by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 21, 2014 | Group Policy Preferences, IE Policy, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
An astute reader of this blog brought an interesting scenario to my attention, and I spent some time confirming it. For those of you running Windows 8 (or 8.1) there’s a neat “feature” that allows your users to circumvent controls you put in place...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 27, 2014 | Tips & Tricks
Ever since Microsoft introduced the Central Store — a folder in SYSVOL where you can centrally keep all of your ADMX and ADML template files for Group Policy management — you’ve had to make all or nothing decisions about which ADMX files you could...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 8, 2014 | Cool New Products, PowerShell
Hey PowerShell and Group Policy Fans! If you want to script group policy changes, life just got easier! I’m pleased to announce that today we shipped a major upgrade to our GP Automation Engine product–version 3.0. For those of you who don’t know...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Nov 29, 2013 | Tips & Tricks
Last month, I wrote an article on the Petri.co.il website, reviewing the new features around Group Policy in Windows 8.1. Buried in that list of new stuff was a feature that was perhaps a little unheralded and under-advertised, but one that may cause administrators a...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Nov 12, 2013 | Group Policy Preferences, IE Policy
[animate animation=”fadeIn” delay=”0″ duration=”2s” iterations=”1″]Get The Most Complete Group Policy Change Auditing Solution![/animate] With IE 11 now generally available for Windows 7 and newer versions, the obvious...