Administrator Protection in Windows 11 was announced at Ignite a couple of weeks ago which adds a well needed more secure option than UAC to protect our accounts with Local Administrator permissions. Administrator Protection reminds a bit on how Microsoft Endpoint Privilege Management works with a separate virtual account. Instead of the traditional UAC elevation…
Tag: Windows 11
Customizing Taskbar and Start in Windows 11 22h2 with PowerShell
In Windows 11 22H2 we have some great new options for the Start Menu layout which I really like, More Pins or More recommendations. There is no builtin way to configure the default for the end-user with which Start Menu layout to use. We get a lot of questions from end-users that they would like…
Using Install-language during AutoPilot Windows 11 insider
At the session I presented with Michael Niehaus on customizing Windows 11 at MMS 2022 in Minneapolis we talked about the new PowerShell support for installing Language packs and set system language which are included in the Windows 11 Insider build 22257. During the session we got the question if it works together with AutoPilot…
IPUInstaller update with Windows 11 and MUI Support
IPUInstaller is a community tool from my Co-Worker Johan Schrewelius that gives us another option to do Windows Upgrades with control and less user-down time. A new version has been released that includes Windows 11 support which is great!I have blogged about IPUInstaller before https://ccmexec.com/2021/02/windows-servicing-in-the-work-from-anywhere-era-using-ipuinstaller/ and here is a short video how it could look…
Remove the chat icon in Windows 11 Start menu using GPO/Intune
When Windows 10 was released I and many others did a lot of customizing of Start Menu, Taskbar branding and so on. Windows 11 changes that as we can no longer change or modify the Start Menu, or well we control the default Pinned apps using Intune/MDM but it is simply not worth it. I…
Windows 11 customizations a first look
Customization of Windows 10 is something that we have done since Windows 10 was released. Reason? Get rid of apps that are not enterprise ready and should not be on an Corporate device, set default apps for our preferred applications maybe apply company branding and more. Windows 11 changes nothing of this, as many of…