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Disable browser notifications in Chrome

Recently, it appears that Chrome and Edge notifications are being hijacked into pushing people onto fake antivirus websites, such...
Deploy Windows 11 with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) has long been a popular free deployment solution, allowing organizations to roll out image-based installations...
Deactivating search highlights in Windows 10/11 using Group Policy

Search highlights display a colorful icon in the Windows 10 search bar. If you hover the mouse over the...
Create a WinPE bootable disk with Windows 11

Microsoft does not provide a WinPE bootable disk as an ISO, so you have to create it yourself. During...
Remove or block Chrome extensions with PowerShell

A comment on the previous post about deploying Chrome extensions posed the question of whether PowerShell could be used...
Disable Windows 11 widgets using Group Policy

The widgets in Windows 11 are essentially the successors of News and interests, known from Windows 10. Like these,...
Add a language pack in Windows 11

Microsoft started to provide language packs as Language Experience Packs (LXP) in Windows 10 1903. At the same time,...
Install fonts in Windows 10 or Windows 11 with Group Policy

Microsoft's operating systems already include a number of fonts. However, if users want to install their own fonts on...
How to use PsExec

In this article, you will learn how to use PsExec, a great command line utility from Microsoft's Sysinternals PsTools...
Using remote help in Microsoft Intune

Many businesses use Microsoft Intune as part of Endpoint Manager for remote client provisioning, configuration, and management. However, until...
SophiApp: Tweak Windows 10 settings with a GUI

Before creating a "golden" image of Windows 10 for deployment purposes, most organizations tweak many of the default configuration...
Uninstall programs (remotely) with PowerShell

Microsoft offers several options if you want to remove installed programs by using the command line or a script....
Record actions and create workflows with Power Automate for Desktop (PAD)

Many legacy systems don't offer REST APIs and no way to interact with them programmatically. Microsoft Power Automate for...
Remote help for Intune and Microsoft Endpoint Manager

The new remote help tool for Intune and Microsoft Endpoint Manager allows you to connect to user devices using...
Redirect user profile folders (documents, pictures, etc.) to OneDrive for Business

For a long time, roaming profiles and folder redirection were the standard means under Windows for making user files...
Control Windows Update for Business using the deployment service and PowerShell

The new Windows Update for Business deployment service falls in the portfolio of services offered in the Microsoft Windows...
Check PCs for Windows 11 readiness using Microsoft Update Compliance

Compared to Windows 10, Windows 11 has very stringent install and upgrade requirements that must be met. To help...
In-place upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 using MECM

With the release of Windows 11, Microsoft has made it easier than ever to perform an in-place upgrade from...
Manage security baselines and compliance policies using Intune

Security baselines are groups of preconfigured Windows settings that are recommended by Microsoft. Compliance policies configure rules and settings...