by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 16, 2015 | General Stuff, Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, sdm software
Hello everyone! I posted a quick video on polviewer.exe. The tool called ‘Registry.pol Reader’ is a free tool Darren Mar-Elia built to solve a pretty important issue. And because he’s a great guy, there is that! The need for the tool is pretty...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 15, 2015 | GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Reporting, PowerShell, Tips & Tricks
Troubleshooting is a bit of an art form. It requires creativity but that creativity needs to be expressed inside certain parameters. Those parameters depend on what is being troubleshot. (Is that really a word?) There is a TechNet article that has been around for...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 8, 2015 | AD, Desired State Configuration, GP Troubleshooting, GPMC, Group Policy, PowerShell, sdm software, Security Policy
Hi everyone! I hope you are well and you all had a great summer. I have to admit I’m torn, not quite enough Summer for me (or my kids) but I’m extremely excited to get back into a rhythm and get cranking on some great work this year. We have an amazing...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 4, 2015 | Security-related
Just a quick follow up to my previous post on Group Policy Preference password remediation–our very own Kevin Sullivan posted a great video walkthrough of the problem and our tool for remediating these passwords. Enjoy! Darren
by Darren Mar-Elia | Aug 25, 2015 | Security-related
A little over two weeks ago, the United State Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issued a bulletin calling for admins to take action on an old issue that I’ve covered extensively in the past. The issue relates to the fact that there are several areas...