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...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 15, 2017 | Security Policy
With RSA Conference going on this week here in San Francisco, I thought it was timely to talk about Group Policy’s role in securing your Windows environment. Many of you are undoubtedly using Group Policy to deliver security settings, based on industry-standard...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 19, 2017 | Group Policy Automation, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Tools, PowerShell, sdm software
PowerShell has increased in popularity quite a bit over the past few years. I recall my initial reaction to Jeffrey Snover’s ‘Monad Manifesto’ that was published back in 2002 or so. It was quite revolutionary. Over the years it has been exciting to...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 17, 2017 | Cool New Products, Freeware, General Stuff, GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy Blog, registry policy, sdm software
Darren took the time to prove to us that even the greatest tools can be improved! Thank you for that. The Registry Policy Viewer that GPOGuy introduced years ago has continued to be a favorite. A few new features have been added and some really interesting usability...