Default domain Group Policy

Hello,
In my new company, I noticed that the default domain controllers policy has been (largely) modified.
I thought it was a best practice to keep it clean (In case of restore).
So I would like to create a new GPOs for my DCs to move some of those settings out of the default domain policy.
For example, "Add workstations to domain". If I want to create a new policy for this particular setting, what kind of rules am I supposed to follow to make sure that my new setting will be applied before the default DC policy ?
Is the GPO Link order enough ?
Thank you

Hi,
Just a confirmation, did you mean that want to overwrite some settings in the
Default Domain Controllers Policy?
Within each domain, site, and OU, the
Link Order controls the order in which GPOs are applied. If several GPOs are linked to an organizational unit, their processing is in the order that is specified by the administrator, on the
Linked Group Policy Objects tab for the organizational unit in GPMC. The GPO with the lowest
Link Order is processed last, and therefore has the highest precedence. Since Default Domain Controllers Policy is linked to the Domain Controllers organizational unit, you can create a new GPO and link it to this Domain Controllers organizational
unit, then control thier order of them via Link Order.
If anything I misunderstand or any update, please feel free to let us know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

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>>If a client cannot talk to a domain controller at all, admin template settings still stay in-place on the client, correct?
As far as I know, it's not this case. If a client can't communicate with domain controllers, it means that the GPOs applied to the client are out of scope. As suggested by
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>>What if a client looses network connectivity while reading Domain GPO?
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>>Are there any other failure cases like this where some or all Group Policy settings (admin template or other areas) would get reverted?
There are many reasons which can cause GP malfunction. However, Windows itself provides necessary tools for troubleshooting various issues. When GP malfunctions, we can check
Event Viewer, collect group policy result, or generate group policy log to troubleshoot.
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Windows 2012 R2 default domain controllers policy set to enforced

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> One thing that i did find odd is when i first opened up the GPO's, i was
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Default Domain Controller Policy

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Hi,
>>But would like your advice about any new features which we can applied in our Default Domain
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IE can't be uninstalled. It's part of the operating system and cannot be removed. You can hide the icon but the engine is still on the machine and still must be updated.
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I have a routine that will fix the problem but it is time-consuming and pulls me away from other things I should be doing:
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same client machines.

You're right - the WSUS server is on the inside and does not need a proxy server. Tried running the netsh winhttp reset proxy command but was still not able to connect to the WSUS server. After running the netsh winhttp reset proxy command received response:
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2014-06-27 13:49:56:989 548 1260 Setup Setup package "WUClient-SelfUpdate-Aux-TopLevel~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7.6.7600.256" is already installed.
2014-06-27 13:49:56:989 548 1260 Setup Evaluating applicability of setup package "WUClient-SelfUpdate-Core-TopLevel~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7.6.7600.256"
2014-06-27 13:49:57:007 548 1260 Setup Setup package "WUClient-SelfUpdate-Core-TopLevel~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7.6.7600.256" is already installed.
2014-06-27 13:49:57:007 548 1260 Setup SelfUpdate check completed. SelfUpdate is NOT required.
2014-06-27 13:49:57:165 548 1260 PT +++++++++++ PT: Synchronizing server updates +++++++++++
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2014-06-27 13:49:57:175 548 1260 PT Initializing simple targeting cookie, clientId = 6be4a1ae-3313-4855-bdb1-57e3312f03ec, target group = AGENCIES, DNS name = dpk2.clear-rcic.rcc.org
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2014-06-27 13:50:57:302 548 e04 AU ## END ## AU: Search for updates [CallId = {9CE06AB2-E859-4B4D-8D1A-193AD89623C5}]
2014-06-27 13:50:57:302 548 e04 AU #############
2014-06-27 13:50:57:303 548 e04 AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-06-27 13:50:57:303 548 e04 AU AU setting next detection timeout to 2014-06-27 22:50:57
2014-06-27 13:50:57:304 548 e04 AU Setting AU scheduled install time to 2014-06-28 05:00:00
2014-06-27 13:50:57:304 548 e04 AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-06-27 13:50:57:305 548 e04 AU Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2014-06-27 13:51:02:285 548 1260 Report REPORT EVENT: {BD25B39C-6570-454C-A046-AF3AF2DEBDD4} 2014-06-27 13:50:57:282-0400 1 148 101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 80072ee2 AutomaticUpdates Failure Software
Synchronization Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x80072ee2.
2014-06-27 13:51:02:295 548 1260 Report CWERReporter::HandleEvents - WER report upload completed with status 0x8
2014-06-27 13:51:02:295 548 1260 Report WER Report sent: 7.6.7600.256 0x80072ee2 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 Scan 101 Managed
2014-06-27 13:51:02:295 548 1260 Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000)
2014-06-27 13:51:48:184 548 4b8 AU ########### AU: Uninitializing Automatic Updates ###########
2014-06-27 13:51:48:187 548 4b8 DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CBitsJob::SetCallbackHandler: SetNotifyInterface failed with 0x80080008.
2014-06-27 13:51:48:187 548 4b8 DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CBitsJob::SetCallbackHandler: SetNotifyInterface failed with 0x80080008.
2014-06-27 13:51:48:187 548 4b8 DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CBitsJob::SetCallbackHandler: SetNotifyInterface failed with 0x80080008.
2014-06-27 13:51:48:187 548 4b8 DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CBitsJob::SetCallbackHandler: SetNotifyInterface failed with 0x80080008.
2014-06-27 13:51:48:187 548 4b8 Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000)
2014-06-27 13:51:48:252 548 4b8 Service *********
2014-06-27 13:51:48:252 548 4b8 Service ** END ** Service: Service exit [Exit code = 0x240001]
2014-06-27 13:51:48:252 548 4b8 Service *************
2014-06-27 13:51:53:002 548 160c Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.6.7600.256, tz: -0400) ===========
2014-06-27 13:51:53:002 548 160c Misc   = Process: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
2014-06-27 13:51:53:002 548 160c Misc   = Module: c:\windows\system32\wuaueng.dll
Ran a batch file which resets the AU and WindowsUpdate registry keys and then runs the steps listed above:
regedit /s C:\WindowsUpdate.reg
regedit /s C:\AU.reg
net stop bits
net stop wuauserv
Ipconfig /flushdns
del C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr*.*
del /F /Q C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\*.*
sc.exe sdset bits D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)
sc.exe sdset wuauserv D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)
net start bits
net start wuauserv
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
After this runs, am able to connect to WSUS server for updates. I mentioned Group Policy changes because this only breaks after the Group Policy changes. It doesn't affect every client machine but most of them. Was wondering how the proxy gets reset from
none to the proxy server for Windows Updates?

How to implement " log on locally" via Domain Group Policy

Hello,
Thanks for always being very helpful.
My Goal:
I want to restrict one domain user to login to one computer only (admin/root users to login to every computer).
I searched and I believe there is no such direct way to implement via the group policy unless I may add one GPO per user to implement"log on locally" from the group policy.
Do you have some VB script or other good way so I should not login to each computer one by one and edit the policy manually.
Thanks in advance.
Muhammad Asif Server Administrator Linux/Windows

I am sorry if I wasn't cleared, I am managing about 250 users and want accomplish from some centralized locations. I don't want to go to every machine and apply the changes.
I want to let one domain user to login to one system only.
I have the list of computer name VS username, and I want to apply from centralized location without login to each computer one by one.
Thanks a lot for the assistance.
Muhammad Asif Server Administrator Linux/Windows
The solution can only be applied once at the DC with ADUC or with Set-ADUSer as I posted. It only needs to be run once from one DC.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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