Posted September 12th, 2008 by Matt Shadbolt
Since Microsoft released 2007 and the new .*x file format there have been some compatibility problems – sure you can save your documents in the “old” 2003 format – but you loose some of the extra functionality available for 2007 users. Microsoft released an installer to resolve these problems allowing 2003 users to open 2007 [...]
Tags: 2007 Compatibility Pack, FileFormatsConvert.exe, Group Policy, Software Deploy
Posted August 25th, 2008 by Matt Shadbolt
A quick and easy way to audit your users login times (and some other details) is by using this simple login script method. Firstly, you need to build two .BAT file scripts and save them to some sort of Audit share on a server. (I suggest hiding the share with the $ so users can’t [...]
Tags: Active Directory, Audit, GP, Group Policy, logoff, logon
Posted August 1st, 2008 by Matt Shadbolt
Group policy is a powerful admin tool – I love it! My favourite GP tool is by far the rsop.msc (Resultant Set of Policy) snap-in. Access the rsop.msc tool by either typing the command at a command prompt or typing the command in the Run box. rsop will show you exactly what settings are being [...]
Tags: GP. GPO, Group Policy, Group Policy Objects, Resultant Set of Policy, rsop.msc
