If you ever find your Windows 10 devices dimming their screen and this act irritates you, I will be describing various ways to prevent Windows from going into standby/sleep after a certain period of inactivity. The Energy Saver Mode feature mainly saves energy when the user is away. Power plans can help you save energy,…
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This is a hidden control panel that lets you set computer-level or user-level settings. If you’re a Systems Administrator, you can set group policies at your domain level, and then push them out to the clients on your network. In this article, you will learn “What is GPO and how can it be launched in…
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In this guide, I will be demonstrating How to permit and run only certain apps in Windows for selected uses to be able to run only a list of allowed programs. This can be achieved via the group policy and by tweaking the registry settings. Here is a guide on how to block apps from…
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Here is a brief description of ADM and ADMX. First, let’s describe what an ADM and ADMX file is. An “ADM file” was used with Group Policy before Windows Server 2008 was released. The ADM file stores all the settings found under Administrative Templates. Whenever you create a new Group Policy, it saves the settings…
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Microsoft Edge is the best browser for shopping Microsoft Edge is the only browser with built-in tools to help you save time and money when shopping online. On Windows 10, Microsoft currently has its new default web-browser as Microsoft Edge In this article, I will be discussing how to centrally administer Microsoft Edge GPO settings in the enterprise…
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Group Policy is a feature of Windows that facilitates a wide variety of advanced settings that network administrators can use to control the working environment of users and computer accounts in Active Directory. In this article, I will discuss “All about Group Policies: Group Policy GPUpdate Commands: GPUpdate, GPUpdate/force, LogOff, Boot, Wait, and Sync”. These steps…
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Group Policy (GP) is a Windows management feature that allows you to control multiple users’ and computers’ configurations within an Active Directory environment. In this article, we shall discuss how to analyze group policies applied to a user and computer account. With GP, all Organizational Units, sites, or domains can be configured from a single and central place. Please see…
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Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) offers a unique tool that allows you to manage many aspects of Microsoft Server technologies remotely (from your Personal computer). In this article, we shall show you how to install RSAT on Windows via Windows features. To install the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on Windows Server 2016. Also, see…
This issue was simulated in my lab by expiring the Administrator password in order to give a detailed explanation of the root cause and suggest remediations (ways to fix). The error here can happen to anyone, especially when the password is repeated, does not meet the length, complexity, or history requirements as stated below. Here…
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