Group Policies

All Windows admins know that after a computer or a user is added to an Active Directory security group, new permissions to access domain resources or new GPOs are not…

In this article, we will look on how to manage default file association on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019/2016/2012R2. As an example, I’ll show you how to set a…

In this article we will look on how to manage non-admin user permissions to restart or shutdown of Windows computers or servers. By default, non-privileged users can restart or shutdown…

On Windows workstations and servers, especially on RDS (Remote Desktop Services) servers, there is a regular need to remove old (unused) user profiles from C:\Users. The main problem of any…

In the Active Directory domain, you can centrally manage and customize Start Menu and Taskbar Layout on Windows 10 users’ computers using Group Policy. This allows you to assign the…

Let’s look at how to automatically install and connect printers to specific users, computers and groups in an Active Directory domain using Group Policy (GPO). It is very convenient when…

Outlook, SharePoint, Skype for Business, Office365 and other Microsoft apps allow you to use an Active Directory (or Azure AD) photo of the currently logged-in user as a user avatar…

The built-in Windows Remote Desktop client (mstsc.exe) allows you to save the username and password used to connect to the remote computer. Using a saved RDP credentials, the user doesn’t…

In this manual I will try to tell you about typical reasons why a Group Policy object (GPO) may not be applied to an organizational unit (OU), specific computer or…

In this article we’ll get acquainted with the Chrome Group Policy administrative templates (admx), provided by Google, that allow you to centrally manage browser settings in an Active Directory domain.…