Are there any security related issues if we allow domain users to change their wallpaper and screen saver?
I know lots of company they lock users wallpaper and screen saver, but is there any risk to allow this?
Category Archives: GPO
Reading SD cards on a GPO blocked USB [on hold]
Our company has a GPO which blocks USB mass storage devices. The GPO permits Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) connections. Some SD card-based camera devices don’t support MTP so they are blocked as they identify as a mass storag… Continue reading Reading SD cards on a GPO blocked USB [on hold]
The Future of GPOs
IT admins are concerned about the future of GPOs (Group Policy Objects). Why so? On one hand, GPOs are a powerful and sought after tool for managing Windows®-based systems. On the other hand, modern system environments are heterogeneous (e.g., Win… Continue reading The Future of GPOs
Set Group Policies without Microsoft® Active Directory®
IT admins often wonder if it’s possible to set group policies without Microsoft® Active Directory® (AD). Well, we should point out that Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are a unique feature…
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Cloud Group Policy Object (GPO) Alternative
For a long time, IT admins have enjoyed using the Microsoft® Active Directory® feature called GPOs (Group Policy Objects). This tool has been incredibly valuable to managing fleets of Windows…
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Cross Platform GPO-like Capabilities
Group Policy Objects (GPOs) offer some of the most powerful capabilities of the Microsoft® Active Directory® (AD) platform. The challenge has always been that GPOs only work for Windows® based…
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Mac Group Policy Equivalent
Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are the holy grail when it comes to Windows® system management. They are one of the primary reasons IT organizations continue to leverage Microsoft® Active Directory®…
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Classic British Phone Gets a Google Makeover
It may seem like an odd concept to younger readers, but there was once a time when people rented their phones rather than buying them outright. Accordingly, these phones were built like tanks, and seeing one of these sturdy classics of midcentury modern design can be a trip down memory lane for some of us. So retrofitting a retro phone with a Raspberry Pi and Google’s AIY seems like a natural project to tackle for nostalgia’s sake.
The phone that [Alasdair Allan] decided to hack was the iconic British desk telephone, the GPO-746, or at least a modern interpretation of …read more
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How to Recover Group Policy Objects
This article focuses on the newest recovery features of Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory, released with Veeam Backup & Replication versions v9 and 9.5.
Retrotechtacular: The Mother Of All (British) Demos
One of the most famous lectures in the history of technology was delivered by [Douglas Engelbart] in December 1968, at a San Francisco conference. In it he described for the first time most of what we take for granted in our desktop computers and networking today, several years before even the first microprocessor made it to market. It is revered not only because it was the first airing of these ideas, but because it was the event that inspired and influenced many of those who developed them and brought them to market. You may have heard of it by its …read more
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