Darren Mar-Elia

Darren Mar-Elia is president and CTO of SDM Software, a Group Policy solutions company. He has over 20 years combined experience in information technology and software development. He was senior director of product engineering at DesktopStandard (acquired by Microsoft), and before that, served as CTO for Windows management solutions at Quest Software. He was also a director of distributed systems at Charles Schwab & Co. and helped guide that company's use of Microsoft Windows technologies. Darren has written or contributed to 12 books on Windows management topics, is a Microsoft MVP for Group Policy, and is a contributing editor for Windows IT Pro. He also created the popular gpoguy.com website for information and utilities related to Group Policy.

Email: dmarelia@windowsitpro.com

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[gptalk] Disable Ipv6

Mon, 20 Feb 2012

Hi all Is there a way to disable IPv6 on all servers in a specific OU via GPO? IPv6 is messing around with our Qua...

[gptalk] Access This Computer from the Network Setting Help

Tue, 14 Feb 2012

All - I've looked at the following articles http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms813612.aspx http://support.m...

[gptalk] Adding a comment to a GPO?

Tue, 14 Feb 2012

Hi Darren\Listers. I have not been on the list in a while but I read it every day. Thanks to everyone for the valuabl...

[gptalk] Local Group Policy Conumdrum

Tue, 14 Feb 2012

Hi Tony; I am experiencing quite the task at trying to figure out what is happening to some of my desktops. The c...

[gptalk] remove address bar from Explorer

Tue, 14 Feb 2012

Hey there, I am searching for 1 day now to find a way to hide the address bar in Explorer for Windows 7 worksta...

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Group Policy Articles

What's Wrong with Group Policy?

By Darren Mar-Elia, 06/14/2011

There are five Group Policy problems that Microsoft isn’t likely to address any time soon. Here’s how you can work around them.

Managing Internet Explorer with Group Policy

By Darren Mar-Elia, 01/23/2011

Learn how to best leverage three Group Policy areas so that you can obtain the control you need over IE on your desktops.

Managing AD in Bulk Using PowerShell

By Darren Mar-Elia, 10/11/2010

Whether you're searching for Active Directory objects that meet particular criteria or modifying objects in bulk, the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell can help you ...

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Group Policy

By Darren Mar-Elia, 05/24/2010

The Group Policy improvements in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 are evolutionary rather than revolutionary. With the possible exception of adding some PowerShell automation ...

PowerShell and Active Directory

By Darren Mar-Elia, 12/28/2009

The wait for full-fledged PowerShell Active Directory support is over. Microsoft has shipped an AD module and PowerShell Drive provider to make managing AD from PowerShell a snap.

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Tue, 21 Feb 2012

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Fri, 30 Dec 2011

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GPO Deny Finder 1.0Summary: New utility to help you quickly find GPOs in your domain that have Deny ACEs on them.This utility scans all GPOs in your domain and looks for Deny ACEs . If it finds them, it reports out the GPO, the Trustee (i.e. user,group, computer) that is assigned to the ACE and the permission that is set to denied (usually permGPOApply for Read and Apply Group Policy permissions).Download Icon: icon-diskDisclaimer: DISCLAIMER: Everything posted here is offered as...