GPO: block programs and prevent software installation – software restriction

In this tutorial, I will explain how by Group Policy (GPO) in an Active Directory environment, block the launch of programs and prevent the installation of certain software with the software restriction policy. By default, if the users are not administrator (local) of the computer, it is not normally possible to install programs, on the …

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Active Directory: harden the security of your environment

In this tutorial dedicated to Active Directory and security, I will give you some tips to harden the level of security in order to be less vulnerable to attacks. The different configuration points, which will be discussed, simply allow attacks to be made more difficult and longer internally, in no way will they guarantee that …

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GPO: disabled SMBv1

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to disable SMBv1 support add-on using Group Policy. To disable full SMBv1 support, you must act on the two SMB components which are: The server who is the one who shares The client that allows the use of shared resources. Disabling by group policy is done …

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MDT: deploy drivers

Drivers importés

In this tutorial, we will see how to add drivers in MDT, so that they are installed when deploying Windows. Before importing the drivers into the MDT console, I advise you to create a folder per model. When adding drivers, you must also regenerate the boot images so that the drivers are also integrated into …

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MDT install Office when deploying Windows

Dans ce tutoriel, nous allons aborder l’installation d’Office lors du déploiement de Windows. If you are not familiar with application deployment with MDT, I invite you to read the following article first: MDT installation during applications during Windows deployment. Why use MDT to install Office? When adding the application in the console, you have the …

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MDT : Application name is already used

MDT message d erreur

When creating a new application in MDT, you get the following message: Application name “application name” is already used. This error occurs when trying to create a new app with a name that was used and the app was deleted. Solution 1. Open the Applications.xml 1 file (with notepad++) located in X:\DeploymentShare\Control 2. Delete the …

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MDT: Customize Sequence Based Deployment with TaskSequenceID

On MDT 2013 for the Priority=TaskSequenceID to be taken into account, you must modify the DeployWiz_SelectTS.vbs file 1. Backup the DeployWiz_SelectTS.vbs file located in DeploymentShare\Scripts 2. Open the file with Notepad / Notepad++ …. 3. Apply the changes below: Search : Add after : Search : Add before : 4. Save file 5. Edit the …

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Outlook 2016: Office 365 authentication white window – Solution

With Windows 7 and Office 2016 couple, a white window is displayed when authenticating with an Office 365 account. This is due to the non-activation of the TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 protocol on WinHTTP. To solve the problem, apply the Microsoft Easy Fix 51044. Once applied, restart the account configuration, the authentication form is …

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VDI: change the configuration of virtual machines

To follow up on the tutorial on deploying a VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) environment, I will explain in this tutorial how to proceed when you want to change the “hardware” configuration of virtual machines. To illustrate the tutorial, I will change the amount of RAM to 3 GB. Change template virtual machine settings From the …

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Default Domain Policy: Remove Remote Installation Services settings

In this “troubleshooting”, I will explain how to remove the Remote Installation Services settings that are configured on the Default Domain Policy. On Active Directory domains, which were created with an older version of Windows Server (2003), User settings are configured (Policies / Windows Settings / Remote Installation Services / Client Installation Wizard Options). Custom …

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