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Map network drives with Group Policy Preferences instead of logon scripts: create a Drive Maps item, use item-level targeting, and fix drives that won't appear.
Set account lockout threshold, duration, and reset counter with Group Policy. Practical settings, where the policy lives, common mistakes, and how to find locked-out users.
Work through why a GPO won't apply — gpupdate, gpresult, link and scope, security and WMI filtering, SYSVOL replication, slow links, and loopback — with the commands to prove it.
SYSVOL or NETLOGON missing on a domain controller? Learn to diagnose DFSR vs FRS, check the shares, and run authoritative or non-authoritative sync to recover.