In an Active Directory environment, Group Policy is an easy way to configure computer and user settings on computers that are part of the domain. An Active Directory environment means that you must ...

Now in the right pane, double-click on Set Group Policy Refresh Interval for computers to open its Properties box. This policy setting specifies how often the Group Policy for computers is updated ...

Finding a Group Policy when starting at the “is there even a setting?” ground zero can be tricky, especially in older operating systems that do not include filtering. Microsoft has made available a ...

Windows Time Service, an implementation of Network Time Protocol, ensures that the clocks on all client workstations connected to a network are synchronized. Clients associated with an Active ...

You know a little bit about what Windows 2000 group policies are and how they work. But how does Windows 2000 apply group policies? In this Daily Drill Down, Jim Boyce shows you how. In previous Daily ...

The Group Policy Editor is an administrative utility included in the Enterprise, Professional and Ultimate editions of Windows 7. It can be used to manage user permissions, configure device settings ...

Windows 7 comes with a host of new features that greatly simplify everyday tasks. In a corporate environment, however, the last thing IT wants is for users to have free rein of these features once ...

Group policies have been a core component of Windows Server and Active Directory for decades, and yet it never ceases to amaze me how many different philosophies there are with regard to group ...

With the latest version of Windows 11 officially out, IT admins have a variety of group policy options at their disposal. Here's a look at what they do. Microsoft is being a bit cagey about its plans ...

Microsoft, this past week, announced that Windows 11 24H2 is now ready to roll out to everyone and that it can be downloaded by all. This is despite widespread performance complaints, potential data ...