September 2006 - Posts
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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