Windows XP Power Management and Group Policy Preferences Behaviour Explained
Ever wondered why the behaviour of Group Policy Preferences Power Plan never worked the way you expected? Well Ned Pyle from Microsoft has written a really good article explaining this behaviour....
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How to use Group Policy to make USB drives read only on Windows XP
One of the great new features with Windows 7 was Bitlocker to Go that enabled IT Administrators to ensure that all data written to USB drives is encrypted. In conjunction with this new feature...
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How to use Group Policy to disable USB drives on Windows XP
In my previous article “How to use Group Policy to make USB drives read only on Windows XP” I showed you you could configure Windows XP to prevent users from writing to USB block level devices....
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Group Policy Setting of the Week 22b – DNS Servers
I used to think that it was not possible to set IP address information via Group Policy however I did some checking this week and was pleased to find that there was a way to configure your computers...
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Group Policy Setting of the Week 26b – Do not allow Windows Messenger to be Run
(Wow… I have been doing this for 6 months now… how time flies… ) This weeks setting of the week is another old one however it is very important for any environment that is still running Windows XP SOE....
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How to use Group Policy to enable the “Search Companion” as the default...
Windows Desktop Search 4.0 is a fantastic local search engine for Windows XP that allows users to quickly search all their local files and network file servers. This is also a requirement for anyone...
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Book Review: Least Privilege Security for Windows 7,Vista and XP
I was recently approached to do a book review on “Least Privilege Security for Windows 7,Vista and XP by Russell Smith” published by Packt Publishing. This book is a comprehensive guide at showing how...
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