Group Policy for Microsoft Windows

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Useful Links

HOWTO: DISABLE:

Offline Files

https://thepracticalsysadmin.com/disable-offline-files-in-windows-7/

Teredo Tunneling

  • Open cmd as administrator
  • Run: netsh interface teredo set state disabled

Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP)

  • Open cmd as administrator
  • Run: netsh interface isatap set state disabled

Link Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR)

  • Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Network | DNS Client
  • Enable: Turn Off Multicast Name Resolution

Smart Multi-Homed Name Resolution

  • Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Network | DNS Client
  • Enable: Turn off Multicast Name Resolution.

Google Chrome - Silent and Automatic Updates

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/disable-chrome-automatic-updates/

Automatic Updates

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1003777

HOWTO: UPDATE:

Group Policy On Desktops

Command Prompt

gpupdate /force

The above forces all Group Policies to reload, in an environment with many implementations this could take a long time. So the alternative to only update those that have changed is as follows:

Command Prompt

gpupdate

HOWTO: DEPLOY:

Fonts

http://blog.the-it-blog.co.uk/2014/05/29/deploy-font-files-via-a-gp-group-policy/

Prepare Mozilla Firefox for Enterprise Deployment and Virtualization

http://stealthpuppy.com/prepare-mozilla-firefox-for-enterprise-deployment-and-virtualization/

Firefox ESR 31 Deployment via Group Policy and Powershell

https://adminadventure.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/firefox-esr-31-deployment-via-group-policy-and-powershell/

GPO ADDON

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/gpo-for-firefox/

DEPLOYMENT

http://www.tech-faq.com/deploying-software-through-group-policy.html

HOWTO: MANAGE:

Windows Services

http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2010/08/how-to-use-group-policy-to-control-services/

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc732482.aspx

HOWTO: IMPLEMENT:

Folder Redirection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tYnjp_BleI