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Tag Archives: Windows-Vista

Managing Control Panel in Windows Vista

19-Aug-08

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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Customise the Windows Vista Default User Profile

31-Jul-08

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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Troubleshooting Windows Vista Performance KBs

19-May-08

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 Redirected Folders? Just Wait Longer

06-May-08

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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