Cached credentials are extremely useful for laptops that don’t always connect to their domain controls. When you log into one that is outside of your network, Windows checks if the entered username and password match the local cached copy and will let you in if it does. But it’s not necessary on a desktop computer that is always wire-connected to […]
I have a bunch of group policy settings that need to be enforced on a lot of new Office 365 installations. I excitedly downloaded the Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) package, uploaded them to the Active Directory’s PolicyDefinitions folder, and opened up Group Policy Management, put in all the policies I want to push out. Guess what? Out of the 6 […]
I have a Group Policy setting in place that forces all workstations in the same OU checks and installs any available updates from a local WSUS automatically at 3:00 am every single day. It has worked beautifully until recently I started upgrading them gradually to Windows 10. The ones graduated from Windows 7 to Windows 10 don’t reboot themselves anymore […]
On an Active Directory Domain with multiple GPOs in place, it’s nice having a way that can generate reports in various situations. Group Policies applied to my account and computer There is a built-in tool called Resultant Set of Policy (rsop.msc) that scans all active policies and displays them all in a window similar to Group Policy Editor. You will […]
I have a Remote Desktop Services running on Windows Server 2012. Users who have the access to that server have the roaming profile set up but every time when they log off a warning message displays on the screen saying that: Your roaming user profile was not completely synchronized. See the event log for details or contact administrator. By checking […]
PowerShell Remoting really makes my work a lot easier but it requires quite a bit of work to get all the remote computers ready to take the remoting calls, such as automatically start Windows Remote Management services, set up the HTTP listener for incoming WinRM requests, as well as open Firewall Port to allow the traffic to go through. For […]
Installing .Net Framework 3.5 on Windows 8.1 and 10 is only through Programs and Features in Control Panel. But if the computer is configured to get the windows updates through WSUS, installing through Control Panel will most likely fail, no matter what else you try. There is a Group Policy setting that you can alter to bypass getting the updates through […]