Microsoft has changed how the default printer is assigned in Windows 10 and 11. Windows now always sets the default printer to the last printer the user successfully printed to…| Windows OS Hub
You can use Microsoft Office administrative templates (ADMX) to centrally manage the settings of MS Office programs (Word, Excel. Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, etc.) in the Active Directory domain using Group…| Windows OS Hub
Windows LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) allows you to centrally manage the passwords for the local administrators on the computers in your AD domain. The current local administrator password is…| Windows OS Hub
The Group Policy Central Store is located in the SYSVOL directory on the domain controllers, replicated between them, and used to store ADMX/ADML GPO template files used to manage Active…| Windows OS Hub
User Account Control (UAC) is a default Windows security feature designed to prevent unwanted changes to the operating system. When a program tries to perform an action that requires administrator…| Windows OS Hub
The Remote Desktop Licensing server is used to issue and track RDS client terminal access licenses (CALs). Microsoft’s licensing policy requires all users or devices connecting to desktop sessions on…| Windows OS Hub
GPO logon scripts allow you to run a BAT or PowerShell script at computer startup or user logon/logoff. In some cases, an administrator wants a particular script (command/program) to be…| Windows OS Hub
Group Policy (GPO) WMI Filters allow you to create additional conditions that define the computers to which you want to apply GPO settings. For example, you can use a WMI…| Windows OS Hub
When a user closes the RDP/RDS session window in a terminal client (mstsc.exe, RDCMan or Remote Desktop HTML5 web client) by simply clicking the cross in the top right corner…| Windows OS Hub
In this article, we will look at several ways to manage non-admin user permissions to restart or shutdown Windows workstations or servers. By default, non-privileged users can only reboot and…| Windows OS Hub
NTLM (NT LAN Manager) is a legacy Microsoft authentication protocol that dates back to Windows NT. Although Microsoft introduced the more secure Kerberos authentication protocol back in Windows 2000, NTLM…| Windows OS Hub
Active Directory is a reliable yet critical service, and the functionality of the entire enterprise network depends on its proper operation. The proper functioning of Active Directory requires constant monitoring…| Windows OS Hub
Most modern Windows apps require the .NET Framework to be installed. For example, NET Framework 4.8 is installed by default on Windows 11/10 and Windows Server 2022/2019. However, some old…| Windows OS Hub
You can use file system object access event auditing to identify a specific user who created, deleted, or modified a specific file. In this article, we’ll show you how to…| Windows OS Hub
Active Directory provides several methods for determining when a user has logged on to the domain. The time of a user’s last successful authentication in Active Directory can be retrieved from…| Windows OS Hub
It can be difficult to track exactly who made certain changes when the Active Directory domain infrastructure is managed by multiple administrators (added or removed a user from a security…| Windows OS Hub
To grant local administrator permissions on domain computers to technical support personnel, the HelpDesk team, certain users, and other privileged accounts, you must add the necessary Active Directory users or…| Windows OS Hub
Group Policy Administrative Templates contain settings that allow administrators to conveniently configure various Windows settings, components, and third-party software. In this article, we will look at how to install new…| Windows OS Hub
You can use Group Policies (GPOs) to install and connect shared printers to specific users, computers, and groups in an Active Directory domain. In this article, we’ll look at how…| Windows OS Hub
In this GPO troubleshooting guide, I’ll try to tell you about the typical reasons why a certain Group Policy Object (GPO) might not apply to an organizational unit (OU) or…| Windows OS Hub
The GPResult.exe command-line tool is used to get a Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) that is applied to a user and/or computer in an Active Directory domain. GPResult allows you…| Windows OS Hub
In this article, we’ll show you how to track user account lockout events on Active Directory domain controllers, and find out from which computer, device, and program the account is…| Windows OS Hub
In this article, we will show how to enable and configure Windows Remote Management (WinRM) on domain computers using Group Policy (GPO). Windows Remote Management is an implementation of the…| Windows OS Hub
Time synchronization in an Active Directory is critical to properly functioning of the domain services and security mechanisms. If a proper and reliable time sync scheme is not configured in…| Windows OS Hub
This article describes how to update Windows PowerShell to the latest version 5.1 and how to install (upgrade) PowerShell Core 7.3. There are currently two branches of PowerShell: The classic…| Windows OS Hub
Windows Group Policy allows you to run various script files at a computer startup/shutdown or during user logon/logoff. You can use GPOs not only to run classic batch logon scripts…| Windows OS Hub
Domain users can change their password either via the Windows Security menu after logging in, or directly from the Windows login screen if their password has expired. If a user…| Windows OS Hub
The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) allow you to remotely manage roles and features on Windows Server hosts from a Windows workstation. RSAT includes graphical MMC snap-ins, command line tools,…| Windows OS Hub
You can use Group Policies to copy specific files and folders to user computers in the Active Directory domain. You can place files on the Desktop, in a particular user…| Windows OS Hub
Group Policies allow centrally configuring Windows Update settings that determine how updates are received and installed on workstations and servers in a domain network. In this article, we’ll look at…| Windows OS Hub
The Microsoft Defender Firewall is built into all modern versions of Windows and Windows Server and allows you to configure rules for filtering incoming and/or outgoing network traffic on your…| Windows OS Hub
To apply new local or domain Group Policy (GPO) settings to a Windows computer, the Group Policy Client (gpsvc) service must read the policy files and apply the setting to…| Windows OS Hub
The Local Group Policy Editor console (gpedit.msc) is used to configure Windows settings. Gpedit.msc is a built-in MMC snap-in available in all Windows editions (Pro/Enterprise/Education) except Home and Single Language.…| Windows OS Hub
In this article, we will look at how to use Group Policy (GPO) to centrally create, modify, import, and delete any registry keys and parameters on domain-joined computers. You can…| Windows OS Hub
The password policy in an Active Directory domain specifies basic security requirements for user account passwords, such as password complexity, length, frequency of password changes, and so on. A strong…| Windows OS Hub