Group Policy for Hide Notification Area - Windows 7
I haven't had to touch Group Policy in almost six years and need to refresh myself. I administer PCs all over the country that are Windows 7 32-bit (being upgraded to Windows 10 by the end of the year) and my only way to access these PCs is via ssh or ftp. I use batch scripts to update all the systems. I now have to change just one Group Policy setting.
Currently, "Hide the Notification Area" is set to "Enabled." I need to change just that setting to either "Not Configured" or "Disabled." When these PCs were initially being built six years ago, I was emailed a folder called LocalGroupPolicyObject and within it were the user folders for Group Policy for each user. I had a Powershell script I ran to build, then clone these PCs (using Sysprep), and after each one was cloned, another Powershell script was run which added Group Policy by simply changing directories to the LocalGroupPolicyObject folder, then running the command
cmd /c UpdateLGPO.exe GroupPolicyUsersMaster
This would look for the Group Policy for each user and apply that Group Policy.
I vaguely remember going into gpedit.msc and changing settings there, but I'm not clear how I change an already existing Group Policy. Do I need to find a particular file to open in gpedit.msc, change that setting and then it somehow gets exported to a Registry.pol file (if my memory is correct)? Or would it be simpler to use Regedit to change just that one setting for that user?
EDIT - I finally recall using MMC and adding the gpedit.msc Snap-In specifically for the user I need to change. I've made that change, but it's not applying that change even when I run gpupdate /force. What am I missing here?
windows-7 group-policy regedit gpedit
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I haven't had to touch Group Policy in almost six years and need to refresh myself. I administer PCs all over the country that are Windows 7 32-bit (being upgraded to Windows 10 by the end of the year) and my only way to access these PCs is via ssh or ftp. I use batch scripts to update all the systems. I now have to change just one Group Policy setting.
Currently, "Hide the Notification Area" is set to "Enabled." I need to change just that setting to either "Not Configured" or "Disabled." When these PCs were initially being built six years ago, I was emailed a folder called LocalGroupPolicyObject and within it were the user folders for Group Policy for each user. I had a Powershell script I ran to build, then clone these PCs (using Sysprep), and after each one was cloned, another Powershell script was run which added Group Policy by simply changing directories to the LocalGroupPolicyObject folder, then running the command
cmd /c UpdateLGPO.exe GroupPolicyUsersMaster
This would look for the Group Policy for each user and apply that Group Policy.
I vaguely remember going into gpedit.msc and changing settings there, but I'm not clear how I change an already existing Group Policy. Do I need to find a particular file to open in gpedit.msc, change that setting and then it somehow gets exported to a Registry.pol file (if my memory is correct)? Or would it be simpler to use Regedit to change just that one setting for that user?
EDIT - I finally recall using MMC and adding the gpedit.msc Snap-In specifically for the user I need to change. I've made that change, but it's not applying that change even when I run gpupdate /force. What am I missing here?
windows-7 group-policy regedit gpedit
asked Jan 11 at 18:11
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I haven't had to touch Group Policy in almost six years and need to refresh myself. I administer PCs all over the country that are Windows 7 32-bit (being upgraded to Windows 10 by the end of the year) and my only way to access these PCs is via ssh or ftp. I use batch scripts to update all the systems. I now have to change just one Group Policy setting.
Currently, "Hide the Notification Area" is set to "Enabled." I need to change just that setting to either "Not Configured" or "Disabled." When these PCs were initially being built six years ago, I was emailed a folder called LocalGroupPolicyObject and within it were the user folders for Group Policy for each user. I had a Powershell script I ran to build, then clone these PCs (using Sysprep), and after each one was cloned, another Powershell script was run which added Group Policy by simply changing directories to the LocalGroupPolicyObject folder, then running the command
cmd /c UpdateLGPO.exe GroupPolicyUsersMaster
This would look for the Group Policy for each user and apply that Group Policy.
I vaguely remember going into gpedit.msc and changing settings there, but I'm not clear how I change an already existing Group Policy. Do I need to find a particular file to open in gpedit.msc, change that setting and then it somehow gets exported to a Registry.pol file (if my memory is correct)? Or would it be simpler to use Regedit to change just that one setting for that user?
EDIT - I finally recall using MMC and adding the gpedit.msc Snap-In specifically for the user I need to change. I've made that change, but it's not applying that change even when I run gpupdate /force. What am I missing here?
windows-7 group-policy regedit gpedit
asked Jan 11 at 18:11
BigRedEOBigRedEO
195
I haven't had to touch Group Policy in almost six years and need to refresh myself. I administer PCs all over the country that are Windows 7 32-bit (being upgraded to Windows 10 by the end of the year) and my only way to access these PCs is via ssh or ftp. I use batch scripts to update all the systems. I now have to change just one Group Policy setting.
Currently, "Hide the Notification Area" is set to "Enabled." I need to change just that setting to either "Not Configured" or "Disabled." When these PCs were initially being built six years ago, I was emailed a folder called LocalGroupPolicyObject and within it were the user folders for Group Policy for each user. I had a Powershell script I ran to build, then clone these PCs (using Sysprep), and after each one was cloned, another Powershell script was run which added Group Policy by simply changing directories to the LocalGroupPolicyObject folder, then running the command
cmd /c UpdateLGPO.exe GroupPolicyUsersMaster
This would look for the Group Policy for each user and apply that Group Policy.
I vaguely remember going into gpedit.msc and changing settings there, but I'm not clear how I change an already existing Group Policy. Do I need to find a particular file to open in gpedit.msc, change that setting and then it somehow gets exported to a Registry.pol file (if my memory is correct)? Or would it be simpler to use Regedit to change just that one setting for that user?
EDIT - I finally recall using MMC and adding the gpedit.msc Snap-In specifically for the user I need to change. I've made that change, but it's not applying that change even when I run gpupdate /force. What am I missing here?
windows-7 group-policy regedit gpedit
windows-7 group-policy regedit gpedit
asked Jan 11 at 18:11
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