Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Most of what is “new” in Group Policy enhancements in Windows 2008 R2 were actually in Windows 2008, however many organizations never migrated off Active Directory 2003 to Active Directory 2008, so ...

This is exactly why the new insights in Event ID 1096 can act as an early warning system for IT admins to investigate issues before they become a nightmare. Microsoft has also shared some examples of ...

We are rolling out a new SOE, and I am having some issues. (It could just be me being a giant ignoramus). I have set a couple of registry group policy preferences. Here are some examples: -Turn off ...

While setting up BitLocker on Windows 11/10 PC, if you get The Group Policy settings for BitLocker startup options are in conflict and cannot be applied error, here ...

Group Policy Analyzer is a tool from Microsoft that lets you analyze, view and compare sets of Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in Windows. The freeware, launched by Microsoft last week is a good tool to ...