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Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions
Group Policy Preference
In Windows Server 2008 operating system, Group Policy Preference increase the functionality in Group Policy management, include more than 20 new Group Policy extensions that provide to simplify deployment and standardize configurations.
Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions
Although Group Policy Preferences were first implemented in Windows Server 2008, Administrator can use Group Policy Preference by installing Group Policy client-side extensions (KB943729) in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista.
How to confirm if Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions are installed in WinXP?
After you install above update in the computer will be able to process the new Group Policy Preference extensions. The More >

SSL version 3.0 is no longer secure | The POODLE Attack | How to disable SSL version 3.0 in windows
Google discovered a critical flaw in SSLv3 and its vulnerability, known as “POODLE”, which can allow an attacker to extract secret information from inside of an encrypted transaction. SSLv3 is an old version of the security system that underlies secure Web transactions and is known as the “Secure Sockets Layer” (SSL).
How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability? In a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack, an attacker could downgrade an encrypted TLS session forcing clients to use SSL 3.0 and then force the browser to execute malicious code. This code sends several requests to a target HTTPS website, where cookies are sent automatically if More >

Group Policy error | RPC Server is unavailable.
When you attempt to connect to another domain computer using the GP Results Wizard. It fails with following error :
Failed to connect to Domain\Computer due to the error listed below. Ensure that the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service is enable on the target computer and consult the event log of the target computer for further details. Refer below image. Details: The RPC server is unavailable.
RPC uses port 135 and 445. Firewall blocking the RPC traffic. So we have to enable the Remote Administration Firewall Rule.
Windows XP / Windows Server 2003For Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 uses following command at the system prompt:
netsh More >
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