Changes made to Users Profile Tab are ignored

[prophetoffire]

I have configured a policy on my nt 4 server and then when i change the settings on my profile, and make sure the under the passwords using the profiles. When i restart and log back in the settings i have just made on the password settings they have reverted back to the previous settings. Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[wolluf]

Can you explain this a bit more please. Like which settings you are changing. How you are doing it (are we talking about 98 client machines on an NT domain?) - are you using 98's policy editor?

 

[prophetoffire]

OKay
Here goes: I have set up policies on the NT 4.0 domain controller, and using poledit on a win98 workstation because i have a mix of win2k and win98 and win95 clients.

In order for profiles to work on win98 clients you have to enable them under the password tab. Everytime i specifcy users can change things like desktop settings and such, its ask to reset and when it does, it reverts to the previous setting of disallowing it. its very confuzing and fustrating.

 

[wolluf]

You haven't got other policies in operation which prevent saving of settings? Or mandatory profiles?

What happens if you log 9x machine on locally (ie, not connected to domain) & then try this change?

 

[prophetoffire]

I will Give it a shot
Thanks hopefully it works

 

[prophetoffire]

i removed the network client and tried again. it still didnt set. Its reverting to an older setting.

Any more idea on how to change it ?
Registry didnt work either

 

[prophetoffire]

okay i think i fixed it.

i opened up the default policy in the netlogon folder of my server, config.pol. looked at the default computer properties and set it up so that it accepts profiles. I think that was the problem all a long. that it wasnt ticked, so by default computer that didnt have it set ignored the policy, until i told it not to locally,but the moment i restarted it revert to the old status of dont enable policies.

thanx for all the help