The Group Policy Management Console -- also known as the GPMC or Group Policy Management Editor -- is used to configure permissions and settings in Windows Server 2008. It is one of the easiest ways ...

Windows 7 comes with a host of new features that greatly simplify everyday tasks. In a corporate environment, however, the last thing IT wants is for users to have free rein of these features once ...

Group policy is constantly evolving and has new functionality within Windows Server 2003. Here’s some basic training on what it can do. Any great general will tell you that there’s no specific recipe ...

In this post, we will see how to backup and restore Group Policy Objects and Settings in Windows 11/10 or Windows Server. To do this, you will need to download and install Group Policy Management ...

Group policies have been a core component of Windows Server and Active Directory for decades, and yet it never ceases to amaze me how many different philosophies there are with regard to group ...

To run this tool, open an elevated Command Prompt, type the following, and hit Enter: To force apply only the changed policies, type or copy-paste the following command, and hit Enter: In Windows ...

Microsoft's emerging Nano Server deployment option can't be managed using Group Policy controls, the company noted this week, in an announcement. Nano Server is Microsoft's minimal-footprint option ...

Tweaking Windows settings that are not readily available in standard menus will commonly require modifications to be made from the OS' Registry Editor or Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc). The registry ...

In case you haven't heard or forgotten, Microsoft announced Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) will be at end of life (EOL) in April 2026. With less than a year to go, it's time to prepare for ...

Managing client devices remotely on a network is the Holy Grail of just about any system administrator. Given the reliance on technology, the number of systems being managed is expanding more than ...