On removing ADM files–one small issue
DaleBack in May 2022, I wrote about Sysvol Bloat with Group Policy ADM Template files. I was removing the Office 2010 series of ADM Templates, as I’ve replaced them with…
Increasing the event log file sizes under “Applications and Services Logs” via Group Policy.
You can’t directly. Using Group Policy Preferences, though, you can. In other words, we’re going to set some Registry Keys. The Applications and Services Logs registry entries can be found…
So how do you remove an .ADM file from Group Policy?
It’s the reverse of Importing a .ADM into Group Policy. Edit the Group Policy Expand the Policies Folder Select “Administrative Templates” In the menu, select “Action” Select “Add/Remove Templates…” Highlight…
So you have an .ADM file, how do you import it into Group Policy?
After 10 years of ADMX templates, we had forgotten how to do it. Much head scratching later ….In the Group Policy Management Editor, under Action, Add/Remove Templates.
So Sysvol Bloat is bad. But what is it?
, all the default Administrative Template files are added to the ADM folder of a Group Policy object (GPO) on a domain controller. The GPOs are stored in the SYSVOL…
Windows LegalNoticeText
Not something we do often, and when we do, I tend to forget the “rules” of LegalNotice. I’ve written this down, like some other posts, as a memory aide.History1993 was…
Saturday Link Roundup – Group Policy Settings Reference Spreadsheet for Windows
Had some difficulties finding these links on the Microsoft Website, so here they are for future reference:Group Policy Settings Reference Spreadsheet for Windows 11 October 2021 Update (21H2)Group Policy Settings…
Getting a simple list of computers from Azure AD
First we connect to Azure AD, I’m going to use the MSOnline module: connect-msoldevice Then we get the computers and export them to a CSV file. get-msoldevice -All | select-object…
Getting a simple list of AD Group Members
Sometimes you just need a raw AD Group Membership list: Get-ADGroupMember -identity "<AD Group Name>" | Select-Object Name | Export-CSV –NoTypeInformation 'c:\temp\<AD Group Name>.csv' Which gives you this output: NODDY05…
Disabling your own corporate device in Azure AD
Yes, if you go to My Account (microsoft.com), you have the ability to disable your device in Azure.... If you do this, in theory, the next AD sync will reset…