Redirect folders on primary computers only.File Classification Infrastructure: Specify Classification Properties List.File Classification Infrastructure: Display Classification tab in Windows Explorer.System/File Classification Infrastructure Access Denied Remediation configuration for File Not Found errors Enabled Local Group Policy.Access Denied Remediation configuration for Access Denied errors.Do not allow v4 printer drivers to show printer extensions.

Change Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) default output format to the legacy Microsoft XPS format (*.xps).Always rasterize content to be printed using a software rasterizer.Prohibit connection to roaming Mobile Broadband networks.Minimize the number of simultaneous connections to the Internet or a Windows Domain.Disable power management in connected standby mode.Enable file synchronization on costed networks.Private network ranges for Metro style apps.Network/Network Connectivity Status Indicator Turn off smart multi-homed name resolution.Prefer link local responses over DNS when received over a network with higher precedence.Allow NetBT queries for fully qualified domain names IDN mapping.Specify the age in days for which segments in the data cache are valid.Enable Automatic Hosted Cache Discovery by Service Connection Point.Set default download behavior for BITS jobs on costed networks.Network/Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) The task might look boring but I can tell you this is a good way to learn about new things.īelow you find a list of new settings I have found, well possible that I missed one or the other setting, but in any case there are quite some interesting new things to explore. And this is what I have been doing for the last 3 hours. I do that by simply opening the group policy editor (gpedit.msc) select the Administrative Templates node and then go to All Settings, sort them alphabetically by Setting name and just go down the list and look for any policies where the requirement is defined to “At least Windows 8”. Today, oh that was yesterday already, Microsoft released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, so I did what I always do when there is a new Windows Operating system and that is looking for any new Group Policy settings.

Windows 8 local group policy editor