, 2004 5:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Setting Desktop Settings via Group Policy
Yep - that, too, is a good solution. The only bad thing is that most folks
don't have the skills (No offense, Raymond, as I don't know you) to
build MSI packs. Microsoft, nor most
.
-Original Message-
From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 7:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Setting Desktop Settings via Group Policy
Sadly, Raymond - most things of that ilk (background, colors, icon
placement, etc
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Seielstad
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 7:13 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Setting Desktop Settings via Group Policy
I remember discussing an alternate option with some people
Sadly, Raymond - most things of that ilk (background, colors, icon
placement, etc.) are held in the profile of the user and are not affected by
current GP settings. However, that doesn't mean that you CAN'T set them via
GP, it does mean in most cases that you will be:
1. Writing custom .ADM
Raymond,
You may want to take a look at assigning a mandatory profile for your
users...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307800sd=tech
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1591.aspx
Under group policy take a closer look at User Config-Administrative
Templates in Group Policy
