Windows 2008 R2 Standard Group Policy to Add Device and Printer in start menu of Windows 7 Users

i need to add for Device and printers option in start menu of windows 7 client log on system,how to assign the group policy enable?

Hi,
Are you trying to put a software icon to start for easy of end user use? If so you can refer the following related third party article solution:
The related third party article:
How to Push Shortcuts to the Desktop With Group Policy
http://www.ehow.com/how_8390530_push-shortcuts-desktop-group-policy.html
Hope this helps.
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event 4000
Event Description(s) = Computer startup
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 4000
   Version 1
   Level 4
   Task 0
   Opcode 1
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
   - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.598400000Z
   EventRecordID 22707
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
   - Security
   [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
  PolicyActivityId {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
  PrincipalSamName WORKGROUP\GROK$
  IsMachine 1
  IsDomainJoined false
  IsBackgroundProcessing false
  IsAsyncProcessing false
  IsServiceRestart false
  ReasonForSyncProcessing 2
END DETAIL SECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
event 5320
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Event Description(s) = Service configuration update to standalone is not required and will be skipped.
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 5320
   Version 0
   Level 4
   Task 0
   Opcode 0
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
   - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z
   EventRecordID 22711
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
   - Security
   [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
  InfoDescription %%4161
END DETAIL SECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
event 5313
Event Description(s) = The following Group Policy objects were not applicable because they were filtered out :
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 5313
   Version 0
   Level 4
   Task 0
   Opcode 0
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
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   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z
   EventRecordID 22710
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
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- EventData
  DescriptionString None
  GPOInfoList
END DETAIL SECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
event 5311
Event Description(s) = The loopback policy processing mode is "No loopback mode".
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 5311
   Version 0
   Level 4
   Task 0
   Opcode 0
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
   - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z
   EventRecordID 22708
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
   - Security
   [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
  PolicyProcessingMode 0
END DETAIL SECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
event 5312
Event Description(s) = List of applicable Group Policy objects:
Event Description(s) = Local Group Policy
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 5312
   Version 0
   Level 4
   Task 0
   Opcode 0
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
   - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z
   EventRecordID 22709
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
   - Security
   [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
  DescriptionString Local Group Policy
  GPOInfoList <GPO ID="Local Group Policy"><Name>Local Group Policy</Name><Version>524296</Version><SOM>Local</SOM><FSPath>C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine</FSPath><Extensions>[{35378EAC-683F-11D2-A89A-00C04FBBCFA2}{D02B1F72-3407-48AE-BA88-E8213C6761F1}][{3610EDA5-77EF-11D2-8DC5-00C04FA31A66}{D02B1F72-3407-48AE-BA88-E8213C6761F1}][{F3CCC681-B74C-4060-9F26-CD84525DCA2A}{0F3F3735-573D-9804-99E4-AB2A69BA5FD4}]</Extensions></GPO>
END DETAIL SECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
event 4016
Event Description(s) = Starting Microsoft Disk Quota Extension Processing.
Event Description(s) = List of applicable Group Policy objects: (Changes were detected.)
Event Description(s) = Local Group Policy
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 4016
   Version 0
   Level 4
   Task 0
   Opcode 1
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
   - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z
   EventRecordID 22714
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
   - Security
   [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
  CSEExtensionId {3610EDA5-77EF-11D2-8DC5-00C04FA31A66}
  CSEExtensionName Microsoft Disk Quota
  IsExtensionAsyncProcessing false
  IsGPOListChanged true
  GPOListStatusString %%4102
  DescriptionString Local Group Policy
  ApplicableGPOList <GPO ID="Local Group Policy"><Name>Local Group Policy</Name></GPO>
END DETAIL SECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
event 5320
Event Description(s) = Finished checking for non-system extensions.
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 5320
   Version 0
   Level 4
   Task 0
   Opcode 0
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
   - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:29:33.614000000Z
   EventRecordID 22713
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
  - Security
   [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
  InfoDescription %%4165
END DETAIL SECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
event 4016
Event Description(s) = Starting Audit Policy Configuration Extension Processing.
Event Description(s) = List of applicable Group Policy objects: (No changes were detected.)
Event Description(s) = Local Group Policy
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 4016
   Version 0
   Level 4
   Task 0
   Opcode 1
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
   - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:31:21.987200000Z
   EventRecordID 22718
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
   - Security
   [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
  CSEExtensionId {F3CCC681-B74C-4060-9F26-CD84525DCA2A}
  CSEExtensionName Audit Policy Configuration
  IsExtensionAsyncProcessing true
  IsGPOListChanged false
  GPOListStatusString %%4101
  DescriptionString Local Group Policy
  ApplicableGPOList <GPO ID="Local Group Policy"><Name>Local Group Policy</Name></GPO>
END DETAIL SECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
event 7016
Event Description(s) = Completed Microsoft Disk Quota Extension Processing in 108374 milliseconds.
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 7016
   Version 0
   Level 2
   Task 0
   Opcode 2
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
   - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:31:21.987200000Z
   EventRecordID 22717
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
   - Security
   [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
  CSEElaspedTimeInMilliSeconds 108374
  ErrorCode 2147942402
  CSEExtensionName Microsoft Disk Quota
  CSEExtensionId {3610EDA5-77EF-11D2-8DC5-00C04FA31A66}
END DETAIL SECTION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
event 5016
Event Description(s) = Completed Microsoft Disk Quota Extension Processing in 108374 milliseconds.
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 5016
   Version 0
   Level 4
   Task 0
   Opcode 2
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
   - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:31:22.314800000Z
   EventRecordID 22720
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
   - Security
   [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
  CSEElaspedTimeInMilliSeconds 312
  ErrorCode 2147483658
  CSEExtensionName Audit Policy Configuration
  CSEExtensionId {F3CCC681-B74C-4060-9F26-CD84525DCA2A}
END DETAIL SECTION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Event 8000
Event Description(s) = Completed computer boot policy processing for WORKGROUP\GROK$ in 108 seconds.
BEGIN DETAIL SECTION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- System
  - Provider
   [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
   [ Guid] {AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}
   EventID 8000
   Version 1
   Level 4
   Task 0
   Opcode 2
   Keywords 0x4000000000000000
   - TimeCreated
   [ SystemTime] 2010-05-15T13:31:22.330400000Z
   EventRecordID 22721
   - Correlation
   [ ActivityID] {C87E5BC2-FD21-4794-B678-787AB587D8D5}
   - Execution
   [ ProcessID] 1280
   [ ThreadID] 1784
   Channel Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational
   Computer GROK
   - Security
   [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
  PolicyElaspedTimeInSeconds 108
  ErrorCode 0
  PrincipalSamName WORKGROUP\GROK$
  IsMachine 1
  IsConnectivityFailure false
END DETAIL SECTION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of results.
Thanks to all,
wegrok
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Figure 1
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Figure 2
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Figure 3
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2962486
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Hello Everyone,
Succeeded !!!!!!!
Even i was struggling with this same Problem to execute a batch via Window scheduler and set the setting to "Run whether the user is logged in or not".
I tried many time but the batch runs with " Run
whether user is logged on" and not with "Run
whether user is logged on or not".
what i discovered is that there was one mapped drive
path in my batch file which was not the complete path like y:/AR.qvw actually what i did i changed that map path to the complete path like \\servnamename\d$\AR.qvw and the batch executed successfully with the setting "Run
whether user is logged on or not"
The
conclusion is that check the dependency of the script on external resources because when you check this option "Run
whether user is logged on or not" It actually conflicts. This my discovery.
If
you have any question write me on [email protected]
Thanks
& Regards,
Arun

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What these charts tell me, with the "adhoc" statement types pushing CPU and Disk I/O % this far, is that there is a BUNCH of these statements being run against the various databases. The disk I/O might be a bit off since I only recently
added dozens of missing indexes, but my question is this:
With the "adhoc" type statements taking up this much of the CPU and Disk resources, can we say that there are likely a lot of these going on ? I suppose one way to find out is to launch profiler and listen in while there is moderate
to heavy user activity.
Thoughts?

Hello,
Adhoc queries are DML statements with not parameterization. Sometimes users use this statements, and sometimes these statements come from applications.
Use Query #2 on the following link to identify those adhoc queries:
http://mssqlfun.com/2013/04/08/dmv-5-queries-runing-are-adhoc-or-proc-single-or-multi-use-sys-dm_exec_cached_plans/
Identify if those adhoc queries belong to specific users or applications.
One of the options you have to deal with is is the following configuration option:
sp_CONFIGURE 'show advanced options',1
RECONFIGURE
GO
sp_CONFIGURE ‘optimize for ad hoc workloads’,1
RECONFIGURE
GO
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
SQLCoffee.com

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* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
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How to create a group policy deployment of Adobe Acrobat XI
Overview:
This procedure covers the steps needed to create a group policy that will deploy the Adobe Acrobat installation.
Requirements
•    Windows 2008 Group Policy
•    Adobe Acrobat Customization Wizard
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•    Adobe Acrobat XI (Version 11)
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d.    Click Install
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f.    Click Finish, once the installation has completed.
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j.    Online and Adobe Services: Disable Product Improvement Program: checked.
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a.    Update the Domain Default Policy with Always install with elevated privileges. This will allow all software deployment packages to install.
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b. Create a Group Policy to enable Windows 7 Verbose Mode
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c.    Create a Group Policy for the Software Installation
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ii.    Right click and select New > Package
iii.   Click the AcroRead.msi
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vi.   Optional: Click the Uninstall this application when it falls out of the scope of management.
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vii.    The package is now created …
4.    Test the Client in a Virtual Machine
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b.    The system will then respond that it needs to restart the computer.
c.    Type Yes, and allow the computer to reboot.
d.    If Group Policy is not setup to allow for verbose messages in Windows 7 then the user will just see “Please wait…”, if verbose message is enabled the user will see “Installing Adobe Acrobat…”.
Can someone please tell me what I am missing to get the group policy deployed? It has the same permissions as the Adobe Reader folder and I have done everything exactly the same, except that Adobe Standard has the license number, and owner information included in the Transform file (.mst).
Thank you.

Your case isn't unique. We've heard this a lot. While Acrobat has a small, very small percentage of settings available in the ADMX files,
in case you don't know, PolicyPak software has a solution to manipulate, basically, near 100% of the settings in Acrobat Reader and Professional.
You're welcome to check out how it works. These videos are for Acrobat X, but there is also tempaltes in the download for XI.
Here are links to the pages with full how-to videos:
http://www.policypak.com/products/manage-acrobat-reader-with-group-policy.html
and
http://www.policypak.com/products/manage-acrobat-x-pro-and-acrobat-x-standard-using-group- policy.html
You can be up and running in 20 minutes, but note, it's NOT a template.. PolicyPak is full application management and lockdown system.

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