In most cases, my customer base have decided to install Open Office applications outside of their base images. The silent installations are fairly simple, because the install files are provided in .MSI format. Applying custom settings after a clean installation need to also be addressed. I found this was also fairly simple. All of the… Read More »
I previously wrote an article on how to set the default theme via a script: https://supportishere.com/how-to-set-theme-in-windows-7-via-script-for-all-users/ This article is displaying a method to simply set the Default Background image for new users in Windows 7. This method performs the following actions: 1. Takes Ownership of “C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg”. start /w "TakeOwn Of img0" "C:\Windows\System32\takeown.exe" /A /F "C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg"… Read More »
In some cases when drivers are downloaded from the web, they are tagged as “Downloaded Files” in their File Streams and warnings appear on startup. This can be cleared by using the SysInternals Streams utility. It is very simple to use, run it against the root directory of where the drivers are stored and let… Read More »
—–UPDATED LINK—————– The process of setting the theme for all users outside of group policy is still tedious in Windows 7. The method I came up with is not the cleanest, but it is supported by Microsoft and easy to implement. Procedure: 1. Build .ThemePack file on test machine via the “Personalization” control panel applet.… Read More »
One of the best discoveries I’ve made over the 15 years of experience in IT, was finding and learning how to use SysInternals Free Resources. They have a plethora of tools all available for free, complements of Microsoft purchasing them a couple of years back. I will highlight the ZoomIt utility in this article. Tool:… Read More »
