Russell Smith shows you how to use and customize the Windows 10 Start menu using group policy, along with steps to configure the default live tiles layout for your users.

Learn how to update the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to prevent IT administrators from setting passwords in this new Ask an Admin post.

Find out how to load the VMware View administrative template (ADM) files into AD in this walkthrough.

Learn about the new Group Policy changes that come with the release of Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2, including Group Policy caching and more!

In this Ask an Admin, learn how to use Group Policy to disable your users' ability to link domain and local computer accounts to Microsoft Accounts.

Got control issues? In this tutorial, learn to disable Adobe Reader XI updates using the ever-handy Group Policy.

Take advantage of this new Windows Server 2012 feature and learn how to update Group Policy remotely using the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC).

Learn about the new XML-based file system in Windows Server 2008 for Administrative Templates for Group Policy Objects. Michael gives a brief overview of these new file types and shows you where they need to go depending on the administrative needs.

In this post, Michael Simmons explains the functions of the Administrative Templates for Group Policy Objects in Windows Server, specifically, Server 2008 R2. These templates allow a huge range of customization of settings for administrators configuring computers and users in Active Directory.

In this second part of Tom Finnis' article on deploying printers on your network he explains how to assign your printers to specific users and computers using Group Policy and the Active Directory. He also covers in depth how to avoid the most common problem encountered, the lack of built-in support for GPO printer deployment in Windows XP

Backing up your Group Policy Objects allows you to restore group policy settings without having to perform an entire Active Directory restoration. In this article, Brien Posey walk you through the process.

Here's a great tip submitted by one of our readers - Ziv Shadar. I've uploaded it almost word for word. Thanks Ziv! When using roaming profiles we must understand that a lot of file copying is performed when logging on to and logging off from the workstation. For example, a user can have thousands of… Read More

One of the things that always seems weird about wireless networking is that companies typically go to great lengths to make sure that their wireless networks are secure, but often times do nothing to ensure that employees are actually connecting to the correct network. In fact, I recently received an e-mail from someone who had… Read More

If you have ever done much work with group policies, then you have undoubtedly found out that managing group policies are an organization wide basis can be a complicated endeavor. That's primarily due to the hierarchical nature of group policies. Group policy settings can be applied at the OU, site, domain, and local computer levels.… Read More

Daniel Petri shows you how to block the use of USB drives on client machines by using Group Policy Objects (GPO).