Group policy not applying to security group

Posted by ihavenoideawhatimdoing on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by ihavenoideawhatimdoing
Published on 2012-04-05T16:11:34Z Indexed on 2012/04/05 17:32 UTC
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Preface: I have enough privileges to create GPOs in my OU, and have made a few of them for some simple tasks (like deploying a printer to certain users). Not actually a sysadmin...I'm a developer who is winging it.

I wanted to create a GPO that would set a mapped folder for a certain security group (which I recently created and that contains only myself). Did the following:

  • Created the GPO in MyOU -> Users
  • Removed the default Authenticted Users under Security Filtering
  • Add the security group with my account to Security Filtering
  • Set up the mapping via the User Configuration option
  • Changed GPO Status to "Computer configuration settings disabled"
  • Left WMI filtering to

Closed the GPO at this point...

  • Logged in as the target user; ran gpupdate /force
  • Logged out, logged in, ran gpresult /r, no mention of my GPO
  • Rebooted
  • Logged in, re-ran gpupdate /force
  • Logged out, logged in, ran gpresult /r, still no mention of my GPO

If I log in with another completely different user, their RSOP information shows that the new GPO is being ignored due to a security restriction, so it appears to be "working" for other users. I just can't get it to actually show up in RSOP for the user it should be working.

Is there anything else I can do short of rebooting endlessly and crossing my fingers?

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