Disable “Ease of access” Settings from the Windows Logon Screen via GPO
Nov17

Disable “Ease of access” Settings from the Windows Logon Screen via GPO

KB ID 0000462  Problem Did a migration of a school the other week, afterwards it seems the “little darlings” had discovered that they could (from the logon screen) access the “Ease of access” settings and enable “High Contrast”, which is obviously hilarious, but annoying for their teachers. Ease of Access, is designed as part of the accessibility options, and as such has no GPO settings, (I’m...

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Change the default Shutdown / Log Off Option via GPO
Nov17

Change the default Shutdown / Log Off Option via GPO

KB ID 0000465  Problem Out of the box, the default power option presented to your users is shutdown. People with multiple users on their machines, may prefer the log off option to be the default. Note: You can also set the default option to: Shutdown Sleep Log off Lock Restart Switch User (Unless blocked by other policy then it will revert to shutdown). Hibernate   Solution 1. On your domain controller , Start > Administrative...

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Windows Key Has Stopped Working (Logitech G15)
Nov17

Windows Key Has Stopped Working (Logitech G15)

KB ID 0000749 Problem I jumped on my main PC at home to do something the other day, being Windows 8 I tend to use the Windows key a LOT (Windows Key+R and +E, and +X for example). Windows 8 Shortcut Keys But the windows key did nothing? I tried CTRL+Esc, and that worked? I was starting to think that I had a faulty keyboard. Solution Turns out there’s nothing wrong with my keyboard at all, as its primarily designed for the gaming...

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