This weeks setting is called “Do not automatically make redirected folders available offline and can be found under User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > System > Folder Redirections and will work with Windows XP or later. As the name suggest this prevents any users redirected folder from being made available for offline use which is enabled by default….

The setting of the week is called “Remove the Action Center icon” and as the name says it  is used to remove the Action Center icon (a.k.a. Flag) from the system tray (see below). You might want to enable this setting if you are in a corporate environment and you centrally managed Backups, Firewall and Updates using other programs. However…

I know a lot of people have asked for this third an final instalment on how to use Group Policy to manage home page settings and so I have finally been able to find some time to finish this series of posts. Just to recap in Part 1 I showed you how to configure home page setting using the administrative…

Sorry that this weeks setting of the week was a little late however as you can see I have been a little busy. This weeks setting is called “Remote Properties from the Computer icon context menu” and can be found under User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Desktop. This setting might seem a little mundane compared some other…

There is currently a Cross Site Scripting issue with SharePoint 3.0 and 2007 which could allow someone to maliciously run an arbitrary script that could allow elevation of privilege in the SharePoint site. There is currently no hotfix out for this issues  however you can mitigate this issue by enabling the XSS Filter in Internet Explorer 8. Unfortunately this is…

Just a single new hot fix has come out this week that affects group policy… 981704 The file name of an ADM file is displayed incorrectly in the GPMC report in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008 This hotfix resolves a problem with a GPO report in the Group Policy Management Console showing as “Extra Registry Settings” if you…

I have decided to start posting about some specific group policy related KB’s that I have found useful in my time. I will make these posting whenever I come across them so they I will only post them on a semi regular basis. This KB Focus is KB274274 which talks about a problem you will encounter if you are trying…

My second daughter (Charlotte Joanne Burchill) was born today at 8lb7o… and Mum and Bub are doing well… so you’ll excuse me if I don’t do as many post over the next few weeks.