Windows defender has become even better in the Windows 10 1607 release which is great! But it has also added a first-run dialog for each user that launches the Windows Defender UI. This is kind of annoying as it doesn’t check i the settings are already configured and a normal user doesn’t have permissions to…
Category: Windows 10
Updating the builtin Onedrive client in Windows 10 1511 during OS deployment
When deploying Windows 10 1511 the builtin Onedrive client is now “old” and then it doesn’t support the same group policies as the new Onedrive Next Gen client does. Before we start some background information on the Onedrive client in Windows 10 1511. The onedrive client is installed in this location in the users profile…
Making the IE shortcut survive an in-place upgrade in Windows 10
I wrote a post on how to add an Internet Explorer shortcut to the Start Menu in Windows 10 which turned out not to be the easiest thing to do. The post can be found here: https://ccmexec.com/2015/09/customizing-the-windows-10-start-menu-and-add-ie-shortcut-during-osd/ When I started to upgrade Windows 10 1507 – 1511 I realized that the “Internet Explorer.lnk” file is…
Disabling the “Disable apps to improve performance” reminder in Windows 10
In Windows 10 by default a reminder is displayed to the end-user in the Notification area if there are three apps or more that launch automatically when you login. At least I think this is very annoying and it causes end-users to call the servicedesk and ask how they can disable the applications to improve…
ConfigMgr CB 1602 Windows 10 Servicing feature updated
In Configuration Manager CB 1511 the Windows 10 Servicing feature was introduced which gives us a great view of the Windows 10 versions used in our environment and a tool to schedule the updates of Windows 10 versions. What is happeing when we create Service Plans is basically an ADR which deploys the Windows Upgrade…
Group Policy Result errors when Windows Defender is managed through Configuration Manager
When managing Windows Defender on Windows 10 with Configuration Manager you will see an error when you use the Group Policy Management Console to view the Group Policy Result on a computer. Looking something like this. The reason for this is that Configuration Manager writes the values that you set in a policy as DWORD…
Building new boot images with the hotfix for WinPe based on 10.0.10586
The fix for the refresh scenario that doesn’t work with ADK 10586 that I blogged about a while ago which has been a pain for many of us got a fix last week, https://support.microsoft.com/sv-se/kb/3143760 Really great! 😀 😀 I realized that I have many environments to create new boot images and apply the hotfix in…
How to disable the Windows 10 1511 default printer feature
In Windows 10 1511 there is a new feature which is enabled by default, “Let Windows Manage my default printer“. This setting will make the last printer you used the default printer. Update: In Windows 10 1607 there is a new user group policy setting to turn this feature of called “Turn off Windows default printer…