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"Group Policy" topic in Changes in Functionality from Windows Server 2003 with SP1 to Windows Server 2008
Group Policy Preferences: Getting Started
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What’s New in Group Policy in Windows Server 2008 R2 (Beta)
Windows Server 2008 R2 brings new features and improvements to Group Policy, in... more
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1
Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enables IT administrators t... more

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    How do I migrate PolicyMaker Items to Group Policy Preference Items?
    PolicyMaker customers have been waiting for an easy way to migrate their PolicyMaker settings over to Group Policy Preference settings. The solution is finally here!! We have developed a commandline t... more
    Friday, Jun 19 by GPTeam
    Power Management in Group Policy – What do you do?
    Green is the color of the decade, at least for the moment. What can you do from a Group Policy perspective? More than you might think. What do you do to manage power settings with Group Policy? Answer... more
    Tuesday, Jun 16 by GPTeam
    Video on TechNet Edge: Searching for settings in a GPO
    Want to see what firewall ports you’ve configured on every GPO in your domain in under 10 seconds? Want to meet some Group Policy team members? Wish Michael Kleef a happy birthday and watch Lindsay... more
    Monday, Jun 8 by GPTeam
    SYSVOL migration from File Replication Services (FRS) to Distributed File System Replication (DFSR)
    It’s come to my attention (in a blunt object kind of way) that you’ve been waiting to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7, bypassing Windows Vista. In case you’ve done the same with your servers, you... more
    Thursday, May 14 by GPTeam
    Environment Variables in GP Preferences
    There was a great question in the blog comments, I’m going to post the answer up here because I think the answer is cool. Can a location (UNC) be set using both an environmental variable and a stati... more
    Wednesday, May 13 by GPTeam

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    create adm file
    Hi. I'm trying to create an administrative template for changing decimal point in regional settings of users via Group Policy. This setting is controlled by key sDecimal in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control P... more
    Friday, Jul 3 by Yakov Barinov
    Un-Apply GPO
    Hi,    I have a GPO set that locks down a users IE settings, which I'd like to partially remove.  Users need to be able modify their trusted sites and all other IE settings except for their homepage s... more
    Thursday, Jul 2 by MattZ-SGC
    Is there a GPO Setting to enable prompt to synchronize files with Folder Redirection?
    I currently use a GPO for Folder Redirection that requires My Documents to be directed to a network share. I also use offlines files option in this GPO to sync these files to the local machine. Is the... more
    Thursday, Jul 2 by dblatchford
    The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
    Hi,I'm getting the follwoing error when trying to deploy a policy. Rebooting the server seems to fix the issue. Does anyone know what's causing this? I would like to deploy a policy out without reboot... more
    Thursday, Jul 2 by Briank00
    Why do Software packages install everytime a computer restarts?
    I had a emergency security bulletin that I had to push out the other day. I decided to merge Adobe reader 9.1 with update 9.1.1 and 9.1.2. It worked well. I then created a new Group Policy created the... more
    Thursday, Jul 2 by Defense Backups

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