This is confusing me. Perhaps I'm not applying policies right? I created a new user name. I set the profile path to \\server\profiles\jmadden I logged onto the XP machine with the name, made some changes, and logged back off. It created the folder to my 2003 machine and saved it... So, I know I logged onto the domain properly. However - when i do that gpresult thing (after doing gpupdate), I always get that "Policy Object Does Not Exist" I tried the same thing on the server machine and I got a ton of information... but it always fails on the XP machine. I made the user name and changed nothing but the profile path - i left the generic "users" membership thing it does. Then i went to start->programs->admin tools->domain security policy then I changed stuff around in there. The password stuff works - since it has to read that to log on, I suppose (I made the user have to change their password, and the restrictions worked)... I also went to the users/computers screen and right clicked on mytestdomain then his properties and edited the generic group policy "default domain policy". Now - those changes worked on the 2003 machine - but still didn't effect the XP machine at all when I logged on. I'm trying to set things to learn - but it's not going so well haha I want to allow the user to set the system time, not be able to change their desktop wallpaper, etc... I can set the settings - and they work locally on the 2003 machine - but not when I log onto the XP machine. Although, I made a new name - so I know i'm logging onto the domain fine, because there wouldn't be a profile locally for it to log on with.