Posted: 11/25/2011 7:31:20 AM EDT
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on our network, its set to auto push desktop icons, if we delete them they just pop right back after a given time... this is a AD setting, not installed software doing it... where would i look to disable it? i wouldnt care it it was stuff i used, but they push like 20+ icons of BS crap
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I have a bunch of users that would do stuff like you are suggesting, and I would look to have them terminated. There is probably a reason behind the icons that you may not understand.
That said, if you are not one of the trouble users if you came to me and asked nicely, I might exclude you from the GPO for the icons. |
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on our network, its set to auto push desktop icons, if we delete them they just pop right back after a given time... this is a AD setting, not installed software doing it... where would i look to disable it? i wouldnt care it it was stuff i used, but they push like 20+ icons of BS crap You probably can't, and definitely shouldn't. |
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Quoted: You could always console into the Router, then change the user password and the secret.  Then watch your IT guy go nut's when he has to access the router.  Mine is sitting in a secure data center, so that would be a hell of a neat trick. It also wouldn't do a damn thing to alleviate this guys cluttered desktop.
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You could always console into the Router, then change the user password and the secret.
Then watch your IT guy go nut's when he has to access the router. Mine is sitting in a secure data center, so that would be a hell of a neat trick. It also wouldn't do a damn thing to alleviate this guys cluttered desktop. It's a BLAST going to school for IT. ALL the good stuff I'm learning along the way. 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: You could always console into the Router, then change the user password and the secret. Then watch your IT guy go nut's when he has to access the router. Mine is sitting in a secure data center, so that would be a hell of a neat trick. It also wouldn't do a damn thing to alleviate this guys cluttered desktop. It's a BLAST going to school for IT. ALL the good stuff I'm learning along the way. Wait, you PAID somebody to learn how to learn the password recovery procedure on Cisco routers? Dude, you can just google it. It's on Cisco's site, man.  |
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Quoted: Your safest bet would be to write a batch file that will delete the icons. While it is possible to exclude yourself from some GPOs with only local admin rights on your computer it will raise flags for the admin that you are messing with things you shouldn't. Well, the safest bet would be to talk to IT support and explain that issue and see if they can throw him in an exclusion group or change the policy in the first place. |
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Quoted: That's what I would do. I do nice stuff for users all the time, when they ask. Quoted: Your safest bet would be to write a batch file that will delete the icons. While it is possible to exclude yourself from some GPOs with only local admin rights on your computer it will raise flags for the admin that you are messing with things you shouldn't. Well, the safest bet would be to talk to IT support and explain that issue and see if they can throw him in an exclusion group or change the policy in the first place. |
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You could always console into the Router, then change the user password and the secret.
Then watch your IT guy go nut's when he has to access the router. Mine is sitting in a secure data center, so that would be a hell of a neat trick. It also wouldn't do a damn thing to alleviate this guys cluttered desktop. It's a BLAST going to school for IT. ALL the good stuff I'm learning along the way. Wait, you PAID somebody to learn how to learn the password recovery procedure on Cisco routers? Dude, you can just google it. It's on Cisco's site, man. Well I'm in the CCNA courses and we got into command lines for rooters. |
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You could always console into the Router, then change the user password and the secret.
Then watch your IT guy go nut's when he has to access the router. Mine is sitting in a secure data center, so that would be a hell of a neat trick. It also wouldn't do a damn thing to alleviate this guys cluttered desktop. It's a BLAST going to school for IT. ALL the good stuff I'm learning along the way. Wait, you PAID somebody to learn how to learn the password recovery procedure on Cisco routers? Dude, you can just google it. It's on Cisco's site, man. I like ur SN, haha |
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Quoted: Your safest bet would be to write a batch file that will delete the icons. While it is possible to exclude yourself from some GPOs with only local admin rights on your computer it will raise flags for the admin that you are messing with things you shouldn't. i am the IT guy that builds and fixes everything, but im not the network guy then sets all the GPO stuff.. i can do ANYTHING on my box, no one cares... the auto push is for all the peons im admin, what can i change local to do it... i can do the batch script delete, but its a pain in the ass... are GPO's are not by "groups" they are all "locations", like builing 1––> floor 3––>server room |
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You could always console into the Router, then change the user password and the secret.
Then watch your IT guy go nut's when he has to access the router. Baahh, password recovery takes all of 5 minutes and I will severly punish anyone stupid enough to try that shit, and it will epic and expensive... |
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Quoted: Quoted: That's what I would do. I do nice stuff for users all the time, when they ask. Quoted: Your safest bet would be to write a batch file that will delete the icons. While it is possible to exclude yourself from some GPOs with only local admin rights on your computer it will raise flags for the admin that you are messing with things you shouldn't. Well, the safest bet would be to talk to IT support and explain that issue and see if they can throw him in an exclusion group or change the policy in the first place. Sure. We're there to support the business, right?  If I don't have a good reason for not doing so, I'll do a lot. And if I do have a good reason for not doing so (no money in the budget, our infrastructure doesn't support it, etc), I'll bring it up in proper channels. As long as it isn't a stupid request. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: You could always console into the Router, then change the user password and the secret. Then watch your IT guy go nut's when he has to access the router. Mine is sitting in a secure data center, so that would be a hell of a neat trick. It also wouldn't do a damn thing to alleviate this guys cluttered desktop. It's a BLAST going to school for IT. ALL the good stuff I'm learning along the way. Wait, you PAID somebody to learn how to learn the password recovery procedure on Cisco routers? Dude, you can just google it. It's on Cisco's site, man. Well I'm in the CCNA courses and we got into command lines for rooters. They are teaching you the British curriculum? |
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i can do ANYTHING on my box, no one cares... the auto push is for all the peons im admin, what can i change local to do it... Unless you have permissions to exempt your computer from the policy(s) or move the computer account to another OU that doesn't have the policy in AD....nothing. |
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Your safest bet would be to write a batch file that will delete the icons. While it is possible to exclude yourself from some GPOs with only local admin rights on your computer it will raise flags for the admin that you are messing with things you shouldn't. i am the IT guy that builds and fixes everything, but im not the network guy then sets all the GPO stuff.. i can do ANYTHING on my box, no one cares... the auto push is for all the peons im admin, what can i change local to do it... i can do the batch script delete, but its a pain in the ass... are GPO's are not by "groups" they are all "locations", like builing 1––> floor 3––>server room So you are not in with your sys admins? Sounds like you need to get in with those guys, instead of undermining the policies. We do all kinds of special stuff for the it folks, even the helpdesk. |
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Quoted: Just ask nicely... jeez  My IT guys hook me up all the time. Of course, as a lifelong computer and networking geek, I save them from all sorts of silly/low-level IT tasks in the ER. I consider it a sign of weakness to call tech support  I wish all of my users were like you. |
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Just ask nicely... jeez
My IT guys hook me up all the time. Of course, as a lifelong computer and networking geek, I save them from all sorts of silly/low-level IT tasks in the ER. I consider it a sign of weakness to call tech support I wish all of my users were like you. Amen to that. |
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Just ask nicely... jeez
My IT guys hook me up all the time. Of course, as a lifelong computer and networking geek, I save them from all sorts of silly/low-level IT tasks in the ER. I consider it a sign of weakness to call tech support So you've tried turning it off and back on again? |
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Just ask nicely... jeez
My IT guys hook me up all the time. Of course, as a lifelong computer and networking geek, I save them from all sorts of silly/low-level IT tasks in the ER. I consider it a sign of weakness to call tech support So you've tried turning it off and back on again? It never ceases to amaze me how often that fixes things in windows... boggles my *nix-loving mind. I save my guys from inane stuff like: "My computer quit working!" (uhhh... your monitor got unplugged), "This thing is making noise!" (fan clogged with dust), "My computer is shutting down!" (heat-related shutdown, due to above) "my computer is screeching!" (not your computer... UPS battery has gone bad). "I can't log in!" (you're already logged into another terminal) "I can't get on the wireless!" (you don't have the right key) "Everything stopped!" (mandatory midnight reboot... give it a second...) I translate geek-speak for my luddite coworkers. |
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Just ask nicely... jeez
My IT guys hook me up all the time. Of course, as a lifelong computer and networking geek, I save them from all sorts of silly/low-level IT tasks in the ER. I consider it a sign of weakness to call tech support So you've tried turning it off and back on again? It never ceases to amaze me how often that fixes things in windows... boggles my *nix-loving mind. I save my guys from inane stuff like: "My computer quit working!" (uhhh... your monitor got unplugged), "This thing is making noise!" (fan clogged with dust), "My computer is shutting down!" (heat-related shutdown, due to above) "my computer is screeching!" (not your computer... UPS battery has gone bad). "I can't log in!" (you're already logged into another terminal) "I can't get on the wireless!" (you don't have the right key) "Everything stopped!" (mandatory midnight reboot... give it a second...) I translate geek-speak for my luddite coworkers. If you haven't already I highly encourage you to watch The IT Crowd on Netflix. |
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on our network, its set to auto push desktop icons, if we delete them they just pop right back after a given time... this is a AD setting, not installed software doing it... where would i look to disable it? i wouldnt care it it was stuff i used, but they push like 20+ icons of BS crap Talk to your manager to find the appropriate feedback channels. Unless its your own personal computer don't play with it. |
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You could always console into the Router, then change the user password and the secret.
Then watch your IT guy go nut's when he has to access the router. You sound like you delete DLLs and optimize your registry for MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE! Dude- I had to...they wuz clogging my resources. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: You could always console into the Router, then change the user password and the secret. Then watch your IT guy go nut's when he has to access the router. Mine is sitting in a secure data center, so that would be a hell of a neat trick. It also wouldn't do a damn thing to alleviate this guys cluttered desktop. It's a BLAST going to school for IT. ALL the good stuff I'm learning along the way. Wait, you PAID somebody to learn how to learn the password recovery procedure on Cisco routers? Dude, you can just google it. It's on Cisco's site, man. I like ur SN, haha |
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Could be group policy, could be done by logon script...too hard to say. And you probably can't disable it. What he said. If it's a Group Policy, you'd have to have admin rights on one of the Domain Servers to take your PC out of whatever group is affected by the GP. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Could be group policy, could be done by logon script...too hard to say. And you probably can't disable it. What he said. If it's a Group Policy, you'd have to have admin rights on one of the Domain Servers to take your PC out of whatever group is affected by the GP. Not really. If you have local admin rights, you can disable the Group Policy service on your workstation. This may or may not be a good thing, depending on what's being set. In my org, you'll be setting up a LOT of shit manually, if you do this. But...you'll be excluded from all kinds of shit that might otherwise piss you off. |
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Could be group policy, could be done by logon script...too hard to say. And you probably can't disable it. What he said. If it's a Group Policy, you'd have to have admin rights on one of the Domain Servers to take your PC out of whatever group is affected by the GP. Not really. If you have local admin rights, you can disable the Group Policy service on your workstation. This may or may not be a good thing, depending on what's being set. In my org, you'll be setting up a LOT of shit manually, if you do this. But...you'll be excluded from all kinds of shit that might otherwise piss you off. Right. Like we can't fix that too... |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Could be group policy, could be done by logon script...too hard to say. And you probably can't disable it. What he said. If it's a Group Policy, you'd have to have admin rights on one of the Domain Servers to take your PC out of whatever group is affected by the GP. Not really. If you have local admin rights, you can disable the Group Policy service on your workstation. This may or may not be a good thing, depending on what's being set. In my org, you'll be setting up a LOT of shit manually, if you do this. But...you'll be excluded from all kinds of shit that might otherwise piss you off. Right. Like we can't fix that too... I didn't say you couldn't. Don't forget what I do for a living... In the real world, this would give the OP a reprieve for a while, until IT noticed (and if they're any good, they'll notice eventually). In the REALLY real world, his best bet is just to ask one of the IT guys NICELY, to exclude him from the GPO. I have a number of users who I put in an AD OU that filters inherited GPO's. EDIT: You can't shit a shitter. If I *really* don't want you to know what I'm up to, you won't.  |