by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 20, 2017 | Tips & Tricks
Now that the Windows 10 “Creators Update” is available, Microsoft has made the ADMX files for this new Windows 10 release available for download. As I mentioned in my last blog post, you can no longer guarantee that new ADMX files are backward compatible...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Mar 30, 2017 | Tips & Tricks
Microsoft has recently put out several articles explaining some of the nuances of ADMX files in the new world of Windows-as-a-Service–where new Windows builds come out frequently and often ship with new versions of ADMX templates. I’ve blogged...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Mar 9, 2017 | Cool New Products
Hey Folks- Today I’m happy to announce that we’re partnering with Semperis–a leader in providing Active Directory recovery solutions–to help bring customers more complete solutions around AD & GP management. I’m particularly excited...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Mar 3, 2017 | Security-related
While the title to this post may sound a bit scary or ominous, the subject of this post is definitely real. A fellow IT guy whom I’ve known for many years, alerted me to a situation he came across in an IT shop he was helping. Namely, the customer’s...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 27, 2017 | GP Troubleshooting
When I was working on the update for our Group Policy Health Reporter freeware tool recently, I noticed a very annoying “feature” that Microsoft seemed to introduce into Group Policy on Windows 7 and 2008-R2 systems. I’m pretty sure it started when...
