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Using Group Policy vs. Registry Tweaks: Date - Nov 18, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Why is it better to use Group Policy to modify the registry than to use Registry Editor itself?
Issues after disabling administrative shares: Date - Nov 12, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here are several reasons why you should never disable the default administrative shares on Windows computers, especially in an enterprise (managed) environment.
Logon Scripts, Group Policy Preferences, and Windows Vista: Date - Nov 05, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Many logon scripts that worked with Windows operating systems won’t work with Windows Vista. Here’s what you can do to replace them.
How to Disable Ad Hoc Wireless Connections on Vista: Date - Oct 28, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Windows Vista won’t automatically create ad hoc wireless connections with other computers, but for greater security you may want to disable ad-hoc wireless connections entirely. Here’s how to do this.
Branding the Vista Logon Screen: Date - Oct 15, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Enterprises could easily brand the logon screen for Windows XP. For Vista however, doing this requires a third-party product.
Moving user profile location in Windows Vista: Date - Jul 08, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to move the location where user profiles are stored in Windows Vista.
Disabling File and Folder Encryption: Date - May 24, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to disable file/folder encryption on Windows Vista.
Getting past the size limit for roaming profiles: Date - May 03, 2007; Rating - 2.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to enable really big roaming user profiles if needed i.e. roam a lot of stuff.
Vista's Setup log: Date - Aug 23, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to disable Vista's Setup log
Backing up event logs: Date - Aug 22, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to configure Vista to back up event logs.
More on preventing device installs: Date - Aug 15, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Another way you can configure Vista to prevent certain kinds of devices from being installed.
Prevent any new devices from being installed: Date - Aug 09, 2006; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Vista can be configured to prevent any new devices from being installed.
Overriding device installation policies: Date - Aug 08, 2006; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Admins on Vista machines are also subject to device installation restrictions, but you can change this.
Controlling which kinds of devices can be installed: Date - Aug 02, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; In Vista, you can prevent any specify type of device from being intalled.
Disabling removable devices: Date - Aug 01, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to prevent USB devices and other removable devices from being installed in Vista.
Configuring device installation timeout: Date - Jul 26, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to allow more time for new devices to install properly in Vista.
Device installation and system restore: Date - Jul 25, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to minimize creation of new restore points due to frequent driver upgrades and installs.
Disabling preferential device drivers: Date - Jul 19, 2006; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to ensure Vista always uses the latest drivers for your devices.
Disabling device found popups: Date - Jul 18, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to disable annoying popups for new device detection in Vista.
Event log retention: Date - May 26, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to configure event log retention in Windows Vista.