by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 11, 2010 | WMI
This entry isn’t strictly related to Group Policy, but something I came across in that context a few days ago. There is a WMI class called Win32_Product. Querying this class lets you enumerate all installed MSI applications on a given system. This might sound...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 24, 2010 | GPMC
As a follow-on to my last blog post, here’s another interesting Group Policy Backup scenario to keep in mind. A user emailed that they were having problems importing a GPO backup that was created on a test Server 2008-R2 AD domain, into a Server 2003 AD domain....
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 5, 2010 | General Stuff
I had a question recently that I thought was worth blogging. The question was, “if I create a GPO using Windows 7, Server 2008 or similar newer platform”, then backup that GPO using XP or Server 2003, will it back up everything?”. The answer, not...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 31, 2010 | General Stuff
Just a quick note to remind folks that for the 5th year in a row my good friend Mark Minasi is hosting the Minasi Conference in Virginia this Spring. For those of you who are used to going to one of those big conferences, this is a much more “intimate”...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 2, 2010 | General Stuff
Despite once again having to fetch it from my spam folder, I did indeed get the coveted email from Microsoft yesterday indicating that I’d been made a Group Policy MVP for the 5th year in a row. Cool! I am honored and happy to be an MVP for another year. I look...
