Prevent GPO’s on computers in domain.
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JoachimMemberApr 01, 2011 at 2:28 am #154062Hello,
I have an annoying problem.
I want to prevent computers (Win 7 & Vista) joined to our domain from applying the group policies described on our domain controller.
XP computers don’t have this problem.Situation:
We have 1 domain controller, 1 fileserver and 4 terminal servers. All of them are windows server 2008 R2. Most of our users use remote desktop to connect to the terminal server. A small part works on a local computers with the necessary drives mapped.
We have set various group policies. Drive mappings, internet explorer security, etc. The policies are applied based on membership of a specific security group in the active directory.
There are lots of different drive mapping policies per office.Problem:
The policies work fine on our terminal server.
But whenever I join a Windows 7 or Vista computer to our domain, the policies are applied to this computer. Thus setting the drive maps to our fileserver.
So whenever a user works from home he/she cannot access his/her files because they are on the fileserver and cannot be reached from e.g. home. And, for example, the desktop on the terminal server and the local windows 7 computer are the same.
Is there a way to prevent those drive mapping policies (and all the other gpo’s) from running on local computers joined to our domain.
Here’s a screenshot of our GPO mmc. The policies are in the folder “Group Policy Objects” and are linked in our self-made OU “Terminal Servers”
I wanted to add an image but I am not yet allowed to do so :).
Many thanks in advance.
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