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How to Setup and Deploy LAPS | Local Administrator Password Solution

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LAPS provides a way to automatically rotate the local Administrator password on domain joined machines every X amount of days to a random password. I’ll be installing it on one of my domain controllers. Download LAPS and Install. Download LAPS and be sure to install all the management tools also. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46899 Extend the AD Schema …

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Deploying BitLocker | AD Server 2019 and Windows 10

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I’ve been tasked with deploying bitlocker to our domain which consists of 800+ staff and over 5,500 students. So here I’ll document the process. Install Server Feature On your domain controller open the server manager and add roles and features. Under features install “BitLocker Drive Encryption” Just a note, you’ll need to reboot to complete …

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Disable Adobe Reader and Java Update Notifications | Group Policy

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In a corporate/education environment you want to make the staffs life as easy as possible. You get a mixed of experienced users with technology and some that are barely able to turn it on. So disabling all the notifications is a great idea! How To Disable Adobe Reader Notifications  Create a new Group Policy Computer Config …

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Set Default Printer | vbs Script Group Policy

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We have policys in place that are installing all printers at each school to all machines. We then change the security settings to block students from printing to the staff printers etc. The only problem we’ve ran into is being unable to set the default printer when you deploy the printers via computer configuration instead …

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Remove Intel HD Graphics System Tray Icon and Keyboard Shortcut Keys

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We’ve recently deploy roughly 1000 new machines to our labs for students. Of course its fun when the first kid figures out how to rotate the screen and shows his buddy. Now every day there are multiple machines in our labs with the screens upside down or sideways. After some quick research we’ve found the …

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How to Set the Default Windows Logon Option

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We currently use this to allow computer labs to auto login to generic network accounts when the computer is turned on. Administrators often want to set a domain as the default selection in the Windows logon screen for all users. This can be easily achieved by following these instructions: Windows XP / Server 2003: Set …

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