Tuesday, August 27, 2013

GPO to make domain user as local computer admin


1. Go to Group Policy Management Editor.
2. Expend Computer configuration\Policies\Security Settings\Restricted Groups
3. Right click and hit "Add Group"
4. Type "Administrators" and hit "OK"
5. Click "Add..." under "Members of this group:"
6. Enter the users
7. Click "Add..." under "This group is a member of:"
8. Add the "Administrators" Group. (You may also add the "Remote Desktop Users")
9. Hit "OK".

Monday, August 19, 2013

Uninstall Internet Explorer 10 Silently

 Please make sure IE is closed on the machine before proceeding.
FORFILES /P C:\Windows\servicing\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-*10.*.mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:@fname /norestart /quiet"
shutdown -r

Monday, July 15, 2013

Safari - PDF Freezes/Craches

Due to : The default internet speed was set to 56 Kbps in Adobe Reader.

Solution:
Open up Adobe Reader
Click on Preferences > Internet
Adjust the Internet Connection speed.

PowerShell - Notes

Enabling PowerShell Remoting:
Enable-PSRemoting -Force

Workgroup Setup:
Set-Item wsman:\localhost\client\trustedhosts *

On both computers, restart the WinRM service so your new settings will take effect:
Restart-Service WinRM

Verify/Set the settings for the execution policy:
Get-ExecutionPolicy
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Starting a Remote Session:
Enter-PSSession -ComputerName "Computer name" -Credential "User name"

Windows 7 - Path to All Users Desktop and Start Menu


User Desktop
C:\Users\"Username"\Desktop

User Start Menu
C:\Users\"Username"\Appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

User Account Pictures
C:\Programdata\Microsoft\User Account Pictures

All Users Desktop
C:\Users\Public\Desktop

All Users Start Menu
C:\Programdata\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

Wallpapers
C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper