Prevent windows updates restarting the computer
Open you start menu and type Group, then click Edit group policy Expand Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Update Double click Configure Automatic Updates and enable the policy, and configure it as needed. configure automatic updating Enabled 3 – auto download and notify for install Head back to Windows Update and click Check for updates, once it is done click on the Advanced […]
GP drive maps Failure (Error Code: 0x80070043)
turns out its an SMB issue. edit the drive mapping in the policy and use ip address instead of server name and it worked correctly
Hide Hyper V Floppy Disk Drive via group policy
On Any Hyper-V virtual machine it adds the Floppy disk drive, and there is not an option to remove the drive from the settings window of the VM The Way to remove this drive is by changing a value in the registry of the virtual machine that is running windows. However as I join […]
Enable bitlocker without compatible TPM
1) Press the windows key and R and type gpedit.msc and click OK 2) Go to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > BitLocker Drive Encryption > Operating System Drives And double-click the “Require additional authentication at startup” option 3) Enable and tick both to allow BitLocker without a […]
disable (turn off) the default Windows 2012 Administrator Complexity
If the server is not on a domain 1. On the start menu type Administrative Tool 2. Select Local Security Policy. 3. Change the password Must Meet Complex Requirements option to Disabled. In a domain enviroment Group Policy Management Expand Forrest >> Domains >> Your Domain Controller. Right click on the Default Domain Policy and click on the Edit from the context menu. Now […]
Disabling Windows Hello for business
Disabling Windows Hello for business: I use Office 365 I wanted to test out the AD Connect. Which allows me to join the pc’s the azure domain and login with AD accounts setup on the DC, this allows me to keep existing permission on Server and I do not need to join it to Azure […]
Disable shadowing via group policy
By default you can connect to anyone session on a server, however this can be locked down via group policy. It is located: Administrative Templates>Windows components>Remote Desktop Services>Remote Session Host>Connections And is called “Set rules for remote control of Remote Desktop Services user sessions”