Group Policy should be a no-brainer for organizations running Microsoft Active Directory. It lets IT control changes and a variety of settings for all users and computers in AD from a central console.

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The Group Policy Editor is an administrative utility included in the Enterprise, Professional and Ultimate editions of Windows 7. It can be used to manage user permissions, configure device settings ...

Tweaking Windows settings that are not readily available in standard menus will commonly require modifications to be made from the OS' Registry Editor or Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc). The registry ...