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- Managing, Maintaining, and Securing Your Networks Through Group Policy
- Instantly save $400 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends August 22, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsDiscover how to consolidate the administration of an enterprise IT infrastructure with Group Policy. In this course, you will learn to control and manage computer...
- Tags: Group Policy, Dallas, Raleigh, Washington, Network, Chicago, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Training 2008-06-01
- Leverage the power of Control Panel and group policies in Vista
- Control Panel and group policies in Windows Vista are powerful, flexible tools if you wield them correctly -- but a lot of people don't fully understand their capabilities or they create problems by misusing them. This sample chapter from Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed, 2nd Edition looks at how to configure...
- Tags: Group Policy, Sams Publishing, Control Panel, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2008-05-28
- Windows Server 2008 "Starter" GPOs
- The starter Group Policy Object GPO feature in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 doesn't provide any predefined solutions for business scenarios, but it does give you the framework for building such solutions yourself. By way of introducing the feature to you, this white paper addresses the following five questions: How...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Group Policy Object, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- White papers 2008-05-02
- Microsoft Deploying Group Policy for Windows 2000, 2003, and XP Clients
- View Available Dates and LocationsLearn to use, easily configure, and manage all Windows 2000, 2003, and XP computer systems and domain users simultaneously using Group Policy, Profiles, and IntelliMirror.What You'll Learn: Distribute applications and anti-virus updates to large groups of users Design...
- Tags: Group Policy, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software
- Training 2008-01-01
- Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: Utility to Apply FDCC Settings to Local Group Policy
- This webcast demonstrates and discusses the new utility that applies FDCC GPO settings to the Local Group Policy of a target computer.
- Tags: Group Policy, Webcast, Utility, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-12-19
- TechNet Webcast: Improving Desktop Security and Deployment (Part 6 of 7): Group Policy in Windows Vista (Level 200)
- This webcast examines Group Policy functionality improvements that have been made in the Windows Vista operating system. It describes the new and updated features and how they help alleviate issues that may have been present in previous operating systems. The number of Group Policy settings has increased from approximately 1,700...
- Tags: Desktop, Group Policy, Webcast, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2007-11-28
- Outlook 2007 Tool: Security Hash Generator (EXE)
- In Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you can configure security options by using new Group Policy settings. These settings were previously configurable by customizing the Exchange Security Form and publishing the form to an Microsoft Exchange Server public folder. If you want to establish trusted add-ins for Outlook by using Group...
- Tags: Security, Group Policy, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Security Option, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-20
- Office Communicator 2007: Communicator 2007 Policies Documentation (msi)
- Office Communicator 2007: Communicator 2007 Policies Documentation package contains the Communicator.adm file and a Group Policies Spreadsheet that lists the Group Policy settings for Office Communicator 2007. One way to provide the appropriate registry settings for each user when deploying Office Communicator 2007 is to define Group Policies using an...
- Tags: Netscape Communicator, Group Policy, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-20
- ASP.NET Configuration and Group Policy, Part 1: Creating and Using Custom Configuration Sections
- ASP.NET applications usually rely on two of the standard sections in a Web.config file: the section that holds general configuration and application values, and the section specialized for storing connection details for data providers such as database servers. However, custom configuration sections are useful when an application requires...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft ASP.NET, Section, Jupitermedia Corp., .Net, Middleware, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-06-01
- What's new in Vista Group Policy?
- Vista offers 800 new Group Policy settings, some that pertain to added features and others that enhance control over features carried over from Windows XP. Windows expert Deb Shinder offers a detailed look at some of Vista's more interesting Group Policy additions: access to removable media, power management, and User...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2007-05-16
- SolutionBase: Determining group policy effectiveness with GPRESULT
- Properly implementing group policy in a Windows 2003-based network can be confusing and irritating. In this article, Brien Posey shows how you can use the GPRESULT tool to check group policies to make sure they're executing properly.
- Tags: Group Policy
- Download resources 2007-05-10
- Changes in Longhorn and Group Policy Architecture
- Longhorn technology has arrived on the scene, and many network planners are taking a closer look at some of the architectural changes that Microsoft has made to the Group Policy structure. This paper takes a look at nine of these structural changes.
- Tags: Group Policy, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Microsoft Longhorn, Longhorn Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- White papers 2007-04-13
- Examine permissions, shares, and group policy in Windows Small Business Server 2003
- Permissions are critical to controlling access to resources on the network, and group policy provides a handy tool for managing a multitude of settings across the domain. Learn how to set permissions so that your server is both secure and accessible, and harness the power of group policy, administrative templates,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Group Policy, Permission, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003
- Book chapters 2007-04-10
- BeyondTrust makes standard user usable in Windows
- BeyondTrust makes standard user usable in WindowsSounds like a similar concept to ...... Novells' AppAmour which can define acceptable behaviour for an application and who to email if someone tries/manages to circumvent it.In other words, in the year 2000 Windows was already archaicOu writes: "The simple reason for this is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, group policy, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, software
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- Adobe Acrobat 8 for Microsoft Windows Group Policy and the Active Directory Service
- Group Policy GP and the Active Directory services infrastructure in Windows Server 2003 enable IT administrators to automate one-to-many management of users and computers. Administrators can implement security settings, enforce IT policies, and distribute software across a given site, domain, or range of Organizational Units OU. This paper describes using...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Group Policy, Directory Service, Adobe Acrobat, Active Directory Service, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems
- White papers 2007-02-23
- Longhorn Server and New Group Policy Settings
- With the advent of Microsoft's "Longhorn" technologies comes a wealth of new and improved Group Policy settings. This paper takes an introductory look at the new categories as well as changes and additions to the existing policy categories.
- Tags: Group Policy, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Server, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- White papers 2007-02-15
- Use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to view and manage Group Policy in your Active Directory
- If you've done any work at all with Group Policy and Active Directory, you're probably already familiar with the "usual" Group Policy interface, which is "in the box." But there's more. In this sample chapter from Group Policy, Profiles, and IntelliMirror for Windows 2003, Windows XP, and...
- Tags: Group Policy, Console, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Group Policy Management Console, Management Console, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2007-01-24
- XP Power Management group policy tool
- XP Power Management group policy toolNice GeorgeWe push down a registry ACL that allows users to manage power settings themselves.Sorry George, but this is useles for me.All of us still refusing to join the land of Microsoft's Active Directory find this a pretty useless point. Though we should all...
- Tags: Directory services, Network security, Digital security, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows 2003, ACL, Novell NDS, Microsoft Windows, Nucrash, group policy, power management, GPO
- Discussion threads 2006-12-05
- XP Power Management group policy tool
- Microsoft Vista will have new centralized group policies for managing power save mode that can save companies a lot of money in their electric bill. Windows XP users have some ability to do this too with command line tools in Group Policy but it isnt easy...
- Tags: tool, group policy, Microsoft Windows XP, Hardware, Desktop, Energy efficiency
- Blog posts 2006-12-05
- Managing Windows Vista Group Policy (Part 2)
- Windows Vista includes some important changes from earlier Windows operating systems in regards to Group Policy GP. This paper introduces the reader to how Multiple Local Group Policy Objects MLGPO can make any 'Stand-alone', or 'Kiosk', administrator happy. Typically MLGPOs will be used in non-Active Directory environments where the user...
- Tags: Group Policy, Administrator, Microsoft Windows Vista, TechGenix, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-11-29
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