Sure, Microsoft does quite a good job showing you have to migrate GPOs across domains and they also have their Migrating GPOs Across Domains with GPMC document which I recommend. But here's a short recap how to do it if you have two separate domains which are not trusted using the Backup method. Export: In the source domain, right-click the GPO you want to migrate and choose Backup... Backup to a directory of your choice and Comment. You can continue backing up [...]
I often create GPO:s which Assign a certain software and make sure that I have a domain group which contain the computer where I want the software installed and then I make sure Security Filtering of the GPO doesn't contain Authenticated Users but only the group. That way, I control which computers get that software. But what if someone later uninstall the software manually? No matter reboots, the software will not be re-installed by the GPO. How do you force [...]
Categories: Windows
Java has become a little bit of a nightmare to deploy and looking for answers on Google doesn’t make you much wiser since people states all kinds of things in different forums. Therefore, I’m going to make my best to clarify how it works in Java 6 (1.6.0). Previous versions (1.5.0) supported silent install switches like JAVAUPDATE=0. However I've been reading through the silent switches documentation for Java 1.6.0 and have been unable to find anything equivalent at all to [...]
Categories: Deployment
