i am running spark on server 2003 and has worked great for over a year now.
i recently started to push new group policys restricting users rights to change things like desktop icons, backgrounds start menus, ect.
after i pushed the new group policy Sparks process starts teh closes immediately.
what group policy could affect spark in this way? i can run it as a admin under a power user account and it opens fine. non admins can’t open it.
here is the group policys i have enabled.
Policy
Setting
Enroll certificates automatically
Enabled
Renew expired certificates, update pending certificates, and remove revoked certificates
Disabled
Update certificates that use certificate templates
Disabled
Folder Redirectionhide
Desktophide
Setting: Basic (Redirect everyone’s folder to the same location)hide
Path: \Rammutual01\desktop
Optionshide
Grant user exclusive rights to Desktop
Disabled
Move the contents of Desktop to the new location
Disabled
Policy Removal Behavior
Restore contents
Administrative Templateshide
Control Panel/Displayhide
Policy
Setting
Hide Appearance and Themes tab
Enabled
Prevent changing wallpaper
Enabled
Screen Saver timeout
Enabled
Number of seconds to wait to enable the Screen Saver
Seconds:
660
Control Panel/Display/Desktop Themeshide
Policy
Setting
Load a specific visual style file or force Windows Classic
Enabled
Path to Visual Style:
To select Luna type:
%windir%\resources\Themes\Luna\Luna.msstyles
To select a different visual style, type:
ie: \\share\Corp.msstyles
To select Windows Classic, leave the box
above blank and enable this setting
Policy
Setting
Prevent selection of windows and buttons styles
Enabled
Prohibit Theme color selection
Enabled
Remove Theme option
Enabled
Desktophide
Policy
Setting
Hide Internet Explorer icon on desktop
Enabled
Hide My Network Places icon on desktop
Enabled
Prevent adding, dragging, dropping and closing the Taskbar’s toolbars
Enabled
Remove the Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Enabled
Desktop/Active Desktophide
Policy
Setting
Active Desktop Wallpaper
Enabled
Wallpaper Name:
\rammutual01\tsusers\pic.jpg
Example: Using a local path: C:\windows\web\wallpaper\home.jpg
Example: Using a UNC path: \Server\Share\Corp.jpg
Wallpaper Style:
Stretch
Policy
Setting
Enable Active Desktop
Enabled
Allows HTML and JPEG Wallpaper
Start Menu and Taskbarhide
Policy
Setting
Add Logoff to the Start Menu
Enabled
Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down command
Enabled
Remove Drag-and-drop context menus on the Start Menu
Enabled
Remove Help menu from Start Menu
Enabled
Remove My Music icon from Start Menu
Enabled
Remove Set Program Access and Defaults from Start menu
Enabled