Internet proxy & homepage settings not applying

[Guest]

Greetings

Im having problems with the internet proxy & homepage settings not applying.

There is a main internet settings policy which sits under the default domain
policy and those settings are duplicated inside the students security policy
& staff security policy (dont ask why, its the way my predecessor set it up).

Now, the settings are applying properly for any staff that logon, the
winning policy in that situation is the main internet setting policy, however
when a student logs on, neither the internet policy or the settings in the
student security policy apply.

The problem is everything was working perfectly before i reimaged the
clients on the network with an xpsp2 image. I have tried copying the .adm
templates from an SP2 client into the inf folder and updating the gpo to no
avail.

I have tried to make the internet settings policy enforced, i have tried
deleting and recreating the policy, no effect.

Any help will be appreciated, I have 1300 kids screeaming they cant use the
net. Good start for a new term wouldnt you say..

Thanks
James

 

[Denis Wong @ Hong Kong]

Hi James,

Have you used RSoP or gpresult to look for any hints?

br,
Denis

 

[Guest]

Hi Denis.

Ive tried both... Gpresult doesnt show it at all. I tried rsop.msc, it
complains about .adm files missing as it cant access them because of a bad
username & password. However, i think thats because im running the rsop.msc
under a restricted account using the "run as" and local admin. WHen i click
the internet settings nothing is set.

Ive tried putting the internet policy at the top of the tree, just under the
default domain policy, still nothing. There is no policy blocking to stop it
either.

Wierd.
James

 

[Denis Wong @ Hong Kong]

Hi James,

If gpresult doesn't show it at all, then it just doesn't apply.

Is that a permission issue?

br,
Denis

 

[Guest]

I did check to make sure and all seems fine with permissions. The strangest
thing is those proxy settings are also set in another policy (student
security policy). This is a policy which does apply, it just seems to avoid
the part of the policy which sets proxy & homepage. I have tried using the
proxy settings per machine setting and it still doesnt work.

James