Microsoft this week explained what hoops IT pros must jump through if they plan to use Group Policy with administrative template (ADMX) files to set policies for both Windows 10 and Windows 11 clients ...

Group Policy is a powerful tool that allows IT admins to configure policy across Windows PC in an enterprise environment. Every time a new setting is rolled out for Windows, the development team makes ...

Group Policy tools use Administrative template files to populate policy settings in the user interface. They are basically registry-based policy settings that appear in the Local Group Policy Editor, ...

With the latest version of Windows 11 officially out, IT admins have a variety of group policy options at their disposal. Here's a look at what they do. Microsoft is being a bit cagey about its plans ...

A few weeks ago, I proffered my personal opinion about ADMX files in Vista and Windows Server 2008 Group Policy and whether they were really all that exciting. In that column, I made some assumptions ...

I'm trying to track down a GPO setting, specifically the setting for "Turn Off Spotlight Collection on Desktop". It supposed to be under "User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows ...

Microsoft on Wednesday listed 25 dead or ineffective administrative template (ADMX) policies for Windows 10 or Windows 11, urging IT pros to stop using them. Aria Carley, a program manager on the ...

“It can be challenging to upgrade the policydefinitions folder that has later revisions of the ADMX files. This is because some settings are deprecated and some are added. Typically, adding settings ...