[]()With the release of Windows 8 Microsoft has gone back and worked on the fundamentals of the OS to make it more efficient than even Windows 7. This means that the OS does th...
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Microsoft has now released the latest version of the Security Compliance Manager v2.5 tool. This FREE tool is your one stop shop for downloading the best practice security guidance and configuration setting for your Microsoft programs. It also allows...
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"Group Policy Update" is a feature that allow IT admins to forcibly update group policy on all the computer in an OU. This feature works by creating a scheduled task on the workstations to run the gpupdate command within the next 10 minutes. This fea...
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[]()Just letting you all know that today I got an email confirming that my MVP status is being renewed for 2012. It is a real...
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[]()In Windows 8 there are now two different versions of Internet Explorer 10 installed. One is a Metro looking version that does not support Brower add-ons to imp...
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As I mentioned in my previous blog post there is a new Group Policy setting called "Redirect folders on primary computers only". As the descriptions says this "policy setting is useful to improve logon performance and to increase security for user da...
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As you know Microsoft has recently had a new arrival with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.... But I have also had a new arrival myself called Ellie Alana Burchill and was born 5/3/12 at a healthy 7 pound 13 ounces . So you will need to forgive me if I...
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[]()This is part #2 of the list of Interesting Windows 8 Group Policy Setting I have found... this time I list all the User specific setting. This list is certa...
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[]() So this is definitely a policy setting that give IT admins something they have been asking for a long time. I also mentioned this feature in my [What's new...
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[]()As you know along with Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows Server 8 Beta has been released and of course I have taken a look at the list of new Group Polic...
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[]()So unless you have been under a rock for the past 24 hours then you would have missed the public release of [Windows 8 Consumer Pre...
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