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Thursday, August 06, 2009 6:10 PM

Cool Articles: Group Policy Modeling, Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 functionality

I just read a couple of great articles written in the past couple months about Group Policy. Ever wondered which policy is going to 'win' on a client with overlapping settings from different GPOs? Want to know more about Starter GPO's or Preferences?
Posted by GPTeam | 1 Comments
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:52 PM

GP Preferences: Add a new printer, set as default

You might know GP Preferences is great for mapping drives , pushing out shortcuts, and adding new folders. But did you know that you can use GP Preferences to add a printer and set it as default? Check it out: Here’s the Devices and Printers inventory
Posted by GPTeam | 10 Comments
Friday, May 08, 2009 2:32 PM

Group Policy on TechNet Edge

Watch Michael Kleef and I talk about what’s new in Group Policy in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on TechNet Edge. We’re on the front page today! Go here: http://edge.technet.com/Media/Whats-New-in-Group-Policy/ to check it out. The video’s a bit
Posted by GPTeam | 6 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 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
Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:08 AM

PowerShell Script: Backup all GPOs that have been modified this month

The scene: Backups take up space, but they’re a crucial part of GPO management. Ideally, one would do regular backups (monthly? weekly? your call) but only of the GPOs that have changed. This script will do that for you and print out a nice settings report
Posted by GPTeam | 2 Comments
Friday, March 13, 2009 4:19 PM

Search GPO : How to find a Group Policy Object

It’s interesting what you can discover when you right-click on something. For example, in the Group Policy Management Console (the GPMC) you can right-click on a domain and select “Search”, and a this amazing tool presents itself. This handy search tool
Posted by GPTeam | 1 Comments
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 4:56 PM

Group Policy Troubleshooting – helpful Event log categories

As many of you know Group Policy troubleshooting can be a bit of a challenge. If you have not made use of the Group Policy operational logs that were introduced in Windows Vista, you are missing out on an extremely handy troubleshooting tool. On any Vista
Posted by GPTeam | 2 Comments
Thursday, February 19, 2009 5:12 PM

Group Policy Cmdlets, Replication & the '-Server' Parameter

Hello GP Junkies! My name is Bryan Garretson, and I want to let you know about an interesting way we were able to leverage the new PowerShell cmdlets available in Windows Server 2008 R2 / Windows 7: to anticipate and test around replication delays in
Posted by GPTeam | 1 Comments
Monday, February 16, 2009 10:56 AM

Starter GPO's : What are they?

Starter GPO's were introduced in Windows Server 2008 as a download and return in Windows Server 2008 R2 in box + more comments in the report. Jakob H. Heidelberg, a Group Policy MVP, wrote this post on Starter GPO's. His blog features the same post here
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