by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 8, 2026 | Group Policy Management, Tips & Tricks
I have to say that after 25 years of messing around with Group Policy, I am constantly amazed by the new things I still learn about the technology and its behavior. Especially when those things are substantial and weird. Such was my recent experience when a colleague...
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.,...
