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Since SolarWinds acquired EminentWare at the beginning of this year, I've been learning a lot about Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), the Windows Update Agent, and software patching in general. Most of us know that Microsoft works hard to help us keep our systems up to date to ensure optimal security and…
I'm aware that I can create a custom MSI file using the Dameware Mini Remote Control Package Builder and push that configuration out to my network clients. However, what if I want to change a setting after the install is complete. It's much easier to change a registry setting though a GPO then have to redeploy software.…
What can I do to recognize when a large portion of our application monitors or server suddenly become UNKNOWN or OFFLINE due to a GPO change that has broken our service accounts access? We recently had a GPO Update break our visibility into our environment and the first symptom we noticed was when support teams contacted…
Group Policy is a Microsoft Windows feature that has significant importance in controlling the working environments of user accounts in enterprise computers. Whether it’s enforcing a password policy, preventing unidentified remote users to connect to a network share, restricting access to folders, Group Policy provides the…
Overview The attached file is an Active Directory Group Policy that will apply and enforce SNMP settings on Windows computers. The GPO will override any existing settings, so your assured consistency for your Windows Servers and enforces the Agent, Traps, and Security tabs of the SNMP Service. Althought I found the free…
Introduction Access settings for DameWare Mini Remote Control are configured directly in the MRC Client Agent. They are stored locally in the client machine which could create a difficulty when trying to manage them on multiple computers. However, since these settings are stored in the Windows Registry, it is possible to…
I have been tasked with deploying Log Event management agents through group policy to all of our machines on a domain. I also want set set the log levels so we don't get flooded with non essential logs, but this is secondary.. We do not want to use the remote installer for the deployment. LEM 5.5 is the version we are…
I'm having trouble automating my community string. We are changing the current string to make it a bit more robust. When I manually configure it on a Windows server it works great, but we have hundreds of servers which I obviously don't want to touch individually. I've configured a GPO to push out the new Community String…
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