Domain wide GPO only applying to some machines.

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hi

i work in @ small company.  have domain consisting of single dc , 50 workstations.  mix of xp sp3 , win 7.  have been attempting apply new policy rename , change password of local administrator account.  of computers in domain updated.  win 7 machines , half of xp machines.  have 10 xp machines claim have updated policy, still using default administrator account.  spent last several days trying find pattern, have not been able find causing this.  ran gp result on 1 of working xp machines , 1 isn't working.  identical (excepting computer name etc...) except component name section.  machine implements policy has 2 other components:  group policy local users , groups , software installation.  created new policy enabled logging group policy local users , groups component shown on site

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/07/18/enabling-group-policy-preferences-debug-logging-using-the-rsat.aspx

the working machine creates log info.  other machine says in report policy applied, there no logs.

any appreciated.

thanks,

matthew

murphy's law still in effect.  after 2 days of hunting problem, give , ask on forums.  40 minutes later figure out.  turns out of affected machines older machines , did not ship server 2008 preferences functionality.  quick trip 10 machines install kb943729 , working. 

matthew



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