In Windows 10 Onedrive is builtin, in some scenarios you don’t want to use it as, for instance if you use both Onedrive and Onedrive for Business installed as that is confusing for the user. Yes, you can turn of Onedrive using a Group Policy but the Onedrive Setup will run for every user creating…
Tag: Windows 10
ConfigMgr vNext feature: Windows 10 Bulk enrollment
Provisioning packages in Windows 10 is a really cool new feature which has great potential both for configuring Windows 10 and to assist in the deployment. Configuration Manager vNext has a great new feature as well which is Bulk enrollment of Windows 10 devices, Technical Preview 3 support Windows 10 Desktop edition, but let us…
Customizing the Windows 10 Start Menu and add IE Shortcut during OSD
In my last post I wrote about how to make Internet Explorer the default web browser in Windows 10, now I will cover how to deploy a customized Start Menu during deployment and add a menu item for Internet Explorer the last took a while to figure out how to add the shortcut to Internet…
Making IE the default browser in Windows 10 during OSD
I have had this request a couple of times now, on how to make Internet Explorer the default browser in Windows 10. I think Microsoft Edge is and will be a great browser and the most secure browser out there but in some scenarios Internet Explorer is still required to be the default browser. Here…
ConfigMgr vNext Feature:Updates and Servicing and Unified Portal
Yesterday an update was released to the Technical Preview 3 version of Configuration Manager vNext. A really cool update which is distributed using the new Updates and Servicing feature. First the end-users will love the new Software Center, one unified place instead of two and no more Silverlight! The next cool thing in the update…
Blocking built-in apps in Windows 10 using Applocker
I wrote a blog post earlier about how to uninstall built-in apps from Windows 10 CBB using Powershell, https://ccmexec.com/2015/08/removing-built-in-apps-from-windows-10-using-powershell/ however some apps cannot be uninstalled like Microsoft Edge, Contact Support and Windows Feedback. They can be blocked using Applocker instead that is the best workaround I have found. Blocking them using an Applocker policy is…
Replacing default wallpaper in Windows 10 using Script/MDT/SCCM
When deploying Windows 10 one of the most common things you want to do is to modify the default wallpaper. Windows 10 uses different backgrounds depending on the resolution you use. If you use any of the following resolutions, 768 x 1024, 768 x 1366, 1024 x 768, 1200 x 1920, 1366 x 768, 1600…
Powershell script to copy favorites from IE to Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge is the new always up-to-date, ultrafast and modern browser in Windows 10 CBB It is not included in the Long-Term Servicing Build of Windows 10. Microsoft Edge doesn’t share favorites with IE, it has its own favorites store which is located here: %Userprofile%\appdata\local\packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ac\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\favorites In Edge there is a built-in feature to copy favorites…