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Group Policy Tab Missing In ADUC for Windows 7

Posted by William Diaz on October 5, 2011


I recently needed to look into the Group Policy tab in Active Directory Users and Computer from my Win7 workstation but it wasn’t there. Normally, I switch to my XP workstation (cause I have been to lazy to explore this missing tab … until now). With Windows 7 and Server 2008, the GP tab can only be accessed from the Group Policy Management Console. You will need to install the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) to access this console on a Windows 7 PC. Afterwards, enable GPMC from the Control Panel > Turn Windows features on or off > Remote Server Administration Tools > Feature Administration Tools > Group Policy Management Tools.

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You can then open the Group Policy Management Console from an mmc or running gpmc.msc. Tip: add both ADUC and GPMC to the same MMC.

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Attach A Task To A Windows Event

Posted by William Diaz on September 7, 2011


I often find myself needing to track events on various user workstations when some operation takes places that triggers a specific event. In XP, this required that you be proactive and periodically check the Event Viewer logs or wait for the user to reply if they encountered the issue you are tracking. Keeping track of this across several workstations can be a little overwhelming, especially if you are tracking different issues.

A new feature of the Windows Vista and 7 Event Viewer is the ability to be notified of a specific event. To do this: Read the rest of this entry »

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Windows 7 Problem Step Recorder

Posted by William Diaz on August 19, 2010


Windows 7 includes a neat tool called Problem Step Recorder. The idea here is when the user runs into a reproducible error, they can start the Problem Step Recorder to record the actions that led to the error. After the problem has been produced, the user ends the recorder and the actions are wrapped up into a file that can be sent off to their tech support staff. I am eager to see our users submit incidents to us using this. Read more about here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-do-I-use-Problem-Steps-Recorder

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2009/10/21/windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-problem-steps-recorder.aspx

Video tutorial:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd320286.aspx

And on both monitors:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/drey/archive/2010/07/21/windows-7-wednesday-tip-problem-steps-recorder.aspx

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