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 ...

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 ...

I have a question regarding custom ADMX. If we follow the instructions from this place: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... px?id=6243 to install the ADMX ...

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 ...

Having a central store for ADMX templates is great, because it means that administrators only need to update the templates one time, and Active Directory replication will take care of propagating 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 ...

Here is the list of policies that you don’t need to change, and even if you do, they will have no effect. Some of the policies do affect but negatively, such as dramatically reducing compliance and ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...