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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…
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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…
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Enabling transparent SMB authentication between your Microsoft Account and your Synology DiskStation
One thing that annoyed me quite a bit after upgrading to Windows 10 and using a Microsoft Account was, that now I had to actively provide credentials to access the SMB shares on my Synology DiskStation. Whereas before I was able to access the share without being asked to enter a username and password. For…
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Provisioned Packages (Provisioned Apps) in Windows 10 Pro
Click here to get to the updated article. Updated on 24th October 2017 By default Microsoft Windows 10 Pro ships with a number of provisioned app packages. Whenever a user signs into a computer for the first time, Windows will register (read: installed) all provisioned apps in the newly created user profile. For listing the…