Group Policy -> Missing Group Policy settings

have the following problem with group policy:

On a Windows 2003 domaincontroller I have the following group policy:

Default Domain Policy, with the following settings:

Permit Acces to the control panel , Enabled
Hide all items on desktop, Enabled

Administrator Policy with the following settings:

Permit Acces to the control panel , Disabled
Delete the run item from the control panel, Disabled

So the adminstrators has access to the control panel, and the users don't

If I use the Group Policy Management tool from Microsoft, for simulating the
GPO's is receive the following results:

For the user on a XP machine:

I see the GPO Default Domain Policy is Apllied, and the Administrator policy
is denied, so this is OK.
When I look at the settings, I see the settings for desktop and control
panel are enabled, so there not visible, this seems to be OK.

But now the administrator on a XP machine.

I see now both domain and admin policies are enabled.
When I go to the settings results, I see the following.

permit acces to control panel, disabled , winning GPO Admin policy.

This is OK, but now here is the problem, I don't see the other policy of the
desktop items, wheiter it is disabled or enabled, it just doesn't show up!

Please help

Hi
check if you need to upgrade your ADM files.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Also note: You only need to have the templates installed on the machine
where you administer your Group Policies, the *.inf files are just templates
from which a .POL-file gets created, filled with all Group Policy settings
you made. This .pol file resides within the SYSVOL folder and gets
replicated between the domain controllers, anyway.
Install the templates on the Group Policy Management machines, that is
sufficient.

--
I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services
"Jeroen" <Jeroen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:58464084-C087-4381-A6A8-ADF083D8013B@microsoft.com...
> have the following problem with group policy:
>
> On a Windows 2003 domaincontroller I have the following group policy:
>
> Default Domain Policy, with the following settings:
>
> Permit Acces to the control panel , Enabled
> Hide all items on desktop, Enabled
>
> Administrator Policy with the following settings:
>
> Permit Acces to the control panel , Disabled
> Delete the run item from the control panel, Disabled
>
> So the adminstrators has access to the control panel, and the users don't
>
> If I use the Group Policy Management tool from Microsoft, for simulating
> the
> GPO's is receive the following results:
>
> For the user on a XP machine:
>
> I see the GPO Default Domain Policy is Apllied, and the Administrator
> policy
> is denied, so this is OK.
> When I look at the settings, I see the settings for desktop and control
> panel are enabled, so there not visible, this seems to be OK.
>
> But now the administrator on a XP machine.
>
> I see now both domain and admin policies are enabled.
> When I go to the settings results, I see the following.
>
> permit acces to control panel, disabled , winning GPO Admin policy.
>
> This is OK, but now here is the problem, I don't see the other policy of
> the
> desktop items, wheiter it is disabled or enabled, it just doesn't show up!
>
> Please help
>
>

I've checked my ADM files, it seems to be OK, thanks.

What I just noticed:

In the sysvol directories I find the policies. I've also noticed a directory
that is missing the ADM folder. It seems to be the Default Domain policy!

Could it be this is causing the problem?

"Jorge Silva" wrote:

> Hi
> check if you need to upgrade your ADM files.
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> Also note: You only need to have the templates installed on the machine
> where you administer your Group Policies, the *.inf files are just templates
> from which a .POL-file gets created, filled with all Group Policy settings
> you made. This .pol file resides within the SYSVOL folder and gets
> replicated between the domain controllers, anyway.
> Install the templates on the Group Policy Management machines, that is
> sufficient.
>
> --
> I hope that the information above helps you.
> Have a Nice day.
>
> Jorge Silva
> MCSE, MVP Directory Services
> "Jeroen" <Jeroen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:58464084-C087-4381-A6A8-ADF083D8013B@microsoft.com...
> > have the following problem with group policy:
> >
> > On a Windows 2003 domaincontroller I have the following group policy:
> >
> > Default Domain Policy, with the following settings:
> >
> > Permit Acces to the control panel , Enabled
> > Hide all items on desktop, Enabled
> >
> > Administrator Policy with the following settings:
> >
> > Permit Acces to the control panel , Disabled
> > Delete the run item from the control panel, Disabled
> >
> > So the adminstrators has access to the control panel, and the users don't
> >
> > If I use the Group Policy Management tool from Microsoft, for simulating
> > the
> > GPO's is receive the following results:
> >
> > For the user on a XP machine:
> >
> > I see the GPO Default Domain Policy is Apllied, and the Administrator
> > policy
> > is denied, so this is OK.
> > When I look at the settings, I see the settings for desktop and control
> > panel are enabled, so there not visible, this seems to be OK.
> >
> > But now the administrator on a XP machine.
> >
> > I see now both domain and admin policies are enabled.
> > When I go to the settings results, I see the following.
> >
> > permit acces to control panel, disabled , winning GPO Admin policy.
> >
> > This is OK, but now here is the problem, I don't see the other policy of
> > the
> > desktop items, wheiter it is disabled or enabled, it just doesn't show up!
> >
> > Please help
> >
> >
>
>
>

the default domain policy is under sysvol\domain\policies\{gpoguid}
if it's missing you can recreate it with the Dcgpofix

--
I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services
"Jeroen" <Jeroen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4B3B141E-4972-45C8-84E9-F2D47BD2C2CD@microsoft.com...
> I've checked my ADM files, it seems to be OK, thanks.
>
> What I just noticed:
>
> In the sysvol directories I find the policies. I've also noticed a
> directory
> that is missing the ADM folder. It seems to be the Default Domain policy!
>
> Could it be this is causing the problem?
>
> "Jorge Silva" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> check if you need to upgrade your ADM files.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>
>> Also note: You only need to have the templates installed on the machine
>> where you administer your Group Policies, the *.inf files are just
>> templates
>> from which a .POL-file gets created, filled with all Group Policy
>> settings
>> you made. This .pol file resides within the SYSVOL folder and gets
>> replicated between the domain controllers, anyway.
>> Install the templates on the Group Policy Management machines, that is
>> sufficient.
>>
>> --
>> I hope that the information above helps you.
>> Have a Nice day.
>>
>> Jorge Silva
>> MCSE, MVP Directory Services
>> "Jeroen" <Jeroen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:58464084-C087-4381-A6A8-ADF083D8013B@microsoft.com...
>> > have the following problem with group policy:
>> >
>> > On a Windows 2003 domaincontroller I have the following group policy:
>> >
>> > Default Domain Policy, with the following settings:
>> >
>> > Permit Acces to the control panel , Enabled
>> > Hide all items on desktop, Enabled
>> >
>> > Administrator Policy with the following settings:
>> >
>> > Permit Acces to the control panel , Disabled
>> > Delete the run item from the control panel, Disabled
>> >
>> > So the adminstrators has access to the control panel, and the users
>> > don't
>> >
>> > If I use the Group Policy Management tool from Microsoft, for
>> > simulating
>> > the
>> > GPO's is receive the following results:
>> >
>> > For the user on a XP machine:
>> >
>> > I see the GPO Default Domain Policy is Apllied, and the Administrator
>> > policy
>> > is denied, so this is OK.
>> > When I look at the settings, I see the settings for desktop and control
>> > panel are enabled, so there not visible, this seems to be OK.
>> >
>> > But now the administrator on a XP machine.
>> >
>> > I see now both domain and admin policies are enabled.
>> > When I go to the settings results, I see the following.
>> >
>> > permit acces to control panel, disabled , winning GPO Admin policy.
>> >
>> > This is OK, but now here is the problem, I don't see the other policy
>> > of
>> > the
>> > desktop items, wheiter it is disabled or enabled, it just doesn't show
>> > up!
>> >
>> > Please help
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>