The beta of Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 beta has now been released to the public for testing. For your benefit I have parsed through the complete list of hotfixes and I have listed out all the group policy specific setting. If you just want the service pack right now you can download it here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ff183870.aspx
I have highlighted the two hotfixes that stand out it my mind as the issues that have been most annoying bugs with group policy with Windows 7 RTM.
I have also posted an installation screenshot walk though on my other blog here http://www.smartergeek.info/2010/07/install-screenshots-windows-7-service-pack-1-beta/
| Hotfix Description | Link to support article |
| After Internet Explorer Maintenance Group Policy settings are configured in a domain, a 20-second delay occurs when you log on to the domain from a client computer that has Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8 installed | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941158 |
| FIX: You cannot import or paste some group policies across domains by using the “Group Policy Management” MMC snap-in | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969867 |
| SceCli 1202 events are logged every time Computer Group Policy settings are refreshed on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974639 |
| Roaming user profile cache is not deleted from a Windows Server 2003-based computer if Group Policy preferences and Internet Explorer Maintenance Group Policy settings are used | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975619 |
| LDAP filters in the Group Policy preference settings do not take effect on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976398 |
| FIX: You cannot apply Group Policy settings on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 when security group filters are used in Group Policy preference settings | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976399 |
| A Group Policy Immediate Task preference item does not run on a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977353 |
| The SceCli 1202 events are logged when some Group Policy settings are refreshed in Windows Server 2008 R2 and in Windows 7 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977695 |
| The “Desktop Wallpaper” Group Policy setting is not applied in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977944 |
| Logoff process stops responding after you create a logoff Group Policy script on a client computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978489 |
| The Group Policy Management Editor window crashes when you apply some changes for NRPT policy settings | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978837 |
| Error message when you view or modify the migrated Group Policy objects in Windows Server 2008 R2: “Attribute cannot be empty” | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979039 |
| After you apply a WMI filter, the GPO does not take effect on a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979383 |
| Some Group Policy preferences are not applied successfully on computers that are running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979731 |
| The “Allow the printing of background colors and images” Group Policy setting does not take effect on a computer that has Internet Explorer 8 installed | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980077 |
| The “Load a specific theme” Group Policy setting is not applied correctly on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980628 |
| The “Configure new tab page default behavior” Group Policy setting does not work on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 and that has Internet Explorer 8 installed | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980959 |
| The Group Policy preference settings for the “Terminal Session” item-level targeting item are not applied in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981054 |
| You can still unpin a program from the taskbar unexpectedly when you enable the “Do not allow pinning programs to the Taskbar” Group Policy on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981177 |
| You cannot create a software installation Group Policy setting on a read-only domain controller in Windows Server 2008 R2 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981265 |
| Error message occurs when you use GPMC to view a software restriction Group Policy setting in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2: “An error has occurred while collecting data for Software Restriction Policies” | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981750 |
| You cannot open an HTML GPO report that is created by the German version of Windows Server 2008 R2 or of Windows 7 | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981877 |
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