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gabriel/tfi User is Offline

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11/03/2008 4:33 AM
Is it possible to determne what GPO is asking for a computer restart? Thanks - Gabriele. Refreshing Policy... User Policy Refresh has completed. Computer Policy Refresh has completed. Certain User policies are enabled that can only run during logon. Certain Computer policies are enabled that can only run during startup. OK to Reboot?. (Y/N) List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx

darren

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11/03/2008 10:04 AM
Typically this occurs when you have either Folder Redirection or Software Installation policy in place. Both of these require a foreground synchronous refresh of policy to run and when you see this message after running GPUpdate (esp. with the /force /boot or /sync options), this means that the GP engine has been told to run synchronously next time and this requires a reboot (or re-logon for user policy) to process those policy extensions. Hope that helps. Darren **** Darren Mar-Elia CTO & Founder SDM Software, Inc. "The Group Policy Experts" www.sdmsoftware.com Automate Group Policy audits and changes with the GPExpert™ Scripting Toolkit http://www.sdmsoftware.com/group_policy_scripting -----Original Message----- From: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of gabro@gabro.net Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:29 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Determine what GPO requires a restart. Is it possible to determne what GPO is asking for a computer restart? Thanks - Gabriele. Refreshing Policy... User Policy Refresh has completed. Computer Policy Refresh has completed. Certain User policies are enabled that can only run during logon. Certain Computer policies are enabled that can only run during startup. OK to Reboot?. (Y/N) List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx

gabriel/tfi User is Offline

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11/03/2008 7:17 PM
Darren, thanks for your reply. Truthly I was aware of those GPO settings behavior (specifically when a gpupdate /force is runned), but I badly posted my question this morning (big hurry). A colleague reported me that the "Refreshing Policy....OK to Reboot?. (Y/N)" showed up in a cmd box after some users logged onto the system. He suspects these computers are the ones that some other colleagues migrated when we acquired a company some months ago (the computers were not re-imaged, just unjoined from the previous domain and joined to our domain). It looks like a "gpupdate /force" is runned somewhere (but no logon script or startup folder), so I was just wondering what could have triggered that refresh. I've not checked on startup scripts in local policies, yet. Never seen that before. Any idea? Thanks - Gabriele. > -----Original Message----- > From: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org [mailto:ActiveDir- > owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia > Sent: lunedì 3 novembre 2008 15.59 > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Determine what GPO requires a restart. > > Typically this occurs when you have either Folder Redirection or > Software Installation policy in place. Both of these require a > foreground synchronous refresh of policy to run and when you see this > message after running GPUpdate (esp. with the /force /boot or /sync > options), this means that the GP engine has been told to run > synchronously next time and this requires a reboot (or re-logon for > user policy) to process those policy extensions. > > Hope that helps. > > Darren > > > **** > Darren Mar-Elia > CTO & Founder > SDM Software, Inc. > "The Group Policy Experts" > www.sdmsoftware.com > Automate Group Policy audits and changes with the GPExpert™ > Scripting Toolkit http://www.sdmsoftware.com/group_policy_scripting > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org [mailto:ActiveDir- > owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of gabro@gabro.net > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:29 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: [ActiveDir] Determine what GPO requires a restart. > > Is it possible to determne what GPO is asking for a computer restart? > > Thanks - Gabriele. > > Refreshing Policy... > User Policy Refresh has completed. > Computer Policy Refresh has completed. > Certain User policies are enabled that can only run during logon. > Certain Computer policies are enabled that can only run during startup. > OK to Reboot?. (Y/N) > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx

darren

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11/04/2008 1:11 AM
Gabriele- Well, as you've said, it is most likely some gpupdate command being launched somewhere. It could be in the "Run" registry keys or similar nook or cranny. I would get a hold of autoruns.exe from sysinternals/TechNet and see if it finds this command stuffed somewhere onto those systems. Darren ** Darren Mar-Elia CTO & Founder SDM Software, Inc. "The Group Policy Experts" www.sdmsoftware.com Automate Group Policy audits and changes with the GPExpert™ Scripting Toolkit http://www.sdmsoftware.com/group_policy_scripting -----Original Message----- From: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of Gabriele Scolaro Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 4:13 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Determine what GPO requires a restart. Darren, thanks for your reply. Truthly I was aware of those GPO settings behavior (specifically when a gpupdate /force is runned), but I badly posted my question this morning (big hurry). A colleague reported me that the "Refreshing Policy....OK to Reboot?. (Y/N)" showed up in a cmd box after some users logged onto the system. He suspects these computers are the ones that some other colleagues migrated when we acquired a company some months ago (the computers were not re-imaged, just unjoined from the previous domain and joined to our domain). It looks like a "gpupdate /force" is runned somewhere (but no logon script or startup folder), so I was just wondering what could have triggered that refresh. I've not checked on startup scripts in local policies, yet. Never seen that before. Any idea? Thanks - Gabriele. > -----Original Message----- > From: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org [mailto:ActiveDir- > owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia > Sent: lunedì 3 novembre 2008 15.59 > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Determine what GPO requires a restart. > > Typically this occurs when you have either Folder Redirection or > Software Installation policy in place. Both of these require a > foreground synchronous refresh of policy to run and when you see this > message after running GPUpdate (esp. with the /force /boot or /sync > options), this means that the GP engine has been told to run > synchronously next time and this requires a reboot (or re-logon for > user policy) to process those policy extensions. > > Hope that helps. > > Darren > > > ** > Darren Mar-Elia > CTO & Founder > SDM Software, Inc. > "The Group Policy Experts" > www.sdmsoftware.com > Automate Group Policy audits and changes with the GPExpert™ > Scripting Toolkit http://www.sdmsoftware.com/group_policy_scripting > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org [mailto:ActiveDir- > owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of gabro@gabro.net > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:29 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: [ActiveDir] Determine what GPO requires a restart. > > Is it possible to determne what GPO is asking for a computer restart? > > Thanks - Gabriele. > > Refreshing Policy... > User Policy Refresh has completed. > Computer Policy Refresh has completed. > Certain User policies are enabled that can only run during logon. > Certain Computer policies are enabled that can only run during startup. > OK to Reboot?. (Y/N) > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ma/default.aspx

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