Tag: GPMC
How to fix SearchOCS.ADMX Error after upgrade to Windows 1803 ADMX files
With the recent release of the Windows 10 1803 Microsoft also released a new version of the ADMX/ADML files that corresponds to the new Group Polices with the OS (see https://www.grouppolicy.biz/2018/05/administrative-template-for-windows-10-1803/ ) . Normally upgrading these policy files are as simple overwriting them into your “PolicyDefinitions†folder in your SYSVOL. However the SearchOCR.ADMX file that is not part of the…
Group Policy Resources for Windows 10 build 1709
Windows 10 a.k.a. Redstone 3, a.k.a. 1709 a.k.a. Fall Creators Update has now been released to the public for download. If you would like to get a copy of the new version early to start testing you can download the PRO version using the Windows 10 ISO/USB download tool at https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10 . Alternatively, you can download the images from your…
Microsoft will not be releasing Remote Server Admin Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10 Redstone 2
Every time Microsoft releases a version of Windows 10 they also release a new version of the Remote Server Admin Tools. These tools are of course very important for any Group Policy Administrator as they contain the latest version of the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). However, with this release of Windows 10 history is going to change. This time,…
Remote Server Admin Tools for Windows 10
Microsoft has just released the Windows 10 version of the Remote Server Admin Tools. This is an addon to Windows 10 that gives you all the remote management MMC tools that are required to manager you Windows servers remotely. It should be noted that it is always good practice to run the latest version of any Remote Management Tools, however…
Remote Server Admin Tools for Windows 8.1
With yet another release of Windows (seems like it was only last year… errr… wait), Microsoft has also released a new version of the remote server admin tools (a.k.a. RSAT). RSAT allow you to install the tools needed to manage your servers from a Windows 8.1 computer. You might not think you need the RSAT installed as you are just…
Updated: Group Policy Hotfix’s in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1
Microsoft today announced (after what seems to be a very long time) they have RTM’d Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 and it will be released to the public on February 22nd. Update: Service Pack 1 is now available for download for TechNet and MSDN subscribers. Previously I had listed the hotfixes in the beta version…
Group Policy FAQ #1: What are the Group Policy Preferences Prerequisites?
Even though Group Policy Preference have been out for a number of years (since Windows Server 2008) it is still a relatively unknown feature of group policy. Therefore this is the first of a few articles I am going to be writing about some of the basic features of Group Policy Preferences. So to start off with I am going…
Tip: How to ensure Organisation Unit are protected from accidental deletion
This is a simple tip that I want to share about the right way to Organisation Units to ensure that you always have them protected from accidental deletion. Ever since Windows Server 2008/Vista there has been an option in ADUC called “Protect container from accidental deletion†(see image below). The affect of ticking this check box was that the…
