When using Group Policy, you have a lot of flexibility to target specific computers. You can link it to a specific organizational unit (OU), add security filtering, and for Group Policy Preferences, use Item-Level Targeting. Another option to further define the computers or users that a group policy will apply to is to use WMI filters. WMI filtering can be used on the GPO or as … [Read more...]
ADMX templates released for Windows 10 v1607
The Administrative templates for Group Policy have been updated for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update release. The files were not available on the release day but were available for download a few days later. The download of the 'Administrative Templates for Windows 10' was updated when version 1511 was released last November. With the recent release of version 1607, I … [Read more...]
A script to clear cached Group Policies
I ran in to an instance last week where Group Policy was coming into question - specifically, why a computer wasn't receiving new or updated policies. The problem ended up being related to Deep Freeze not thawing correctly and stuck group policies being the symptom, not the problem. Despite the innocence of the GPO, I cobbled together a quick script to purge all of the … [Read more...]