PDQ Deploy – Removing Profiles from Work Stations
There are times when it is beneficial to remove profiles from workstations. This last school year we ran into a couple of profiles that became corrupted and it was easier to remove them and allow the server to rebuild them, or the computers in the computer labs will build up profiles over time and it […]
Introduction to Windows 10
The following video will provide you with a short introduction to Windows 10. Just keep in mind, it is much like Windows 7, only prettier and with more features. All applications and windows work the same.
PDQ Deploy–Office 2010
One of the things that kept us to imaging hard drives in the past was the installation of Office on all of the machines. It was just faster to setup a machine and copy the hard drives to other computers. Now we have the ability to deploy software, and Office 2010 which takes about 9 […]
Deploying Printers Via GPO
With the new network, we decided to deploy printers remotely via the Active Directory. This will allow us more control and management over the network printers.
Adding a Printer to a Print Server
With the new 2016 server and network, we decided to bring back the print servers so that we can manage and audit printing remotely. We lost this ability on the previous network due to the lack of processing power in the computers. Now, we will have the ability to have multiple print servers to handle […]
PDQ Deploy–Remove default Fax and MS XPS Document Printer
When you first install Windows 10 Education or Enterprise editions, Three default printers are installed. Two of them are not used on our network. Fax and MicroSoft XPS Document Writers. We put together a power script that can run in PCQ Deploy that will delete these printers.
PDQDeploy–Pushing out MSI Installs
For our new Server 2016/Windows 10 deployment project, we were fortunate enough to get PDG Deploy Inventory and PDQ Deploy software. This will allow us to push out software and control the machines over the network, with more options that we have with Group Policy.
MicroSoft Licensing Website
Use the following link to connect to the MicroSoft Licensing website for the school district. This uses Mr. Donley’s login to connect. https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/default.aspx
Creating and Copying Thumb Drive Images
When setting up the new network, we found that using thumb drives to install the .iso files for Windows 10 is the quickest so far, until we get networking imaging working correctly. The problem is, we need multiple thumb drives to do a lab, so this utility will allow you to create images of a […]
Installing the Volume Activation Management Tool
Microsoft has changed the licensing from KMS licenses to MAK licenses for those using the Software Assurance Program. In order to manage these volume licenses, you need to use the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) which is like crawling down a rabbit hole to get installed.