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Group Policy Setting of the Week 10 – Remove Default Programs link from the...
This weeks group policy setting of the week is about the “Remove Default Programs link from the Start menu” option that can be found under User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates...
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How to schedule a delayed start logon script with Group Policy
Logon Scripts!!! I hear you yelling at me about why I am doing a tutorial about logon scripts when Group Policy Preferences is supposed to allow me to stop using my logon scripts. Well in a utopian...
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Group Policy setting(s) of the Week 12 – Prevent changing desktop background...
This weeks setting of the week is a double header but they are really simple but so commonly used that they really have to be mentioned. The first setting is found under User Configuration >...
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Group Policy Setting of the Week 19 – Set roaming profile path for all users...
Back to another profile setting this week and this one can save any organisation using Windows Vista or greater a lot of time if you manual provision your accounts. The setting is called “Set roaming...
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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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Group Policy Setting of the Week 32 – Prevent changing mouse pointers
The group policy setting for the week this week is a new policy setting for Windows 7/2008 R2. This setting is called “Prevent changing mouse pointers” and can be found under User Configuration >...
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Group Policy Setting of the Week 34 – Do not allow Windows Media Center to run
The setting of the week this week prevents users from running Windows Media Center on Vista or above versions. Unlike Windows XP which had its own dedicated version of Media Center, Vista Enterprise...
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How to use Group Policy to Allow or Block URL’s
This is another article I have written that address’s the commonly asked question on the Group Policy forum as to how you can use group policy to block or allow users to specific web site URL’s. It...
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How to use Group Policy to allow the users to chose any screensaver except...
During Kevin Sullivan Group Policy session at TechEd 2010 in the USA this year he mentioned an example of a being able to configure group policy to allow users to select whatever screensaver they want...
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Group Policy Setting of the Week 36 – Turn off Windows Start-up Sound
This weeks group policy setting on the week is one that most IT administrators will probably want to implement. Now for personal use the Windows logon sound is quite nice however when you have an...
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Group Policy Setting of the Week 37 – Change Start Menu power button
This week setting of the week is called “Change Start Menu power button” which allows you to configured the start menu shutdown button in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You can find this setting...
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