Windows 2003 Group Policy – Network Connections This section gives you an opportunity to befriend laptop users and help them with their offline folders. Otherwise, this folder only has specialist legacy policies to control administrator’s rights. Administrative Templates Windows Components Network Connections Offline Connection Network Connections …
Terminal Services Group Policy in Server 2003 Terminal Services can be tricky to control, fortunately Windows Server 2003 has a comprehensive selection of policies. My aim is to help you get the fastest, most stable Terminal Server for your users. Actually, I find that the two most useful policies are …
Folder Redirection Policy for Windows Server 2003 Folder Redirection is one of the undiscovered gems amongst the myriad of Microsoft Group Policies. Firstly, configure the file locations of saved files and secondly, master folder redirection, the result will be greater efficiency for both you and your users. Let us remind ourselves …
Microsoft GPMC (Group Policy Management Console) The GPMC is one of Microsoft’s best new features in all of Windows Server. Within the GPMC is a rich variety of tools for creating, editing, observing, modeling and reporting on all aspects of Group Policy. As an example, my old friend ‘Barking Eddie’ …
Order of Group Policy Folders The order of Group Policies is a mystery. The folders that you see in GPMC are certainly not listed alphabetically, what I have decided to do is keep the same order in my left hand menu as you see in the Group Policy interface. Software …
Logon Script Group Policy Creating Logon Scripts to map network drives and map printers, have been around since the dawn of networking. Microsoft’s Group policy embraces this Logon Script concept by supplying not 1 but 4 settings: Two Logon and Logoff policies are found in the User Configuration. In addition …
Group Policy Inheritance for Windows Server 2003 This page introduces all the objects and techniques that you will need to create the best Group Policies for your Active Directory. In particular, I will shows you how to get the most out of your policies by judicious use of ‘Enforce’ and …
Group Policy – Administrative Templates Remember that this section deals specifically with Group Policies which lockdown the machine. As with all Computer Configuration Policies, Administrative Templates affect all users who logon – including the administrator. Did you know that the newer Windows 200x Administrative policies remove the settings from the …
Windows 2003 – Group Policy -> System ‘System’ is another Group Policy section where every administrator will benefit from restricting the users, if only by stopping them hacking the registry. Before you start, compare and contrast the settings here with those in the Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows …
12 Tactics for your battle with Microsoft’s Group Policies Here are a dozen tactics to help you configure, create and plan your Group Policies. What never ceases to amaze me is how long it takes to finalize your Group Policy settings. Therefore, even if only 2 or 3 ideas are …