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The Case of the Stuck Cluster Service
21 March 08 06:00 AM

  Today we're going to cover an issue that is more common than you might think, but is one that may be tricky to troubleshoot.  The first thing that you may think when you read the title of this post is, "What is the Performance team doing Read More...

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Filed under: GPO, printing, troubleshooting

Group Policy Logging on Windows Vista
11 March 08 02:00 PM

Although the bulk of Group Policy Processing and Troubleshooting is handled by our Directory Services team, we often collaborate on these issues - mainly when the issue relates to a user logging in and not being presented with their desktop environment Read More...

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Managing the "Launching Applications and Unsafe Files" Setting
27 November 07 06:30 AM

We are often asked about the centralized management of Internet Explorer configuration options for which there are no Group Policy settings included with the default IE GPO templates. One of the settings that we are asked about the most is the "Launching Read More...

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Attachment(s):Sample_ADM_Launching_Applications_and_Unsafe_Files.txt

Overview of Internet Explorer Group Policies
06 July 07 04:59 AM

Today we're going to discuss IE Group Policies. If you're unfamiliar with Group Policies, I highly recommend that you read our earlier post on the Basics of Group Policies . When dealing with IE group policies, there are two types of settings to consider Read More...

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The Basics of Group Policies
05 June 07 05:41 AM

The Performance team handles Group Policies for several different components - most notably Printing, Internet Explorer and Terminal Server. In most environments, the Active Directory administrator handles the design, implementation and maintenance all Read More...

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Windows Vista - Point & Print
04 May 07 05:52 AM

Here on the Perf team, we deal with quite a few printing issues. An issue we've had a few calls on since the release of Windows Vista concerns the changes made to the Point & Print functionality. Point & Print is a Windows feature that enables Read More...

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Filed under: GPO, printing, security, troubleshooting, vista

IE7 - Tabbed Browsing
30 March 07 06:46 AM

Tabbed browsing is a new feature in Internet Explorer 7. One question we are frequently asked by administrators is - "How do I control the tab behavior for my users to present a consistent experience?" We are also asked the same thing by developers who Read More...

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