Group Policy Blog by Darren Mar-Elia (The “GPOGUY”)
MS Releases Hotfix for Software Restriction Policy Reporting Bug
Thanks to reader Ryan Steele for bringing my attention to the fact that MS has released a hotfix to resolve the GPMC reporting bug that was introduced when Win7 and Server 2008, R2 shipped. I had documented this bug in an earlier blog post. Ryan let me know that MS...
Why Win32_Product is Bad News!
This entry isn't strictly related to Group Policy, but something I came across in that context a few days ago. There is a WMI class called Win32_Product. Querying this class lets you enumerate all installed MSI applications on a given system. This might sound useful...
More on Group Policy Backups and Version Compatibility
GPO Backups and Windows version sensitivity
GPMC Backups from Downlevel Systems
I had a question recently that I thought was worth blogging. The question was, "if I create a GPO using Windows 7, Server 2008 or similar newer platform", then backup that GPO using XP or Server 2003, will it back up everything?". The answer, not surprisingly, is "it...
The Minasi Conference
5th Annual Minasi Conference coming soon!
Re-Upped for Another Year of MVP!
Despite once again having to fetch it from my spam folder, I did indeed get the coveted email from Microsoft yesterday indicating that I'd been made a Group Policy MVP for the 5th year in a row. Cool! I am honored and happy to be an MVP for another year. I look...
RSoP & GP Preferences
I was playing around with some scenarios related to "item-level targeting" (ILT) in Group Policy Preferences and was reminded of a significant limitation in this newer as it relates to Resultant Set of Policy reporting. What I was doing was creating a...
Group Policy Automation Engine wins Editor’s Choice Gold!
Well, I was very surprised and happy to receive an IM from a colleague this morning, directing me to https://windowsitpro.com/Windows/Articles/ArticleID/102984/pg/2/2.html, where I read that our SDM Software Group Policy Automation Engine won GOLD as Best Active...
Win7 issue reporting on Software Restriction Policies
I found this issue recently--at first I thought it was just my environment, but have confirmed it on a couple of different environments. When you are on a Win 7 box (and probably R2 as well), in GPMC and viewing the setttings of a GPO that had previously been created...
Cool new tool for comparing IE Zone Security Settings
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