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How to map network drives on Windows 11 PRO most efficiently for home use
My wife and I both have Windows 11 PRO machines. I’d like to map a share on her machine to T: and a share on mine to R: so that we both have access to both network drives.
I’m currently doing this ...
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AWS policy: conditionally show resources (RDS, CodePipeline, CloudWatch) using tags
I'm writing a group policy for AWS console access. I want the user to see an RDS (or CodePipeline or CloudWatch) resource only if it has a specific tag. I read the action type for RDS and doesn't seem ...
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How can I reliably check if a user policy is enabled/disabled on Windows using gpresult or code?
I'm working on Windows 11 and trying to reliably detect if specific group policies are actually applied — both at the user and computer levels.
Specifically, I wanted to understand whether a policy ...
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Powershell 5.1 login script lies about successfully mapping network drives for users with local admin rights EXCEPT when run interactively
So I've got this login script that uses New-SMBMapping to dynamically map network drives based on a user's AD OU and AD group membership. It works like a champ for users who don't have local admin ...
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VBS Script for Desktop Wallpaper Deployment Not Working for All Users
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I'm trying to deploy a VBScript to change the desktop wallpaper across all user accounts in my organization. The script works—but only for one user account. When testing across four ...
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How to change a group policy in Powershell persistently?
Currently I am trying to set the local group policy "DoNotConnectToWindowsUpdateInternetLocations" programatically using powershell, so I thought simply adding the required registry keys ...
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samba-tool GPO scripts
I have a Samba server set up as a secondary domain controller and an Active Directory server as the primary domain controller. My goal is to deploy a startup script to run on Windows clients in a ...
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Logon Batch Script Running for Standard Users but not Admins
I have a simple AD lab set up with one DC and one local host. There are three user profiles, one standard user, one local admin, and one domain admin.
I've created a batch script to just map a folder ...
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How to Extend time limit response on RDC prompt/message "no action will disconnect your session in 30 seconds" when a user is logged into a PC already
I am able to set time limits "Set a time limit for disconnected sessions" and "Set time limit for active but idle Remote Desktop sessions" via group policy fine but now I am being ...
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How to create and apply GPO's to individual users or groups on local machine
How can GPO's be created on a non-domain machine?
How can they be applied to individual users or groups.
Is there a Group Policy Management Console? (I find only GPEDIT.MSC)
I am talking about Windows ...
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change policy to access a script
By mistake, I requested to block access to a script to run neo4j (local server).Since then, I have the issue below:
Translated in English:
neo4j : The file "D:\Haku-Sci\neo4j-community-5.23.0\...
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I need to replace the path to a mapped network drive at a scheduled time. How do I do it? [closed]
I need to replace a mapped network drive for a handful of users at the same time.
I need to make the switch because of a migration to a new server.
Old: \\server1\path
New: \\server2\path
The drive ...
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Can't Get BitLocker to Deploy Via PowerShell or VBS-Scripts Run Fine If Launched Manually. Any thoughts On What Might Be Stopping Me?
As the title suggests, I'm trying to deploy BitLocker in my organization. I've done this before elsewhere, and I've done it in my test environment here. However, I can't seem to get either a ...
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Which protocol is necessary for edge to auto launch an application without prompt?
I'm trying to open up specific contacts in the windows 10 whatsapp application using vba and a Microsoft Access database. Opening these links first opens Edge and then opens whatsapp. However, Edge is ...
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Group Policy: stop default Office Suite save locations to OneDrive
I have received a request to change the default office suite save locations from one drive to a folder on their local machines.
So far I have tried:
Registry edit for PerferCloudSaveLocations in ...