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At some point in your migration from Windows XP to Windows Vista you’ll no doubt be looking to manage which Control Panel applets are available to users. Controlling access to applets is no different than earlier version of Windows, but given that there are approximately 48 default applets in Windows Vista compared to 29 in [...]
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There are numerous ways to customise the default user profile in earlier versions of Windows, including:
Create a user account, configure the profile, then copy over the top of the local default profile or save a copy to your NETLOGON share;
Use the [GuiRunOnce] section in an unattended answer file for Windows XP/2003.
The first option carries over [...]
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To get the best out of Windows requires the wipe and load approach when confronted with a slow performing OEM install. I’m working on a post to that effect and Ed Bott has some great articles on Windows Vista performance lately (not that I think I’m in Ed Bott’s league).
Windows’ greatest strength and weakness is [...]
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No, Ace Ventura hasn’t started writing knowledgebase articles, it’s the advice given about an issue with redirected folders in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. I haven’t seen this myself, but fortunately there’s a better workaround than waiting 12 minutes.
Folder redirection does not work correctly after you restart a computer that is running Windows Server [...]
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If you are redirecting the Desktop folder for users on Windows Vista laptops, a knowledgebase article just been published that might be useful to you. Here’s details of what this article addresses:
SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario:
On a Windows Vista-based computer, you redirect the Desktop folder to a network redirection folder.
You enable the Always Available offline option [...]
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Gordon Martin from Canada writes a great blog on his experiences deploying Windows Vista. It’s a good read and there’s a fair number of little gems in there. I’ve been meaning to post some links to his site for some time, but I’ve just been slack and haven’t gotten around to it. Who is Gordon? [...]
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Here’s a great example of the improvements to interaction with User Account Control in Windows Vista Service Pack -creating folders in system locations (e.g. the Start Menu, Program Files etc.). This is probably the most ‘in your face’ UAC interaction, and beyond this I’ve personally found UAC to be quite usable.
With the release version of [...]
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