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Deploying Microsoft Edge Extensions via Group Policy

September 30, 2022January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft
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If you need to deploy an Edge extension within an AD-powered network, you definitely want to do it via Group Policy to automate the process. But before you go ahead and do that, you will have to download and install the Microsoft Edge administrative template to your AD first. First, download the policy template files here. There are two files […]

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How To Limit Cached Domain Credentials on Windows 10

June 14, 2021January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft

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 […]

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Why Office 365 GPO Settings Don’t Apply? And What To Do?

December 23, 2020January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft
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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 […]

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Why Windows 10 Doesn’t Auto Restart after the update?

June 14, 2019January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft
Windows 10 1903 - Why Windows 10 Doesn't Auto Restart after the update?

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 […]

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Generating Various Types of Group Policy Reports

March 5, 2019January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft
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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 […]

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Fixing Roaming User Profile Not Completely Synchronized on Windows Server 2012

February 14, 2018January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft
User Profile Not Sync - Fixing Roaming User Profile Not Completely Synchronized on Windows Server 2012

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 […]

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How To Enable WinRM with Domain Group Policy for PowerShell Remoting

January 18, 2018January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft
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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 […]

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Install .Net Framework 3.5 on Windows 8.1 & 10 with WSUS

April 15, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft

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 […]

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