I'm trying to diagnose a problem with my WSUS/WindowsUpdate GPO. So I
go into delegation and tell it to Deny application for Domain Admins
and I run gpupdate /force /boot and re-log in.

However, all of those settings are still applied? If I disable the
policy as a whole and gpupdate /force /boot then most of the settings
change back to their default. The exception being that I had
previously told the GPO to disallow going to
windowsupdate.microsoft.com so that people can't manually patch their
systems. However even upon disabling that GPO I cannot go to the WU
site.

All the other items (such as my automatic update preferences) have
reverted back.

At any rate, I guess that's a three part question:

1) Why why I deny this policy does it still apply where as Denying my
IE7 GPO works as I think it should (ie the settings revert back).

2) Why can't I go to the WU site even with my GPO disabled? I ran RSOP
and checked this particular policy and it is set to 'not defined'.

3) Why even after disabling the GPO itself can I not go to the WU
site? It tells me a policy is set disabling it.

Re: GPO Delegation "Apply Group Policy" deny for Domain admins does not work? by Cliff

Cliff
Thu Jun 26 09:30:04 PDT 2008

If you followed the WSUS documentation then the WSUS settings are applied
per computer, not per user. Therefore denying application to domain admins
has no effect. You'd have to deny application to a group that contains the
COMPUTER accounts to impact computer settings.

-Cliff

"Ryan" <mindflux98@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4351248a-ee3f-4011-93e8-f67f517755f6@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> I'm trying to diagnose a problem with my WSUS/WindowsUpdate GPO. So I
> go into delegation and tell it to Deny application for Domain Admins
> and I run gpupdate /force /boot and re-log in.
>
> However, all of those settings are still applied? If I disable the
> policy as a whole and gpupdate /force /boot then most of the settings
> change back to their default. The exception being that I had
> previously told the GPO to disallow going to
> windowsupdate.microsoft.com so that people can't manually patch their
> systems. However even upon disabling that GPO I cannot go to the WU
> site.
>
> All the other items (such as my automatic update preferences) have
> reverted back.
>
> At any rate, I guess that's a three part question:
>
> 1) Why why I deny this policy does it still apply where as Denying my
> IE7 GPO works as I think it should (ie the settings revert back).
>
> 2) Why can't I go to the WU site even with my GPO disabled? I ran RSOP
> and checked this particular policy and it is set to 'not defined'.
>
> 3) Why even after disabling the GPO itself can I not go to the WU
> site? It tells me a policy is set disabling it.


Re: GPO Delegation "Apply Group Policy" deny for Domain admins does by Ryan

Ryan
Thu Jun 26 09:40:59 PDT 2008

Cliff,
Thanks. I was told that by another member elsewhere. I feel dumb!

What about the fact I can't visit WU even after the policies were
removed (disabled) entirely? Why did that not revert?

Re: GPO Delegation "Apply Group Policy" deny for Domain admins does not work? by Cliff

Cliff
Thu Jun 26 10:08:58 PDT 2008

Most group policies operate this way. They make changes to the registry.
So, even when disabled, the registry has already been changed. The
difference between an active GPO and a disabled one is that, when active,
the registry permissions are either changed in a way that prevents the user
from making a change and/or the setting is rechecked on each
reboot/login/application time to ensure the setting is still the same. A
disabled GPO doesn't ENFORCE that setting anymore so the user is allowed to
change it to whatever they desire.

So there ya go, just a good thing to keep in mind...group policies can
permanently change your machine. There is not "magic" rollback.

-Cliff

"Ryan" <mindflux98@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:47a3a1f8-255b-497c-93cb-eb328b5a98d6@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Cliff,
> Thanks. I was told that by another member elsewhere. I feel dumb!
>
> What about the fact I can't visit WU even after the policies were
> removed (disabled) entirely? Why did that not revert?


Re: GPO Delegation "Apply Group Policy" deny for Domain admins does not work? by v-gzwang

v-gzwang
Fri Jun 27 03:29:27 PDT 2008

Hello Ryan,

Thank you for your post and thanks for Cliff's great help.
My name is Gary Wang, and it is my pleasure to work with you on this issue!
Please allow me to confirm that my understandings are correct. As I
understand it, the issue is:

You have set delegation to deny application for domain admins on WSUS GPO.
However, the applications are still applied, even cannot revert.

If I have misunderstood your concerns please feel free to let me know.

Suggestion :
==============
I agree with Cliff's inputs. And besides his reply, I would like to share
some additional information. I suspect that you enabled "Remove access to
use all Windows Update features" under User Configuration\Administrative
Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update to prevent access to
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com .

When you enable this setting, the operating system cannot be updated
through Windows Update, and Automatic Updates is disabled. Users or
administrators can still perform actions such as clicking the Windows
Update option on the Start menu, and the Windows Update Web site will
appear in the browser. However, it will not be possible to update the
operating system through Windows Update, regardless of the type of account
being used to log on.

And Removing user access to Windows Update also disables Windows Automatic
Update(User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Windows Automatic
Updates). You may need to disable Windows Automatic Update too.

For more details, please refer to the following document:

Windows Update and Automatic Updates
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490846(TechNet.10).aspx

Also, please notice that if you have ISA, there is a firewall policy named
"SBS Microsoft Update Sites Access Rule". Please make sure the rule is
enabled.

Hope it helps.

If we cannot resolve the issue after we perform the above steps, please
help me collect some information for further investigation:

Information Need
==============
1. Run gpresult /v > c:\gpresult.txt on SBS server then send
c:\gpresult.txt to me.
2. Gather WSUS MPS Report and send to me.

a. Please download the MPSRPT_SUS.EXE from the following link and then run
this tool to gather some information from the problematic server:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/b/1/bb139fcb-4aac-4fe5-a579-30b0bd9
15706/MPSRPT_SUS.EXE

b. Double-click on the MPSRPT_SUS.EXE file.
[Note] This process may take some time; however, it will not have a
negative effect on the performance.

c. A CAB file will be generated in the
%SystemRoot%\MPSReports\MSUS\Bin\Reports\Cab directory called
%COMPUTERNAME%_MPSRPT_SUS.CAB. The CAB file will contain the reports
generated by the MPS Reporting Tool.

My email address is v-gzwang@microsoft.com

3. Try to ping windowsupdate.microsoft.com to see what will happen.

I look forward to your reply. Also, if you have any questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate to let me know. I am happy to help. :-)

Thank you for your time and cooperation!

Best regards,

Gary Wang(MSFT)
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support

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| Most group policies operate this way. They make changes to the registry.
| So, even when disabled, the registry has already been changed. The
| difference between an active GPO and a disabled one is that, when active,
| the registry permissions are either changed in a way that prevents the
user
| from making a change and/or the setting is rechecked on each
| reboot/login/application time to ensure the setting is still the same. A
| disabled GPO doesn't ENFORCE that setting anymore so the user is allowed
to
| change it to whatever they desire.
|
| So there ya go, just a good thing to keep in mind...group policies can
| permanently change your machine. There is not "magic" rollback.
|
| -Cliff
|
| "Ryan" <mindflux98@gmail.com> wrote in message
| news:47a3a1f8-255b-497c-93cb-eb328b5a98d6@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
| > Cliff,
| > Thanks. I was told that by another member elsewhere. I feel dumb!
| >
| > What about the fact I can't visit WU even after the policies were
| > removed (disabled) entirely? Why did that not revert?
|
|