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Group Policy Blog, by the "GPOGUY"-- Darren Mar-Elia

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September 2006 - Posts

GP Logging in Vista
As Vista nears release, its worthwhile to look at some of the big changes coming in that OS around Group Policy. One of the biggest changes, from a troubleshooting perspective, is the use of the new "Crimson" event logging system to improve Read More...
Moving forward
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I am in the process of starting a new software company, focused on Windows management solutions, and to start with, Group Policy management solutions. Well, I finally have the new web site up and running, and you Read More...
How secure is GP?
If any of you read Mark Russinovich's blog a while back about circumventing Software Restriction Policy , you know that there are situations in which Group Policy's controls can be foiled. Based on that, I took up the topic of looking at how secure Read More...
Is it really that hard?
This is more humorous than anything else. As many of you know, I left Quest Software about 6 months ago to pursue other opportunities. Since I was there for a number of years, I had written a few whitepapers for them and of course, did webinars and things Read More...
GP Troubleshooting article
Also, while I'm thinking about it, if you have a chance, check out my new GP troubleshooting article in the current issue of Windows IT Pro Magazine at http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/92759/92759.html?Ad=1 Read More...
Upcoming GP Vista chat
Just wanted to let everyone know about this upcoming technical Microsoft chat on the changes coming for Group Policy in Vista: Windows Vista Group Policy Technical Chat on Thursday September 28, 2006 Join this Group Policy technical chat with members Read More...
good "how not to shoot yourself in the foot" KB article
I found this one yesterday because I was testing some GP changes that interestingly enough popped up a warning that referred to this KB article (one of the few times I've seen a KB article # hard-coded into a Windows error message). Anyway, I thought Read More...