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.
Setting Adobe Acrobat DC as default app for .pdf
The default setting on Windows 8 and higher is to use Microsoft Edge as the default .pdf reader even if the Adobe Reader software is installed on the computer. We fixed this issue by following some documentation that was found on the Adobe website.
Rufus Software
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
Disabling Junk Mail in Outlook 2010
Our e-mail system already has a SPAM filtering built into it, so using client based filtering can sometimes become more of a hassle and you might miss some important e-mail messages. You can disable “Junk Mail” filtering in Outlook 2010 by performing the following: Open Outlook On the Home Tab, Delete Section, Click on the […]