UPDATE: VALIDATED THIS PROCESS ON WINDOWS 10 1909 – SEPT 18 2020 If you have Windows 10 clients on a WSUS server and you want to confirm that they are receiving patches from that WSUS server and not going directly to Microsoft to update, you used to just read the […]
This was a major a pain to me. I have found that many sites, including MSN.COM, Outlook Web Access, GoToMeeting.com and others, do not load properly with PROTECTED MODE enabled on Windows 7, 8 and 10 so after arguing with Microsoft about it for a few months last year, I have […]
When you think of product names like Windows Home and Windows Pro, you think of… well… products. This has changed in Windows 10. There are different editions of Windows 10, like Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, and Windows 10 Enterprise but there are ALSO streams of those editions. The […]
May 20th 2016 UPDATE: We have a solution to disabling the STORE in Windows 10 Pro using a Group Policy Object . To avoid confusion I started a new post HERE. JANUARY 28 2016 UPDATE: I have found this GPO to cause the STORE to fail to download apps but […]
Well, according to Microsoft you cannot currently change the background image on Windows 8.1 Login Screen. I confirmed this with Microsoft Partner Support HERE . I believe this will change in future versions of Windows. That being said you can force a specific colour (or color for our American friends!) […]
If you are in IT and deploying Office 2013 you are likely woried about security and in particular, you might want to disable the APPS FOR OFFICE feature. You can disable AfO in three ways: REGISTRY: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\15.0\WEF\trustedcatalogs!disableallcatalogs . GROUP POLICY: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2013\Security Settings\Trust Center\Trusted Catalogs . OFFICE […]
I have confirmed with Microsoft Partner Support that MS has no plans to update their 2008 R2 documentation to accomodate changes in Server 2012… thats not nice because this was one complex setup (if you are used to how simple Server 08 R1 TS Gateway was… like me). The problem with […]
If you are like me, your 125MB Windows Server 2008 R2 logs are jammed with “Event 5156: Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a connection”: I could not figure out how to disable this because in LOCAL SECURITY POLICY it was greyed out, which I know means it is controlled by […]
Microsoft Announced the following features will be included in Windows 8 Enterprise. Win8 Ent, will include everything in Windows 8 Professional plus: Windows To Go is a fully manageable corporate Windows 8 desktop on a bootable external USB stick. This will allow IT organizations to support the “Bring Your Own […]
It doesn’t matter how you are paid; staff, contractor, agency… you customer will look to you for reliability and that means you need to be more than good, you need to be great. These are the rules I live by and judge others by. It you want to be a […]
Prepared by Ian Matthews, April 5 2009, last updated July 2 2009 The following list of things to know about Server 08 and Small Business Server 08 are based on my experiences and research. This list is mainly for my (and my tech’s) to keep track of tidbits. If you […]
Written by Ian Matthews November 7, 2007 PREAMLE: Because it is theoretically possible to disguise a Trojan as a print driver, Microsoft has configured Vista to block domain users (or any standard, non-administrator users) from installing new or updated printer drivers. After more than 11 hours of work with Microsoft […]
by Ian Matthews Written May 23, 2007 Last Updated May 23, 2007 The purpose of this article is to provide a 20 minute guide to Windows Vista’s new features and functions. There is a lot to learn so we also have three other articles you may want to read: Windows […]
by Ian Matthews Written April 10, 2007 Last Update Feb 22, 2008 The purpose of this article is to provide a 15 minute guide to Windows Vista’s advanced features and functions. There is a lot to learn so we also have three other articles you may want to read: Vista […]
by Ian Matthews Update April 1, 2007 WHAT IS USER ACCESS CONTROL (UAC)? User Access Control is likely the most controversial new feature in Windows Vista. In addition to beta testing Vista since Beta 1, I have attended several MS sponsored webinars, read Microsoft white papers and asked MS staffers […]
Prepared by Ian Matthews – June 4, 2010 As usual these instructions and notes are written mainly for me as a cook book to use at various clients. There is no warranty or guarantee express or implied in these notes so be careful. If you are a professional network administrator you […]