Help with Group Policies etc.

[chris7]

Hi,

I am setting up a server for a family members business (Server 2008) I need to create a Group Policy to force the standard windows classic theme, disable right click etc. Also to set up remoteapps, I have tried to create the policy but it isnt on the staffs pc's

So far I have:

created a new OU with the staff in
used the Group Policy Management tool to create the policy for users

but nothing seems to be working

thanks

chris

[DrPerceptron]

Is anything logged client side in Event Viewer or on the server in the same place?

Are the times in sync?

What happens if you run gpupdate /force ?

Does gpresults tell you anything on the client?

[chris7]

the times aren't the same and i have tried the gpupdate and still nothing, I tried pinging from the server to one of the client machines and it timed out but i could ping from the client to the server

[krisd32]

Get the time within 5 minute of each or identical and give it another whirl!
Check all ip settings are coming through dhcp correctly!
could be dns issue though!

[Crispin]

I tried pinging from the server to one of the client machines and it timed out but i could ping from the client to the server

You may also want to check that you have exceptions in the firewall to allow ICMP requests.