I used to think that it was not possible to set IP address information via Group Policy however I did some checking this week and was pleased to find that there was a way to configure your computers DNS Server addresses. Unfortunately this setting on...
Continue Reading →Not strictly a Group Policy video but it does relate heavy to my [Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection (a.k.a. User State Virtualization)](
One of the problem that face IT Administrators today is keeping up with all the security updates you need to deploy to your computers to keep them secure. This is even more exacerbated by the very large number of security updates associate with runni...
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[]() Microsoft have just released the reference spreadsheet that outline all the new and removed Group Policy s...
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This week is another setting that controls a new offline files settings that was introduced in Windows 7 and this setting seems to be nothing short of AMAZING!!! This setting is used to "Enabled Transparent Caching" and can be found under Computer C...
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If you have ever configured you Internet Explorer setting via the "Internet Explorer Maintenance" group policy setting you might be wondering however to remove these setting now you found [a few easier ways](
Microsoft have now started to release definition updates to [Microsoft Security Essentials](
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This weeks setting of the week is second is another one of the new Windows 7 offline file settings called "Configure Background Sync" which can be found under Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Networks > Offline Files. Th...
Continue Reading →Yesterday I was absolutely thrilled to find out that I was awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. This is truly a fantastic honour to be recognised for all my contributions to the Group Policy community both on this online and at speaking en...
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This weeks setting is a new configuration setting in Offline Files called "Exclude files form being cached". This setting can be used by IT administrators to block any un-wanted file types from being made available for offline use. You can find this...
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One of the powerful feature of Group Policy that have been around since its inception has been the ability to deploy and manage MSI based applications. Once senario you might find yourself in due to increasing popularity of Windows x64 is how do you...
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