Windows 2000 Internet Settings

[Michael Parfitt]

Hi,

I've got an enterprise network run by an NT 4 Server with 200 Win98 clients.

We've just started adding Windows 2000 clients to the network but we're
having the following problem...

When an administrator sets up the proxy server settings everything works
fine.
When another user logs in, those settings are lost, thus no internet
connection.
I've tried logging in, setting it up and saving the profile to the default
user folder but to no avail (some of the users do have personal profiles in
their home folders)

Any advice would be gratefully received!

Mike.

 

[Phillip Windell]

They aren't "lost". Except for Win9x, those settings are specific to each
user. You must enter those settings while logged in as that user.

The Windows2000 machines can take advantage of Group Policy. You can supply
those settings using Group Policy and the Windows 2000 machine will pick
them up.

 

[Michael Parfitt]

Thanks Phillip, forgive my ignorance but a little new to dealing with win
2000 clients.

Could you give some brief info on how to configure these group policies?

Kind Regards,

Mike.

 

[Phillip Windell]

On the Domain Controller,..in "AD Users and Computers", set the Group Policy
on the proper OU. It can be done in several places or you can move the
machines or users into a particular OU and set it at that level. I also
recommend creating a "New" policy instead of messing with the Default
Policy. I recommend always avoiding the Default Policy and leaving it alone
so you always have something to look back at to see how things were before
you messed it up. To undo a setting then, you simply delete the new policy
you created and the Default will take over again.

There is a *lot* to this and AD and GP isn't my best area. There is about a
million ways to mess things up and very few ways to fix it. You can
probably find considerable information about using Group Policy on MS's
sites, and there probably is several Newsgroups devoted to that as well.