Issue applying group policy with DHCP settings

[huzaifa kagazwala]

Hi All,

I have set a group policy for computer systems in an organizational unit
for installing an application on some specific computers. If a computer is
configured to be on a domain using static IP the policy gets applied and
every thing works fine.

But when I try to apply the same Group policy after enabling the DHCP
service on DNS, and configuring domain computers to get the IP dynamically
using a DHCP server. The policy doesn't gets applied and there is no error
reported in event logs also. Is there some special settings that needs to be
applied.



Regards,

huzaifa

 

[Guest]

This could be a DNS problem... Have you also configured DNS server settings
in the DHCP options to point to the correct DNS servers?

What is the result if you run RSoP on the affected computer?

 

[huzaifa kagazwala]

thanks for the reply it was of help I had the issue resolved.
But now face a problem that the Application gets installed after two
restarts and did investigation on that and found that we need to set the
Group policy "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" but
I am using windows 2000 server which doesn't seems to have this option. so
Can you help me with registry entries to be done for the same or a .adm file
that can be used. thanks in advance.

Regards,
huzaifa

 

[Guest]

We also had that problem, but before we restart a workstation to let the
application install we first perform the following steps:
* add the workstation account to the group to which the GPO applies
* force a replication between the domain controllers
* run "secedit /refreshpolicy machine_policy /enforce" on the machine
* restart the machine

You could also add the workstation account to the group to which the GPO
applies and then wait until replication has taken place. The problem is that
our users aren't that patient, so we force a replication and a GPO refresh on
the machine.

As far as I know there is no other way to improve this "behaviour".