by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 8, 2021 | GP Troubleshooting
Well, it’s been a while since I last blogged, and this is one I’ve been wanting to write for a while. A few months ago I was trying to troubleshoot why a GPMC backup was throwing errors on Windows Server Core 2012 and 2016. I had installed the GPMC...
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 | 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...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Aug 8, 2016 | GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Reporting, PowerShell, sdm software
One of the many scenarios that organizations contend with is impact analysis. For SDM Software this is about configuration and most importantly security configuration. For example, what happens if you go into Active Directory Users and Computers and move Server1 from...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jun 16, 2016 | GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy Blog, PowerShell, Security-related
Hello Group Policy fans enthusiasts happy people! Darren and I had a quick discussion about his script to remediate the problems created by applying MS16-072 and GP processing. Read Darren’s previous post for context but here is a recording of our discussion....
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 18, 2016 | General Stuff, GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy Blog, Microsoft-Related, PowerShell, registry policy
Darren Mar-Elia and I spent some time this week with a group of consultants and service providers. These folks come from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Our goal was to talk about Group Policy, some best practices, and share some of our experiences of a...
