I recently joined my Microsoft Surface Pro to our corporate domain and couldn’t setup Windows Hello as it stated Some settings are managed by your organisation: There are several ways to get around this centrally using GPO or by a local policy amendment. Open gpedit.msc and amend: Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative […]
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How to Change Office 2016 Pro Plus Product Key
Recently I input the wrong key for my Office 2016 installation so I needed to change it. I couldnt believe it when the office.com documentation said uninstall and reinstall it so I decided to dig deeper. Anyway, to cut a long story short just run the following command: cscript “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs” /inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
garethjones294 | | Windows 10, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows Client | 0 Comments
Setup and Configure Surface Hub for Microsoft Office 365 – Step by Step
In this post I will go through how to setup a Surface Hub and its integration with Office 365. They steps are very similar if you have an on-prem environment. First open Window Azure AD PowerShell and connect to Office 365 using the following commands. $credential = get-credential Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential Now you need to […]
Control Panel Small Icons–Server 2012 R2 / 2016 GPO
This absolutely drives me insane. I can never find anything in this view: So here is how to set a GPO to change it to the Small Icons view: Open Group Policy Management Console Create a New Policy or edit and existing one and edit it. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control […]
garethjones294 | | Server, Server 2012 / R2, Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows Client | 0 Comments
FREE Windows 10 Exam 70-698 – Installing and Configuring Windows 10 – Exam Prep
Having taken my Windows 10 exam a while back I decided to put this list together of useful links that helped me revise. There is little resource out there in terms of books etc and the ones that are available, in my opinion, do not cover anything in any detail and aren’t really aligned to […]
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Surface Pro 3 gets stuck on Surface logo screen
The scenario of the Surface Pro 3 getting stuck on the Surface logo screen when powering on or rebooting has happened to me a couple of times. Even holding the power button down for 10 seconds of more to completely turn off the system and then attempting to power it back on doesn’t help. The […]
This app can’t open. … can’t be opened using the Built-in Administrator account. Sign in with a different account and try again. Windows 10 / Server 2016
So you have tried to open something and you get this error “This app can’t open. … can’t be opened using the Built-in Administrator account. Sign in with a different account and try again.” Don’t panic, it’s pretty simple to fix: Right Click the Start Menu and Click Run. Type Secpol.msc and press Enter. Navigate […]
garethjones294 | | Server 2012 / R2, Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 8 / 8.1 | 0 Comments
Microsoft tool to manage local Admin passwords
A tool was released last year which addresses the challenges of managing local administrator credentials by releasing the Local Administration Password Solution (LAPS). There are several commercial solutions available, as well as doing this via Group Policy preferences. Using shared credentials (ie the same local admin password on every machine) is bad security practice and […]
garethjones294 | | Windows 10, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows Client | 0 Comments
FREE Windows 10 Exam 70-697 – Configuring Windows Devices – Exam Prep
Having taken my Windows 10 exam a while back I decided to put this list together of useful links that helped me revise. There is little resource out there in terms of books etc and the ones that are available, in my opinion, do not cover anything in any detail and aren’t realty aligned to […]
How to Disable and/or Block Microsoft Accounts in Windows 10
Since Windows 8, users have been able to sign into Windows using their Microsoft account. Windows 10 kind of forces you to use your Microsoft account. As you can see below my Windows 10 Laptop is being sync’d with my Hotmail account: However, those of you who are security conscious may want to turn this […]