yes, i'd like to apply this to all remote users.
Note: the users ONLY use Excel as a published remote app and its the Office/Excel date format that is in US when we'd like it to be UK.

Yes, i have changed as admin on the RDS server both the server time/date/regional settings and also Office Language settings.

I'd like the GPO to apply to ALL & ANYONE who logs onto the server or uses the remote app Excel.

@Dashrender said in Rename Desktop Icon via GPP:

@IRJ said in Rename Desktop Icon via GPP:

Duh!!! I can just delete and create a new one... LOL

This just means you have two entries in your GPO for while.

Yeah. I actually deleted some really old shortcut GPOs that are about a year old while I was in there. I can probably safely remove this after a month.

6 of one. It accomplishes what you wanted without having to go to each system and do it manually. Is it a full-on GPO setting? No. Will it work? Probably.

Yes, I think that RSAT might actually care as if it does the wrong thing it won't see the files.

Cached mode for 2016 is disabled just like all the rest, yeah!

I do this because calendars don't play nice when you're opening up 12 other people calendars regularly, and so are 80 other people.

No cached mode means you're working live on the system at all times, or your not working at all.

My first thought was finding the file on the server and manually editing it, but damn.. that would be dangerous.

I love ninite for personal use. Nuke/pave times drop dramatically.

@g.jacobse said:

How does Group Policy affect AD memberships or does it?

It does not. AD and GPO are separate things.

$computers = Get-Content -path C:\fso\computers.txt
$user = "aUser"
$password = "MyNewPassword!"
Foreach($computer in $computers)
{
$user = [adsi]"WinNT://$computer/$user,user"
$user.SetPassword($Password)
$user.SetInfo()
}

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/03/25/how-can-i-change-the-passwords-of-multiple-local-computer-accounts.aspx

It was super easy to do. I just created the folder and dropped the new ADMX files in.

@IRJ said:

Note: This script only works when installing VNC. That was no problem for us since we were a couple revisions behind.

I just stopped the VNC service on each PC and pushed down the MSI and installed using the new password.

I knew once I pointed you in the right direction you would get it 🙂

That will get you, it got me back in the day. lol

@Dashrender said:

I'm trying to impress my boss with Windows 8

Good luck - I'm not sure I'm impressed too much. As far as Metro apps go, there's a number of little widgets in there for things like news and weather that constantly update themselves, along with a Reader app. Just wondered if anyone was able to integrate any of them into their productivity routine.

@IRJ said:

Ok. The GPO says it will work for versions 8,9,10, and 11. So one GPO should work

As long as it just looks for whatever IE is on the machine and not for a specific version.

I incorrectly started my GPOs in the default GP 10 years ago... like you I've moved away from this practice completely allowing me greater flexibility where needed.