windows xp - RDP connection to admin account activates group policy
2014-07
me1982
I have a stand alone win XP sp 3 machine with two users. Admin and user. The user has group policy activated and limited access but the admin has full access. For some reason connecting via remote desktop to the admin account, activates the limited group policy on the admin account. Does any one know why is this happening and How can I prevent that from happening?
zmee
I am in the administrators group for my local Windows XP machine and I would like to get updates via http://update.microsoft.com/[1]. However, this is prevented via the group policy:
Network policy settings prevent you from using this website to get updates for your computer.
Is there anyway to override this specific policy for my machine or my user?
[1] Several installed applications are Microsoft based, but are not part of the machine standard (eg Visual studio). As such, I am not getting the updates for these applications. I could periodically go to the various application sites and look for hotfixes, but that is beyond tedious.
devi
You can temporary overwrite registry key to allow connect windows to update.microsoft.com directly:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Then all updates completed successfully
rodey
Use the program KillPol (standalone .exe) to remove Group Policy and then you can visit Windows Update. You need to be only a local administrator and can also use the same program to re-apply GP. I'm offering the download from my Dropbox account because I have no idea where on the net to find this program. It was given to me by a coworker.
ThatGraemeGuy
Speak the the IT dept of the organisation. That policy setting is typically enabled when updates are managed centrally using WSUS, Altiris, etc.
John Rabotnik
There are a few alternatives to using the Windows Update site. One I would recommend is WindizUpdate. It's designed for Firefox/Opera users so they can get Windows updates without using Internet Explorer, but perhaps it will let you update your machine while side stepping the group policy issue.
Windiz Updates provides an experience that's as similar to the original as its name. The twist is that this service won't work in Internet Explorer - you'll need Firefox and the Windiz addon. It doesn't collect any personal information, and IE doesn't even need to be installed on your system to use it.
It's an intelligent system and won't download old updates that have been superceded by newer ones. Windiz also won't install updates that have potential security issues. New updates with It can even provide updates for Microsoft's golden oldies like 95 and NT.
You could also try Windows Updates Downloader which is a slightly more manual process but should do the job if Windiz isn't suitable