Group policy would over write the madatory profile inforamation because it
is processed after the profile is loaded.
Since they are not changing was the mandatory profile setup with correct
permissions?
323368 HOW TO: Assign a Mandatory User Profile in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323368
Since we are talking about IE policies, which by default are only processed
if there is a change detected, you could set the IE maintencance policy to
be processed at each refresh cycle.
316702 Internet Explorer Security Setting That You Set with a Group Policy
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316702
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Gary Mudgett, MCSE, MCSA
Windows 2000/2003 Directory Services
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"Tom Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> On our network we are using group policies and mandatory profiles.
> Yesterday I changed the proxy settings in a group policy but all the
clients
> keep the proxy setting set in their mandatory profile. I know it would be
> easy to change the setting on the mandatory profile but would just like to
> know what is the interaction between group policies and mandatory
profiles.
> Which has precedence by default and if you wanted to 'force' the group
> policy to take effect is that possible? We are using Windows 2000 server
> with Windows 200 clients.
> Thanks for your time.
>
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