Group Policy not working on standalone Windows 7
I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate on a standalone computer. I followed instruction on how to create local group policies in the MMC. I created one for a specific use and one for the administrator. I started by setting some basic options in the user one and check to see if they were apply with no success. I switched to the administrator GP and just enabled "Remove Games from the Start menu". This did not work even after I rebooted. I have tried two different computers with no success. Do I need to enable something for these profiles to apply?
May 6th, 2012 3:26pm

Have you started mmc with priviledged rights (Run As Administrator)? Is there any trace in Event log? Have you tested the resulting policy? Regards Milos
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May 6th, 2012 3:54pm

I ran the same scenario on another computer this time making sure I ran MMC as an administrator. I could not find a trace in the Event log that pertained to the group policy. I'm not sure by what you mean "Tested the Resulting Policy", coul you elaborate? Here is the proceedure that I followed: 1) Opened MMC as administrator 2) Added Group Policy for Local Computer\Administrator - I'm a member of the administator group 3) Enabled "Removed Games link from Start Menu" under User Configuration\Administative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar. 4) Save the console and existed MMC The start menu still contained the Games link. I rebooted and the link was still in the start menu. I performed a gpupdate /force and the link was still in the start menu. Not sure what I'm missing. The last machine was part of an active directory. The previous two were stand alone machines not part of a domain or active directory.
May 7th, 2012 8:57am

try run command gpedit.msc this will open local group policyMohamed Abd Elhamid Abd Elaziz Microsoft System Administrator My blog: http://Mabdelhamid.wordpress.com/
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May 9th, 2012 4:02am

Thanks, I will look into resetting it and see if I can figure it out.
May 9th, 2012 5:23pm

The problem with gpedit.msc is that it affects all users. Ultimately, I wand to leave the administrator alone and only lock down certain users on the computer. And I want different levels of lock down between those user.
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May 9th, 2012 5:25pm

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