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Tip & Tricks

Gary's Tips

Gary Olsen is a Systems Software Engineer in HP's Worldwide Technical Expert Center (WTEC) for Hewlett-Packard Services in Atlantic, GA. Gary has worked in the IT industry since 1981 and holds a BS degree in Industrial Education and an MS in Computer Aided Manufacturing, both from Bringham Young University. Gary is a Microsoft MVP for Directory Services and founder/chairman of the Atlanta Active Directory Users Group. Gary is a frequent author for TechTarget.com (http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/) and authors occasionally for Redmond Magazine and TechNet Magaine.

These are just a selection of tips written by Gary regarding Group Policy and related AD techniques.

1Simple WMI tricks for AD administrators

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2Debugging user profile and GPO problems with Userenv logs

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ADM/ADMX Template Additions

If you want more power than what's available inside the box, you can create your own ADM/ADMX templates. Here, we have several examples of additional ADM templates that you can leverage.

Do you have an ADM/ADMX template that you created, that you think we should feature here? Then email Jeremy to let him know! Let's share the love!

However, before you attempt to use these ADM templates, it's probably a good idea to read Chapter 5 of the new book (Group Policy: Management, Troubleshooting, and Security for Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000) or Chapter 5 of the previous book (Group Policy, Profiles and intelliMirror for Windows 2003, Windows XP and Windows 2000) to get the full gist of how these are used.

Remember, there's a difference between proper blue-dot "policy settings" and red-dot "preferences."

1ADMX files for Office 2007

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2How do I prevent people from writing data to the USB port (for example, the USB Flash disk)?

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3How can I disable the "Use the Web service to find the appropriate program" dialogue box from being displayed?

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4Can I disable the splash screen in Adobe Acrobat Reader using Group Policy?

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5How can I stop the "Would you like to take a Tour" message balloon from popping up?

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6How can I stop the "Would you like to enter in your Microsoft Passport?" message balloon from coming up?

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7How can I always display the Administrative tools? They always seem to be hidden by default.

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8How can I disable Windows Media Player Updates? (version 7 and up)

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9How can I hide "Printers and Faxes" from the Start Menu in Windows XP?

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Offline Files and Folders

1Updating your Offline Files cache in Windows Vista to point to a new server

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Microsoft / DesktopStandard Tricks

1How can I remove the Address Bar in Internet Explorer 6 via Group Policy?

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Scripting Tip

1How can I shut down multiple PCs remotely?

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2How can I make my users on Windows 2000 fully install all applications when they log in?

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3How can I figure out the full DN of my objects in AD?

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Internet Explorer

Tips on managing Internet Explorer's interface and user experience using Group Policy and other means

1Using Group Policy to manage IE cache settings

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2Turn on IE's Kerberos authentication for all of your clients

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Miscellaneous

1Editing logon banner policies on a Windows XP or Windows 2003 system can cause the text to be displayed incorrectly on Windows 2000 systems.

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2Editing logon banner policies that were created on a Windows 2000 system with Windows XP or 2003 can cause the message text to be displayed incorrectly on some Windows XP systems.

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3How do you enable Remote Desktop for Windows Server 2003?

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4How can I deploy a default Microsoft Outlook 2003 Profiles using a Custom ADM?

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5How do I hide or prevent access to specific drive letters?

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