Serious Discussion Do You Set Group Policy ?

[Victor M]

Do you use Group Policy ?

 

[Parkinsond]

I do; for W update, telemetry, and MD cloud protection level.

 

[Sampei.Nihira]

Windows 11 Home,here.
Even though it is possible to force the enabling of Gpedit.msc in Home, I am not interested.

 

[TairikuOkami]

Technically, yes. Using Group policies via registry on Home, I would not use Edge without it. Policies are respected, unlike user's settings.

 

[Parkinsond]

Windows 11 Home,here.
Even though it is possible to force the enabling of Gpedit.msc in Home, I am not interested.

Windows update cab be annoying enough when interrupting workflow.

 

[Halp2001]

I don’t apply Group Policies manually, because Hard_Configurator is like having a Gregorian monk reciting them while a Zen hacker executes them: I just click and let Andy Ful’s mystical chant protect my PC

 

[Sampei.Nihira]

Technically, yes. Using Group policies via registry on Home, I would not use Edge without it. Policies are respected, unlike user's settings.

I also use 3 policies in Firefox + 3 policies in Chrome.
But the OP's question probably didn't include this possibility.

 

[Sampei.Nihira]

Windows update cab be annoying enough when interrupting workflow.

Sure, if you work on a PC.
I don't work anymore...

 

[Parkinsond]

Sure, if you work on a PC.
I don't work anymore...

So do I most of time, but occasionally I have to review a thesis or a research article.
I dislike being interrupted by unplanned update; can easily forget what I was going to modify during the update period.

 

[Sampei.Nihira]

So do I most of time, but occasionally I have to review a thesis or a research article.
I dislike being interrupted by unplanned update; can easily forget what I was going to modify during the update period.

A thesis?
Do you have multiple degrees?

P.S.

Forgive my curiosity, but my former job was as a teacher.
But now it's time for dinner.
Have a good evening.

 

[Parkinsond]

A thesis?
Do you have multiple degrees?

I have, but the thesis is not mine; it's for students I supervise.

 

[rashmi]

I use Group Policy and ADMX templates to manage security, usability, and privacy.

 

[Trooper]

Do you use Group Policy ?

Yes both personally and at work.

 

[Victor M]

it is possible to force the enabling of Gpedit.msc in Home,

I tried that. It does bring out gpedit, but the policies themselves don't work.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Windows update cab be annoying enough when interrupting workflow.

A less "intrusive" solution would be setting the network as metered whenever you have work or pausing the updates for a week. That makes sure you never miss critical security updates.

Another option is to manually download the updates from Microsoft Update Catalogue

 

[lokamoka820]

I recently started using policies as I’m now considering making Microsoft Edge my main browser, so here are the first policies I’ve applied.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

I recently started using policies as I’m now considering making Microsoft Edge my main browser, so here are the first policies I’ve applied.

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MS Edge? Why?!

 

[Parkinsond]

I recently started using policies as I’m now considering making Microsoft Edge my main browser, so here are the first policies I’ve applied.

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Why bother tinkering with group policy of Edge? I can see almsot all can be configured in settings!

 

[lokamoka820]

MS Edge? Why?!

Every browser has its own unique issues. I eventually settled on Brave, but I suspect some shady stuff might be back again. Right now, I’m testing Vivaldi and Edge, and I might lean toward Edge simply because it’s pre-installed. I haven’t tried Helium since it lacks a sync feature.

Why bother tinkering with group policy of Edge? I can see almsot all can be configured in settings!

I might add more later, and Edge has the issue of re-enabling disabled options after updates, but I read that it doesn’t change policies.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Every browser has its own unique issues. I eventually settled on Brave, but I suspect some shady stuff might be back again. Right now, I’m testing Vivaldi and Edge, and I might lean toward Edge simply because it’s pre-installed. I haven’t tried Helium since it lacks a sync feature.

I might add more later, and Edge has the issue of re-enabling disabled options after updates, but I read that it doesn’t change policies.

Vivaldi is great, but it is bloated. Thankfully you can disable all the stuff during first launch. Have you tried Waterfox? It is very reliable at least in my experience. And now it comes with Brave shields built-in.