Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) is a feature within the Network Awareness feature to indicate whether or not your computer has Internet connectivity. There may be a situation within your corporate network that you may want to disable NCSI. Warning: Disabling NCSI may cause adverse effects to programs and features, if you are running Windows … Continue reading How to Disable Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) with Group Policy
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Configuring Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) with Group Policy
Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) is a feature within the Network Awareness feature to indicate whether or not your computer has Internet connectivity. There may be situations with in your corporate network (Isolated network) that you may need to configure NCSI to look for a local network resource instead of an Internet resource to satisfy … Continue reading Configuring Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) with Group Policy
Configuring Internet Restrictions with Internet Communications Management with Group Policy
Within Group Policy an administrator can restrict what traffic is allowed to access the Internet from within the corporate network. These restrictions can be configured at both the computer and user nodes in Group Policy. These setting are located for the computer at Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Internet Communications Management (See Figure 1) and User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Internet … Continue reading Configuring Internet Restrictions with Internet Communications Management with Group Policy
Microsoft OneDrive: Removing PCs
Microsoft announced a reduction in OneDrive storage space offerings for both free and paid plans in November 2015. Microsoft’s goal appears to be migration toward Office365 storage, while using OneDrive for lesser, temporary or occasional file transfer conditions. For instructor-led Microsoft training, see our complete course schedule. OneDrive users need to more carefully plan their … Continue reading Microsoft OneDrive: Removing PCs
Configuring Windows 8 1 Mobility Center and How to Turn it On and Off
Video – Configuring Windows 8 1 Mobility Center Video transcription Steve Fullmer: In our Windows 8.1 deployment courses, we often share information about the Windows 8.1 Mobility Center. Mobility Center was introduced for mobile and laptop devices in Windows 7. It’s present and somewhat enhanced in Windows 8. Since we don’t have mobile devices in … Continue reading Configuring Windows 8 1 Mobility Center and How to Turn it On and Off
Updating Group Policies with GPUpdate and GPUpdate /Force
I teach several classes that cover Windows deployment, operations, and troubleshooting. Most of the content I teach is focused on enterprise environments – that is, generally, more than 5,000 systems. At that scale centralized IT management is a requirement, not an option. And the cornerstone of centralized computer configuration management in Windows are Active Directory … Continue reading Updating Group Policies with GPUpdate and GPUpdate /Force
Speeding Up Group Policy Updates in Deployment
I teach several classes that cover Windows deployment, operations, and troubleshooting. Most of the content I teach is focused on enterprise environments – that is, generally, more than 5,000 systems. At that scale centralized IT management is a requirement, not an option. And the cornerstone of centralized computer configuration management in Windows are Active Directory … Continue reading Speeding Up Group Policy Updates in Deployment
EXE to MSI – How to deploy an exe based installer in a Microsoft world
The auto-execution of .exe files can be problematic, given increasing incidents of Internet crime and cyber-terrorism. One solution is to pre-package installers and executables so that they may be recognized by system security controls. Within the Microsoft Windows environment, the use of automated installer scripts offer several alternatives. Microsoft uses installer file extensions to distinguish … Continue reading EXE to MSI – How to deploy an exe based installer in a Microsoft world
How to configure Compound NTFS Permissions in Windows Server 2012
See our class schedule for complete Course Schedule Training. Classes are held in Phoenix, AZ and can be attended online from anywhere in the world with RemoteLive™. Instructor: Rick Trader Video Transcription: As an Administrator, I commonly come across a situation where I have a resource out on a file server and a user happens to be a member … Continue reading How to configure Compound NTFS Permissions in Windows Server 2012
Outlook Web Access Password Change Issues in Windows 7 and Windows 8
“Password changes using the Outlook Web Access app causes domain accounts to be locked out. What can we do?” This question arose during a discussion in a Windows 7 Enterprise Deployment Class. Although not directly related to Windows 7 Client issues, I decided to take a crack at tracking down an answer for our student. … Continue reading Outlook Web Access Password Change Issues in Windows 7 and Windows 8