I work in a small manufacturing environment with approx. 50 computers. I have
been here for less than a year, and we are now trying to lock things down "a
bit" (it's a start!). We have a mixed server environment with DC's in Windows
Server 2000, 2003 & 2008. Computers are mostly Windows XP, with a few Windows
2000 left. I have attempted to apply our own custom security template through
Group Policy. I am testing it on three computers (one is mine). 2 of the test
computers are XP, the other is 2000.
I imported the new security template into it's own GPO late yesterday
afternoon, went home and expected to log in this morning with the changes in
place (not so). I ran RSoP on my machine, which did NOT show the GPO in effect.
Went into the new GPO, made sure it included the three test computers (users)
and applied "Read" and "Apply Group Policy" permissions. I then moved the new
GPO up in link order to #2, just behind the Default Domain Policy. Forced
updates (gpupdate /force) on server and my laptop, still not in effect. I'm not
sure what's going wrong at this point. Is it "allowable" to move the new
security GPO up to the #1 link spot, (before the Default Domain Policy)? Any
suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong? This is not the first GPO I have
worked with, however, it is the first that I have not been able to apply
properly. Thanks!
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