• Edit Local Security Policy Settings on Windows Server Core

    The Gist Of IT This section shows the work flow in condensed form. If you prefer a more detailled explanation skip to the next section. In Detail If you needed to edit the local Security Policy Settings on Windows Server Core you may have noticed that the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is not available on…

  • Stop Windows 10 Enterprise / Windows 10 Pro from advertising or installing unwanted apps

    This is an updated and shorter version of the previous article How Windows 10 Pro installs unwanted apps (Candy Crush, Twitter, Minecraft, Flipboard, Photoshop Express, …) and how to stop it. By default Windows 10 Pro and even Enterprise advertise and install unwanted apps, such as Candy Crush, etc. There are many guides on how…

  • Provisioned App Packages in Windows 10 Enterprise / Windows 10 Pro

    2018-10-13: Updated for Windows 10 version 1809 Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise and Microsoft Windows 10 Pro ship with a number of provisioned app packages. Whenever a user signs into a computer for the first time, Windows will register (read: install) all each provisioned app in the newly created user profile. For listing the provisioned app…