Latest Group Policy Stories

The new Google Talk Pak gives IT admins the ability to set and enforce settings in the chat application. (PRWEB) January 28, 2013 PolicyPak Software, the leader in Group Policy and desktop management, recently released a Pak for Google Talk. The new preconfigured Pak for Google Talk gives IT admins the ability to set and enforce settings for users’ applications so users can’t work around them. The Pak for Google Talk makes it so users get the same experience every time the...

The new Pak delivers, enforces, remediates and locks down user setting in the Google application. (PRWEB) January 25, 2013 PolicyPak Software, a leader in desktop management and Group Policy, recently released a management Pak for Google Sketchup. The new pre-configured Sketchup Pak allows IT admins to fully lock down users’ applications so users can’t alter their settings. Admins can disable user application updates for Google Sketchup so everything is admin controlled....

The new Pak offers a way for network administrators to manage and enforce an array of settings in the popular internet browser. (PRWEB) January 24, 2013 PolicyPak Software, a leader in desktop management and Group Policy, unveiled a new Pak for Internet Explorer 9. The new pre-configured Pak gives network administrators an easier way to configure the numerous settings within Internet Explorer. This avoids potential problems where users mess up or work around IT security settings....

The new Pak offers a way to dictate and ensure settings in the free application. (PRWEB) January 22, 2013 PolicyPak Software, a leader in desktop management, recently unveiled a Pak for Google Picasa. The pre-configured Pak for Google Picasa allows IT admins to manage settings under the same user interface as Picasa itself. Admins can set, disable and hide user settings within the application, such as "hide or disable corresponding control in target application." The Pak also...

The new Pak allows IT admins to better manage the ISO image application. (PRWEB) January 21, 2013 PolicyPak Software, a leader in desktop management, now offers a management solution for 7-Zip. The new pre-configured Pak for 7-Zip makes it easier for IT admins to better manage the application. Since 7-Zip has a lot of settings, it’s important for admins to be able to ensure and dictate settings so they aren’t messed up on the rare occasions the application is launched. The...

The WinZip Pak allows IT admins to manage critical settings using Group Policy. (PRWEB) January 19, 2013 PolicyPak Software, the leader in Group Policy and desktop management, now has a solution for managing the critical settings in WinZip. The pre-configured Pak for WinZip allows IT admins to enforce password requirements, remove the“Cameras” tab ability and setup Explorer Context Items. Additionally it gives admins the ability to enforce where users save, extract and store temp...

The pre-configured Pak offers a way for admins to dictate settings in the popular media player. (PRWEB) January 18, 2013 PolicyPak Software recently released a Pak to manage the media player that lives on every Windows machine: Windows Media Player. Since Windows Media Player comes with no in-the-box solutions of its own to control the settings, PolicyPak created one. The Pak allows admins to dictate just about any setting within Windows Media Player, such as disabling a whole tab. More...

The SnagIt Pak allows IT admins to deliver and lockdown settings in the application. (PRWEB) January 17, 2013 TechSmith SnagIt is the latest application to be tackled by PolicyPak Software, a leader in desktop management and Group Policy. The pre-configured Pak for Techsmith SnagIt gives admins the ability to deliver and lockdown nearly one hundred settings in the application, whereas the application itself only gives admins the ability to lockdown eight settings. The Pak allows admins...

The new Pak makes it easy to deliver, enforce and remediate settings in the optional Office 2010 application. (PRWEB) January 11, 2013 PolicyPak Software makes managing Visio easier for Microsoft Admins. The pre-configured Visio Pak sets and enforces expectations for users’ applications so they get the same experience every time the application is launched. The Pak keeps Visio’s configuration settings streamlined so users can’t mess with the settings. The software snaps into the...

The new book, written by the founder of PolicyPak Software and GPanswers.com is the 7th edition of the original book entitled “Group Policy, Profiles and IntelliMirror.” (PRWEB) January 10, 2013 Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and the Managed Desktop, 2nd Edition is the new book from renowned Group Policy expert, Jeremy Moskowitz and is now available for purchase. Signed copies are available at GPanswers.com or directly from the publisher, Wiley. The book is the new and...