Author: Mandy Tidwell, Senior Consultant, Microsoft Consulting Services Credit: Jim Riekse, Consultant, Microsoft Consulting Services Applies to: Windows XP and Windows Vista Setting: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings...

Author: Mandy Tidwell, Senior Consultant Applies to: Windows Vista SP1 Setting: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment\Create Symbolic Links History: After implementing FDCC on Windows...

Locked-down IE7, issues (and a bug) with Protected Mode....

Overview NOTE: This entry only focuses on the Windows Vista version of the FDCC and desktop applications. Since its infancy, common themes have emerged which have delayed or prevented enterprise customers from deploying the FDCC. By the 80/20 rule, the...

A new Local Group Policy utility, ImportRegPol, that parses and/or imports registry.pol files; and updates to Set_FDCC_LGPO and Apply_LGPO_Delta....

I'm presenting a couple of sessions at TechEd North America 2012 in Orlando (June 11-14) and at TechEd Europe 2012 in Amsterdam (June 26-29). The first session is " Sysinternals Primer: Gems ", the latest in the Sysinternals Primer series (*). In...

My colleague Shelly Bird , a highly esteemed Architect in Microsoft Public Sector Services, has years of experience in desktop and server deployments.  She has seen what works and a whole lot of what doesn’t.  Now she is bringing her observations...

Bug fix for Apply_LGPO_Delta and ImportRegPol posted....

As you may know, the Federal Desktop Core Configuration is largely based on Microsoft’s Security Guidance for Windows.  Well, the team in Redmond that creates and publishes that guidance has a job opening : Do you have a passion for developing software...

This blog post describes how to perform basic web application testing to identify and fix compatibility issues. These procedures are designed for non-experts and not to require deep expertise in web application development. The target platform is assumed...