Missing Objects in Group Policy Editor

Hi Folks,

Hopefully someone can help me with this issue.

We have our 'Default Domain Policy' which we use to control our Domain's
Group Policy.

Recently something has happened so we cannot see some of the Objects. For
example we have a Desktop image set, which in Group Policy Management we can
see under settings, but when we go to edit it in the Group POlicy Object
Editor, it's not there. Below are some of the Objects we cannot see:

Control Panelhide
Policy Setting
Force classic Control Panel Style Enabled

Desktophide
Policy Setting
Remove the Desktop Cleanup Wizard Enabled

Desktop/Active Desktophide
Policy Setting
Active Desktop Wallpaper Enabled
Wallpaper Name: C:\wallpaper.gif
Example: Using a local path: C:\windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg
Example: Using a UNC path: \\Server\Share\Corp.jpg
Wallpaper Style: Stretch


Windows Components/Internet Explorerhide
Policy Setting
Disable changing accessibility settings Enabled
Disable changing Automatic Configuration settings Enabled
Disable changing color settings Enabled
Disable changing font settings Enabled
Disable changing history settings Enabled
Disable changing home page settings Enabled
Disable changing language settings Enabled
Disable changing link color settings Enabled
Disable changing proxy settings Enabled


Any help would be grate fully received.

Cheers,

Steff

What settings do you have turned on under View/Filtering in the GPO Editor?

hth
Marcin

"SteffK" <SteffK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BB9DDFB2-D444-4FCD-A15B-4BCBD0232402@microsoft.com...
> Hi Folks,
>
> Hopefully someone can help me with this issue.
>
> We have our 'Default Domain Policy' which we use to control our Domain's
> Group Policy.
>
> Recently something has happened so we cannot see some of the Objects. For
> example we have a Desktop image set, which in Group Policy Management we
> can
> see under settings, but when we go to edit it in the Group POlicy Object
> Editor, it's not there. Below are some of the Objects we cannot see:
>
> Control Panelhide
> Policy Setting
> Force classic Control Panel Style Enabled
>
> Desktophide
> Policy Setting
> Remove the Desktop Cleanup Wizard Enabled
>
> Desktop/Active Desktophide
> Policy Setting
> Active Desktop Wallpaper Enabled
> Wallpaper Name: C:\wallpaper.gif
> Example: Using a local path: C:\windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg
> Example: Using a UNC path: \\Server\Share\Corp.jpg
> Wallpaper Style: Stretch
>
>
> Windows Components/Internet Explorerhide
> Policy Setting
> Disable changing accessibility settings Enabled
> Disable changing Automatic Configuration settings Enabled
> Disable changing color settings Enabled
> Disable changing font settings Enabled
> Disable changing history settings Enabled
> Disable changing home page settings Enabled
> Disable changing language settings Enabled
> Disable changing link color settings Enabled
> Disable changing proxy settings Enabled
>
>
> Any help would be grate fully received.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steff

When I look I can't find anything to with Filtering under View in the GPO
Editor.

Where would I find the Filtering in GPO Editor?

"Marcin" wrote:

> What settings do you have turned on under View/Filtering in the GPO Editor?
>
> hth
> Marcin
>
> "SteffK" <SteffK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB9DDFB2-D444-4FCD-A15B-4BCBD0232402@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Hopefully someone can help me with this issue.
> >
> > We have our 'Default Domain Policy' which we use to control our Domain's
> > Group Policy.
> >
> > Recently something has happened so we cannot see some of the Objects. For
> > example we have a Desktop image set, which in Group Policy Management we
> > can
> > see under settings, but when we go to edit it in the Group POlicy Object
> > Editor, it's not there. Below are some of the Objects we cannot see:
> >
> > Control Panelhide
> > Policy Setting
> > Force classic Control Panel Style Enabled
> >
> > Desktophide
> > Policy Setting
> > Remove the Desktop Cleanup Wizard Enabled
> >
> > Desktop/Active Desktophide
> > Policy Setting
> > Active Desktop Wallpaper Enabled
> > Wallpaper Name: C:\wallpaper.gif
> > Example: Using a local path: C:\windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg
> > Example: Using a UNC path: \\Server\Share\Corp.jpg
> > Wallpaper Style: Stretch
> >
> >
> > Windows Components/Internet Explorerhide
> > Policy Setting
> > Disable changing accessibility settings Enabled
> > Disable changing Automatic Configuration settings Enabled
> > Disable changing color settings Enabled
> > Disable changing font settings Enabled
> > Disable changing history settings Enabled
> > Disable changing home page settings Enabled
> > Disable changing language settings Enabled
> > Disable changing link color settings Enabled
> > Disable changing proxy settings Enabled
> >
> >
> > Any help would be grate fully received.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Steff
>
>
>

Hi Marcin,

Found the filtering and I am filtering nothing...I seem to have lost the
objects, and I have tried differing the FIlter to see if anything shows up
and None do.

I've found where to add and remove templates, but it's know which templates
I need.

As seen below I need the ones that are there but am not sure where to find
them.

Cheers,

Steff

"Marcin" wrote:

> What settings do you have turned on under View/Filtering in the GPO Editor?
>
> hth
> Marcin
>
> "SteffK" <SteffK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB9DDFB2-D444-4FCD-A15B-4BCBD0232402@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Hopefully someone can help me with this issue.
> >
> > We have our 'Default Domain Policy' which we use to control our Domain's
> > Group Policy.
> >
> > Recently something has happened so we cannot see some of the Objects. For
> > example we have a Desktop image set, which in Group Policy Management we
> > can
> > see under settings, but when we go to edit it in the Group POlicy Object
> > Editor, it's not there. Below are some of the Objects we cannot see:
> >
> > Control Panelhide
> > Policy Setting
> > Force classic Control Panel Style Enabled
> >
> > Desktophide
> > Policy Setting
> > Remove the Desktop Cleanup Wizard Enabled
> >
> > Desktop/Active Desktophide
> > Policy Setting
> > Active Desktop Wallpaper Enabled
> > Wallpaper Name: C:\wallpaper.gif
> > Example: Using a local path: C:\windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg
> > Example: Using a UNC path: \\Server\Share\Corp.jpg
> > Wallpaper Style: Stretch
> >
> >
> > Windows Components/Internet Explorerhide
> > Policy Setting
> > Disable changing accessibility settings Enabled
> > Disable changing Automatic Configuration settings Enabled
> > Disable changing color settings Enabled
> > Disable changing font settings Enabled
> > Disable changing history settings Enabled
> > Disable changing home page settings Enabled
> > Disable changing language settings Enabled
> > Disable changing link color settings Enabled
> > Disable changing proxy settings Enabled
> >
> >
> > Any help would be grate fully received.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Steff
>
>
>

Steff,
the settings you listed are included in the inetres.adm and system.adm

hth
Marcin

"SteffK" <SteffK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:654D112B-B081-4BA3-A5E1-91CE8DCCCD37@microsoft.com...
> Hi Marcin,
>
> Found the filtering and I am filtering nothing...I seem to have lost the
> objects, and I have tried differing the FIlter to see if anything shows up
> and None do.
>
> I've found where to add and remove templates, but it's know which
> templates
> I need.
>
> As seen below I need the ones that are there but am not sure where to find
> them.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steff
>
> "Marcin" wrote:
>
>> What settings do you have turned on under View/Filtering in the GPO
>> Editor?
>>
>> hth
>> Marcin
>>
>> "SteffK" <SteffK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BB9DDFB2-D444-4FCD-A15B-4BCBD0232402@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Folks,
>> >
>> > Hopefully someone can help me with this issue.
>> >
>> > We have our 'Default Domain Policy' which we use to control our
>> > Domain's
>> > Group Policy.
>> >
>> > Recently something has happened so we cannot see some of the Objects.
>> > For
>> > example we have a Desktop image set, which in Group Policy Management
>> > we
>> > can
>> > see under settings, but when we go to edit it in the Group POlicy
>> > Object
>> > Editor, it's not there. Below are some of the Objects we cannot see:
>> >
>> > Control Panelhide
>> > Policy Setting
>> > Force classic Control Panel Style Enabled
>> >
>> > Desktophide
>> > Policy Setting
>> > Remove the Desktop Cleanup Wizard Enabled
>> >
>> > Desktop/Active Desktophide
>> > Policy Setting
>> > Active Desktop Wallpaper Enabled
>> > Wallpaper Name: C:\wallpaper.gif
>> > Example: Using a local path: C:\windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg
>> > Example: Using a UNC path: \\Server\Share\Corp.jpg
>> > Wallpaper Style: Stretch
>> >
>> >
>> > Windows Components/Internet Explorerhide
>> > Policy Setting
>> > Disable changing accessibility settings Enabled
>> > Disable changing Automatic Configuration settings Enabled
>> > Disable changing color settings Enabled
>> > Disable changing font settings Enabled
>> > Disable changing history settings Enabled
>> > Disable changing home page settings Enabled
>> > Disable changing language settings Enabled
>> > Disable changing link color settings Enabled
>> > Disable changing proxy settings Enabled
>> >
>> >
>> > Any help would be grate fully received.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Steff
>>
>>
>>

Hi Macin,

Those are in there, but I cannot see them. I have checked the filtering but
that is off I can see the settings in the GPM under the Settings Tab, but the
system adm templates aren't showing up to allow me to set them.

Any more Ideas?

[talkinggoat]

Try removing them from the list. Once they're out, re-add them.

[Ratatosk]

I've been having issues with many fresh installs of XP on different laptops, though all of them DELL, for several month now.

GP edit only shows the "Windows Components" template under "Administrative Templates" in the "User Configuration" section. The same missing templates (when the problem occurs) every time I install XP from the same Windows XP Pro CD (which includes SP3. Original DELL CD).

The problem does not always occur but I'd say around 75% of times it does. Whenever it does not, the whole installation is just as it should.

I've looked around the net several time last few month. I've tried MS guides on re-applying MMC's and that has not helped. But, I finally found this thread which helped me. Reading Marci's post mentioning system.adm got me to searching on it and I then got to MS download site for adm package and installing the correct package from there solved the problem. Now I have GP editor complete with all the templates it should have.

Here is the URL to MS download of the adm packages:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

One thing I do wonder about though is why I sometimes see a "Filter" section in the View menu of the GP editor and other times I see a Domain Controller Options section. We are not using any MS DC's but maybe it's enough with Linux server connections?