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April 2009 - Posts

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 6:03 PM

Office 2007 SP2 Group Policy Administrative Templates Released

Go Office team! They just released the new Administrative Templates for Office 2007 SP2. From the download website: “…This download includes updated Group Policy Administrative Template and Office Customization Tool OPA files; an updated Office Customization
Posted by GPTeam | 5 Comments
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:51 AM

PowerShell Script with GP cmdlets: Registry setting, Link

The following is a sample script that sets a Preference registry value in a GPO, then compares that same value to all of the GPO's linked in the same domain. If the value is not already set in a linked GPO, the new GPO is linked to that domain as well.
Posted by GPTeam | 7 Comments
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:03 PM

Passwords in Group Policy Preferences (updated)

Have you ever wanted to configure a preference item to include a specific user name and password? You can do so in several types of preference items, but you should first consider the security ramifications of embedding a user name and password in a preference
Posted by GPTeam | 4 Comments
Friday, April 17, 2009 11:32 AM

Check a setting in all GPO's continued (scripts, firewall, GP Preferences and more)

I mentioned this in the last post, here are some more examples. To download the script, check the 'Attachments' link by clicking on this post's title and then scrolling to the bottom. Quick refresher: This script’s usage is as follows: SearchGPOsForSetting.ps1
Posted by GPTeam | 3 Comments
Attachment(s): SearchGPOsForSetting.ps1
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:27 PM

Check a setting in all GPO's (Security, ADMX, and more)

You configured a setting in one GPO and want to know what that setting is across all GPO’s. You want to check that a setting is not being overwritten by another GPO in the same domain (without checking through every settings report). Sound familiar? Well,
Posted by GPTeam | 2 Comments
Attachment(s): SearchGPOsForSetting.ps1
Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:09 PM

PolicyMaker Migration Tool: Resetting release expectations

Some time ago Michael blogged about a migration tool we were building for PolicyMaker Profiles , which was the precursor to what is now Group Policy Preferences. He had set expectations that this was going to be released by the end of the calendar year
Posted by GPTeam | 9 Comments
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:53 PM

Set a registry key value from the command line using Group Policy PowerShell cmdlets

The scene: You want to set a registry key of a 3rd party application but you don’t want to write a custom ADMX file just to be able to configure it. Or you have some registry keys you set in logon scripts and you want to use the update interval of Group
Posted by GPTeam | 3 Comments
 
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