The Group Policy Central Store is located in the SYSVOL directory on the domain controllers, replicated between them, and used to store ADMX/ADML GPO template files used to manage Active Directory domain clients. In this article, we’ll show how to create a GPO Central Store, copy administrative (admx) templates to it, and update the template files to support the latest Windows versions.
- Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows Server 2019
Delegating Administrative Permissions in Active Directory
March 15, 2024In this article, we’ll look at how to delegate administrative permissions in the Active Directory domain. Delegation allows you to grant the permissions to perform some AD management tasks to…
- Windows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to Manually Download and Install Windows Updates
March 17, 2024Microsoft releases new security updates for its products at least once a month. In most cases, the Windows Update service does an excellent job of downloading and installing Windows updates…
- Azure and Microsoft 365ExchangePowerShell
Mailbox Audit Logging in Exchange and Microsoft 365
March 15, 2024You can use audit logging in on-premises Exchange Server and cloud-based Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) to track all user actions on any items in a mailbox. By using mailbox activity…
In each new ESXi release, VMware updates the version of the virtual machine and the virtual hardware. In new versions of the VMware VMs, new functionality appears, new virtual devices…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Slow Access to Shared Folders and Network Drives in Windows
March 11, 2024Our users are complaining about very slow network performance when opening or saving files to a network shared folder in Windows. When a user opens a shared folder via a…
- Azure and Microsoft 365ExchangePowerShell
Search and Delete Emails from User Mailboxes on Exchange Server (Microsoft 365) with PowerShell
March 15, 2024In Exchange Server, you can use the Search-Mailbox or New-ComplianceSearch PowerShell cmdlets (available in newer versions of Exchange Server and Exchange Online/Microsoft 365) to search for and delete email items…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to Reset Windows Update Components to Fix Update Errors
March 17, 2024If the Windows Update service is not working properly, updates are not downloaded or installed, then the easiest and most effective way to solve the problem with the Windows Update…
- Windows 10Windows 11
How to Disable or Remove the Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter in Windows
June 8, 2023The Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter is a Windows virtual device that is used to directly connect two devices using Wi-Fi Direct, bypassing Wi-Fi access points/routers. This specification is described…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2019
The Application Failed To Start Because Its Side-by-Side Configuration is Incorrect
March 11, 2024If you see the “The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect” error when trying to start an app in Windows, this means that the program…