Language settings changed by AD?

[chiefsmt123]

Just to start, I am not involved in Active Directory administration. I support desktop OS, etc.

Lately, when adding Windows XPsp1 machines to our AD domain I (and others) are seeing the following:

After adding the workstation to the domain, and logging in with the users AD account for the first time, the desktop is setup with the following "non-default" settings:
Under Taskbar and Start Menu Properties - > Taskbar tab: All options are selected.

Under Taskbar and Start Menu Properties -> Start Menu: "Classic Start Menu" is selected.

Under Tools -> Folder Options -> General: "Use Windows classic folders" is selected. It should be "Show common tasks in folders".

Under Regional and Language Options: The language, location, default input language, and installed services are English (United Kingdom). All of this should be English (US).

If I create a local account, and sign on, the desktop settings are normal default with English(US)for language and location. This only happens when I use an AD account to login to the workstation.

This just started happening recently. I have a call into our AD folks, but wanted to gather as much understanding as I can on this issue. Is there anyway I can prove that these changes are made by a policy in AD? I can change the language back to Eng(US)and the settings aren't overwritten later.

Thanks

 

[markdmac]

Sounds like you have GPOs customizing things. At the desktop run GPRESULT to confirm that is the case.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[chiefsmt123]

Thanks for the info. I've got our AD guys looking into it now. It does sound like a GPO thing.

Thanks.