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Drive Mappings in Logon Scripts not working correctly
Awhile ago we had a customer call come in. The customer had a major problem in Windows Server 2008. When they tried to map drives through a script it didnt work. The customer had initially applied a Login script as a start up script and then changed the Read More...
2007 Office System Administrative Templates
News from the Office 2007 team!!!! The 2007 Office System Administrative Template is available. This download includes: The updated Group Policy Administrative Template files (ADM files) The updated Office Customization Tool (OCT) The updated Office customization Read More...
Custom ADM for setting the default value of a registry key (Part 2 of 2)
Part 1 of this topic provided two ADM file examples to show how to create and set the default value of a registry key to block or allow cookies for Internet Explorer. In the Part 1 examples, the policy settings allowed or blocked cookies depending on Read More...
Group Policy Management Console Sample Scripts
The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) provides a comprehensive set of COM interfaces that you can use to script many of the operations supported by the console. This download contains a set of sample scripts that make use of these interfaces. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=38C1A89B-A6D2-4F2A-A944-9236999AEE65&displaylang=en Read More...
Setting Default Registry Key Values using Custom ADM Files (Part 1 of 2)
I’d like to give a big shout out to Sean Gallinetti for providing the custom ADM example files. One use of creating and setting the default value of a registry key is creating the list of blocked and allowed cookies to configure the per site privacy actions Read More...
Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer is now available for download
Have you ever wished for a tool to help you identify Group Policy configuration problems…even those that, at first glance, might not seem to be related to Group Policy? How about a tool that can warn you if your Group Policy configuration might pose a Read More...
Customs Check-- Importing and Exporting WMI Filters
P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri } SPAN.msosubtleemphasis { COLOR: gray; FONT-STYLE: italic } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } P.msolistparagraph { FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: Read More...
Where Is “Logon Using Dial-Up Connections” in Windows Vista?
I was thinking about my next blog entry a few weeks back. My research took me through various Web sites, message threads, and articles. Naturally, I wanted something not only pertinent to Group Policy, but also exciting and new (to quote the Love Boat Read More...
Are You Waiting for Office 2007 System ADMX Files?
Office 2007 System Administrative Templates (ADM) files are currently available for download at the following location. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78161 And everyone is asking, but where's the ADMX versions? Help, I want to administer Office Read More...
GP Technet home page receives facelift and new settings reference released!
Hey Group Policy gurus, On Friday May 4th, the Group Policy team removed the curtain off the new Group Policy home page. The new home page, found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/grouppolicy/default.aspx , has various Group Policy resources, Read More...
ADM Files available for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows and PowerShell for Windows
Great News. The Group Policy team has published installation packages that distribute ADM files (below) for use with Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1. Administrative Templates for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Download from: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=77998 Read More...
Announcing ADMX Migrator
It's been a great few days here at Microsoft, what with Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Vista and Zune all being released! After a long (loooonnnngg) road, we on the Group Policy team are very excited to see how customers benefit from the fruits of our Read More...
Windows XP: Don't Forget About Me...
I have two (wonderful) daughters and, like most parents, my wife and I regularly face little sibling wars. Our youngest daughter, in particular, is an absolute delight but has - how can I say - a "strong personality". Now, I don't know if there is any Read More...
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