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GPO Deployed Desktop Shortcuts Deleted After Logon

Pixel Robots. — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:20:51 +0000

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently at work, I have been involved on a project that has used GPO to lock down End User Devices and also deploy shortcuts to the users desktops. As we wanted the shortcuts to display for all users we decided to publish the shortcuts to the public desktop. All was Read more

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Group Policy – Troubleshooting with GPResult

Pixel Robots. — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:30:36 +0000

Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery Sysadmin has had to troubleshoot group policies at least once. I know I have had to do this many, many times in the past. One of the first tools I go to when troubleshooting group policy from a client machine is GPResult. GPResult is a command line utility that Read more

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MS16-072: By-design may break your User Group Policies

Pixel Robots. — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:53:41 +0000

Reading Time: 5 minutesMicrosoft released this update to fix a man in the middle attack using Group Policy Update, unfortunately it appears that it has also changed the behaviour in how Group Policy is applied. If you use security filtered Group Policy that are applied to users AND you have removed “Authenticated Users” Read more

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Creating a Group Policy Central Store

Pixel Robots. — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:53:47 +0000

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is a Group Policy Central Store? The Group Policy Central Store is a repository of ADMX and ADML files that are stored in the SYSVOL folder of your domain. Why use a Central Store? If like me you have managed Group Policy inside of an Active Directory domain you Read more

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MS15-011: Hardened UNC Path

Pixel Robots. — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:25:31 +0000

Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently at work, we have been making sure all our servers are fully patched and have no known vulnerabilities in them. We use a tool called Nessus, that scans the servers for any known vulnerabilities. And they were all coming back saying the needed MS15-011 KB3000483. Our team made sure Read more

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