to be able to change desktop or not to be able to delete my docs folder from
> desktop etc.
>
> "boba" wrote:
>
>> I created a TempTestou where I have my test machine sitting and created a GPO
>> named test for desktop and it is not working. I configured settings under
>> user configuration ->Administrative Templete ->Desktop and applied. How do I
>> link the test gpo to the machine which is under my Temp Testou.
>>
>> Thanks!

and OP can look into loopback processing, which is what it sounds like is
desiered.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/231287
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"Freaky" <wontsay@ondeja.com> wrote in message
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> User configuration applies to users.
> Computer configuration applies to computers.
>
> One exception (in 2003). You can put a User configuration on an OU with a
> terminal server in it, and the user configuration will apply to the users
> on the terminal server, albeit the users are not in that OU. But, this is
> _only_ for terminal servers. For workstations etc, user configuration will
> only apply when user is in the OU's the user configuration applies to.
>
> So simply put, putting a user configuration GPO on an OU with only
> workstations in it, will do nothing.
>
> boba wrote:
>> It is this machine in my Temp Testou to which I am trying to apply this
>> policy to.
>> Means any user login to this machine the policy setting should apply to:
>> not to be able to change desktop or not to be able to delete my docs
>> folder from desktop etc.
>>
>> "boba" wrote:
>>
>>> I created a TempTestou where I have my test machine sitting and created
>>> a GPO named test for desktop and it is not working. I configured
>>> settings under user configuration ->Administrative Templete ->Desktop
>>> and applied. How do I link the test gpo to the machine which is under my
>>> Temp Testou.
>>> Thanks!