by Darren Mar-Elia | Jul 27, 2026 | Group Policy Design, Tips & Tricks
Group Policy is a powerful administrative tool that enables centralized enforcement and standardization of settings across your environment. With so many capabilities at your disposal, it begs the question: Is it better to use functional, modular GPOs or large...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 28, 2026 | Tips & Tricks, WMI Filters
I was reminded of a thread I read a while back where someone was trying to filter a domain-linked GPO by OU membership. The objective was to allow or block computers in a specific OU from receiving a domain-linked GPO purely by evaluating the OU to which they...
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 | Jan 20, 2026 | Tips & Tricks
On Twitter/X I saw a thread about managing Windows Services using Group Policy. The poster talked about using the setting area under Computer ConfigurationPoliciesWindows SettingsSecurity SettingsSystem Services to control Windows Service startup settings (e.g.,...
