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tommie

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Alternative to setting Group Policies
« on: October 05, 2009, 11:04:24 am »
IN ebox, is there a way to have windows clients use predefined settings. Like Proxies etc. etc.? I could not find this in the user manual or on the Internet(google) :)

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Re: Alternative to setting Group Policies
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2009, 07:42:00 pm »
Hi tommie,

No, it seems that you have to use logon scripts when the profile is loaded.
The only difference i have noticed is that the domain admin user is recognised as admin on client and the rest of the users have normal users rights.

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Re: Alternative to setting Group Policies
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2009, 12:03:39 pm »
Yeah I figured,... So now I am a bit hesitant of using ebox,... All those logon scripts will make my network very crowded... :S So maybe I will just install a simple win2000 or 2003 PDC and go from there...

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Re: Alternative to setting Group Policies
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2009, 04:42:51 am »
You may wish to do win2003 server. win2k can't do much of anything ebox can not do..  If you wish to do win3k System Policy Editor. Here's a link to do so.
http://www.pcc-services.com/articles/implement_sys_policies.html

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Re: Alternative to setting Group Policies
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2010, 02:15:09 pm »
Thanks for the link,... Just adding these policy template files to Samba's netlogon folder will enable them????

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Re: Alternative to setting Group Policies
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2010, 08:11:36 pm »
I find scripts easier to deal with than the policy editor.
For example, to change the proxie for IE, take a look at this utility I wrote some time ago..

http://programs.rcrnet.net/index.html#proxy_changer

Be sure to look at the command line options for transparent operation. You can also put a link to the file on the users desktop so they can change it at will.

Hope this is helpful..

BTW, you could also simply do it with a script.