Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) will help System Administrators to manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs) from a single console. In this guide, I will be showing you how to install a group policy management console on Windows 11. Please see What Happens if You Turn Off Your Computer During an Update, How to Fix The Virtual Desktop…
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Group Policy Editor is where I make most of my changes to Windows 11 and 10. Lately, I’ve gotten the error message “Failed to open the Group Policy Object on this computer. You might not have the appropriate rights.” whenever I try to access it using the Run prompt or Control Panel. This error can…
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Remote Defender Credential Guide was introduced in Windows 10 version 1607 to be precise. It helps safeguard (protect) your credentials over a Remote Desktop connection by redirecting Kerberos requests back to the device that’s requesting the connection. It also provides single sign-on experiences for Remote Desktop sessions. In this guide, you will learn how to…
Microsoft Active Directory always comes with a default domain password that defines the password requirements like length, age, characters, and many more. This password policy is configured and linked to the root of the domain and affects every user on the domain. This guide is going to show you how you can change that default value…
The Group Policy Editor is a tool that IT administrators can use on Windows 10 and 11 to modify advanced (system and app) settings to regulate and restrict the environment for users to adhere to organizational policies. Additionally, more experienced users frequently utilize the tool to modify the desktop environment by activating and removing specific…
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In this guide, we will look at using the Windows Registry and Group Policy editor to disable Bing search, so if the Registry method does not work, you can fall back on the Group Policy Editor method. Microsoft opted to combine Bing Search with the File Explorer search bar in Windows 10, which resulted in…
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Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) provides a simplified administrative interface that you can use to manage BitLocker Drive Encryption. With the MBAM, you can configure Group Policies that enable you to set BitLocker Drive Encryption policy options that are appropriate for your enterprise and then use them to monitor client compliance with those policies….
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A set of Group Policy configurations is called a Group Policy Object (GPO). A version of Group Policy called Local Group Policy (LGPO or LocalGPO) allows Group Policy Object management without Active Directory on standalone computers. Group policy can be launched via “gpedit.msc” locally or just by typing “gpedit” to launch the Local group policy…
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Data on a lost or stolen computer is vulnerable to unauthorized access, either by running a software attack tool against it or by transferring the computer’s hard disk to a different computer. BitLocker helps mitigate unauthorized data access by enhancing file and system protections. In this article, you will learn How to Enable BitLocker without…
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The Registry Editor is an advanced tool for viewing and modifying settings in the registry. This information contains information about how your computer runs etc. Windows stores its configuration information in a database called the registry and this is organized in a tree format. Although Registry Editor enables you to inspect and modify the registry,…
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Cortana is a virtual assistant developed by Microsoft, which uses the Bing search engine to perform tasks such as setting reminders and answering questions for the user. Therefore, Cortana helps you save time and focus attention on what matters most in the following ways below. How to make Cortana use to your default web browser…
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The PowerShell announced PowerShell 7 on March 4th, 2020. PowerShell 7 is built on .NET Core 3 and brings many unique APIs required by modules built on .NET Framework in order for them to work with .NET Core runtime. While PowerShell Core 6 was focusing on bringing cross-platform compatibility, is the latest major update to…
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File Explorer is the file management application used by Windows operating systems to browse folders and files. The Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit. msc) is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that provides a single user interface through which all the Computer Configuration and User Configuration settings of Local Group Policy objects can be managed. Security Tab missing on folder…
