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How to enable Group Policy Preferences Logging via the Local Group Policy Editor

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:54:44 +0000

When opening the local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) you will notice that on a default Windows 7 SP1 Enterprise client there is no logging and tracing node for Group Policy Preferences logging underneath the Group Policy node.

The reason for this is because Group Policy Preferences can only be managed within domain based Group Policy objects and therefore a Windows 7 SP1 client does not have the Group Policy Preferences related administrative template GroupPolicyPreferences.admx installed that also includes the logging settings.

How to convert registry files (.reg) into XML for Group Policy Preferences import

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:50:26 +0000

Creating registry settings manually within the Group Policy Preferences editor can become a cumbersome task, especially when you need to create many of them. Although the Group Policy Management console allows you to import registry keys stored within an XML formatted file, unfortunately out of the box Microsoft doesn’t provide any tooling to export and convert registry settings into xml.

A couple of days ago I found an online “FREE” Registry to Group Policy Preferences XML converter that looks pretty promising. It’s still under development but definitely worth a try before starting a lengthy manual task.

Microsoft UE-V and PolicyPak - Better Together

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:19:42 +0000

In this video Group Policy MVP Jeremy Moskowitz demonstrates why customers planning using Microsoft User Environment Virtualization (UE’V) might also want to consider using PolicyPak.

More details about PolicyPak and the video transcript can be found here

BlogTip: Group Policy Center

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:49:20 +0000

Being generally interested in Group Policy Management I was more than happy to stumble upon this blog today called the Group Policy Center – A very nice blog with News, Tutorials, Tips and Tricks about Microsoft Windows Group Policy.

Expanded Control with Group Policy Preferences article from TechNet Magazine

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:02:00 +0000

For those interested in Group Policy Preferences I recommend reading the “Expanded Control with Group Policy Preferences” that is published in the January 2009 issue on TechNet Magazine.

And as always the full January 2009 help file version can be downloaded here.