Issues with Server 2008 R2 GPO Settings Being Applied To Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7

We are working on a new domain and I'm trying to figure out how to populate the default Home page, Trusted Sites and the Proxy now that Microsoft has removed the IEM from the GPO's.
I have created a standalone policy that only has these items set in the User Configuration Preferences and the settings are not updating for my test user account on the test system. I see the policy is being applied without any errors. The only
other GPO that is being applied to this system is the Default Domain Policy and it is at the default settings.
Why would Microsoft take away such a basic and fundamental administrative function? I'm trying to figure this out before all support ends for the older versions of IE in January, 2016. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to get this configured
so I don't have to touch every system.
Mark Gordon
Systems Administrator

Hi Karen and thanks for the reply. I'm having to use my personal Microsoft account as I was unable to reconnect to this one. The only settings in this group policy that is set are the 3 fields (Home page, Security level for Trusted Sites and
Proxy script under the LAN Settings) under the User Configuration Preferences. There is nothing configured under the Computer Configuration section.
I have my test computer and user in a Test OU with this policy linked to it. The only policy being applied to this system through inheritance, is the Default Domain Policy (all default settings). Attached is the link to the gpreport.html that
you requested.
I am very aware of making sure there are no other settings in the same as well as other policies that can overwrite the desired settings. This is why I have created a policy with only these few settings as a test to ensure that they work. I'd
be grateful if you would review the result file below and could come up with some suggestions that I could try. Thanks a bunch.
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=7956C3A4AD84AA5E%21549
Sincerely,
Mark Gordon
If you're using Group Policy Preferences (GPP), a common mistake for those new to using GPP, is to misunderstand the F5/F6/F7/F8 configuration step (particularly for the Internet Explorer settings):
http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2008/10/20/red-green-underlining-continued-using-preferences-to-set-ie-settings-like-preference-or-like-policy.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2008/10/13/red-green-gp-preferences-doesn-t-work-even-though-the-policy-applied-and-after-gpupdate-force.aspx
http://justworks.ca/blog/f5-f6-f7-f8-red-green
https://4sysops.com/archives/internet-explorer-10-administration-part-3-group-policy-preferences/
https://dirteam.com/sander/2013/09/16/knowledgebase-internet-explorer-10-security-settings-are-silently-applied-to-client-computers-when-you-use-gpmc-to-view-the-group-policy-preferences-settings/
http://blog.thesysadmins.co.uk/group-policy-internet-explorer-10-death-iem.html
Don
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User profile cannot be loaded with Event ID 1509, DETAIL - The filename or extension is too long
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2536571
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We are running Windows Server 2003 and trying to map network drives through a GPO script on a Windows 8.1 machine. The drives don't get mapped and if they do, it takes them 10minutes or more to show up. The Folder Redirection is not working
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Hi,
This is because
by default, on client computers, Group
Policy processing is not synchronous, that is client computers typically do
not wait for the network for GPO settings to be fully initialized at startup and logon.
Solution:
Enable the
policy setting Always
wait for the network at computer startup and logon to set the client computers wait
for the network for GPO settings to be fully initialized during computer startup and user logon.
Steps to enable the Policy Setting
- Open Group Policy Management Console (start -> Run -> Type GPMC.MSC).
- Edit the required GPO and navigate to
Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Logon and enable the option Always
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Checkout the below thread on similar problem and solution,
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/285e5a93-a5c8-4725-9067-af48bcde5c78/user-home-folder-problem?forum=winserverfiles
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NVGRE with Server 2008 R2 guest VM - NetVirtualizationLookupRecord not created

First question -- is using a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 VM guest supported with Windows 2012 R2 hosts using HV-NVGRE and HV-NVGRE Gateways?
I did some testing and at first I couldn't get connectivity with the 2008 R2 guest. I later found that SCVMM 2012 R2 didn't create the NetVirtualizationLookupRecord for the 2008 R2 guest. After I manually created one (matching the VM's mac address,
CA, CustomerID, and PA) I was able to get the guest to communicate with other VM's on the same NVGRE subnet. However, I can't get the 2008 R2 guest to connect to my NVGRE gateway (which works fine with 2012 R2 VM guests).
Is this a known issue and/or are there other manual steps required to make a 2008 R2 VM guest work with NVGRE networks and gateways?
Thanks
Mark
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Hi Ralph,
First, I can't answer your question about the supportability of WNLB within an NVGRE network. Microsoft Support would have to answer that. That said, I haven't tested WNLB within NVGRE mainly because I personally don't recommend using it EVER. There are so
many known issues/limitations with WNLB that I just tell folks to not even consider it. If you want to read about them, I blogged a few years ago about this (along with another solution) -- it's dated but you can read here:
http://marksmith.netrends.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=111
That said, NVGRE does have some limitations when it comes to what I would call "non-typical" IP protocols (generally anything other than TCP, ICMP, and UDP). For example, I've seen VRRP and CARP not work in a NVGRE network when playing
with some clustered load balancers. I suspect that the issue with WNLB is with its use of mac addresses, under its various network configs (multicast, unicast, etc.)
Due to all of the issues around WNLB, if it were me, I wouldn't even spend the time on it. Look at some of the VM Network load balancers or even try to make the Centos LB work.
Hope that helps.
Mark
<table> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Mark E. Smith</b><br/> Practice Manager, Unified Communications<br/> Capax Global Consulting<br/> My Blog - <a href="http://blogs.capaxglobal.com/markesmith">http://blogs.capaxglobal.com/markesmith</a><br/>
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