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I have an NT 4.0 two domain network with a full two way trust. A system policy is in effect. It is located in the winnt40\system32\repl\import\scripts(netlogon share)directory, The file is config.pol. Within this policy file is a group policy for staff, a global group on the domain. For certain users, when they login, they either get a restricted desktop or only the mapping to their personal directory(U: \\netserver_1\users\staff\%username%)and they see nothing else in My Computer. It seems when they logon with a Win98 SE client,it will first prompt you that this is your first login and do want to save settings,and then goes to password and confirm password. On certain PC's throughout the network, by saying no to these prompts, these usersget the correct settings. On others, it is fine. It seems to be profile or policy, but not for every user. Any ideas? Help is appreciated. Thanks.

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by mcarswell

First i would check to see if the Group policy is loaded on the windows 98 machines. (You can find this on the windows 98 CD) then I would use the policy editor on the 98 machine and see weather it is pointing to a diffrent location to find the policy file. If it is you want to change it back to the default. You also wnat to mack sure that You have a policy made for the default Computer. If you do not and a user logs in and it can not find a policy for the user account or the Machine it will use the default policy on the machine.

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