by Darren Mar-Elia | Mar 5, 2026 | Group Policy, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Management, Tips & Tricks
If you’ve worked with Group Policy for any length of time, you’ve probably heard the term ‘registry tattooing’. The concept dates back to NT 4.0 System Policies, for those Windows veterans who remember it. Tattooing occurred when a registry-based policy...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 16, 2026 | Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Tips & Tricks
Group Policy uses a complex, at times inconsistent, model to store configured settings in a Group Policy Object (GPO). This stems from the historical development of Group Policy. While a central team at Microsoft built the Group Policy infrastructure, individual...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 15, 2026 | Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools
Anyone who manages Group Policy (GP) knows about the gpupdate.exe utility that ships with Windows. GPUpdate’s job is to refresh Group Policy manually, rather than relying on Windows to do it on its own schedule. Specifically, it can be used to force the system to ask...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Dec 15, 2025 | Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Tips & Tricks
For more than two decades, administrators have relied on Group Policy to centrally manage and configure settings across users and computers within their domains. However, this powerful tool wouldn’t be of much use without the ADMX file, which defines and structures...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 20, 2025 | Group Policy Management, News
Migrate selected settings, validate Intune support up front, and combine multiple GPOs into a single profile for cleaner policy management Cloud adoption means finding efficient ways to transition long-standing on-premises Group Policy Objects (GPOs) into Microsoft...
by Michael Johnson | Oct 6, 2025 | Group Policy Change Control FAQ, Group Policy Management
This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) article covers information about Windows Group Policy Change Control, Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management retirement, and SDM Software’s solutions for addressing this challenge. Q: Is there a solution that can...
