Not unless Joe Bloggs is in the OU with the computer he won't. Are your users and computers in the same OUs? I try to keep them separate wherever possible.
However you should be able to filter by computer in the GPO with loopback policy processing enabled, as I remember. On 24 November 2010 11:20, Paul Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe.. I don’t know! If I apply the GPO to Joe Bloggs though, Joe will > get those settings on any PC, when the whole point I only want him to get > those user settings, when logging on to PC XYZ. > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 24 November 2010 11:16 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: GPO Loopback Processing - What am I missing? > > > > Shouldn't you apply it to the users you want to receive it, as it is a user > setting you are deploying (albeit with loopback)? > > On 24 November 2010 11:12, Paul Hutchings <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have a group of PC’s that I want to have certain user settings, > regardless of who is logged on. > > > > So, I setup a GPO with the following settings: > > > > Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Group Policy - Merge > > User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Personalization - > Where I've set various options to mandate a screen saver. > > > > I then applied the GPO to an OU where my sample PC is, and set the policy > to only apply to that computers account. > > > > It doesn’t seem to be working in that “gpresult /r” shows the policy as > being enforced in the computer settings, but the screensaver options are > totally untouched. > > > > I think I’ve missed something totally obvious, and I’m ashamed to say I > can’t see for the life of me what that may be. > > > > Thanks, > > Paul > ------------------------------ > > *MIRA Ltd* > > > > Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England > > Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 > > VAT Registration GB 114 5409 96 > > > > The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of > the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete > it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, > forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is > prohibited. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
