Microsoft Teams: Suppress Annoying Message Pop-ups
KB ID 0001722 Problem Wow! Who at Microsoft Teams thought that enabling that by default was a good idea? I was on a large conference call this morning, (about 150 people). Every message to the message feed was spewing onto my screen and making a noise during the meeting! Thought: Why do ALL developers think it’s a good idea to have pop-up banner massages appear top right of the screen, (where your windows control buttons and...
Install the Office 2016 & 2013 GPO Templates
KB ID 0001095 Problem I deployed a Remote Desktop Services server today, and when I logged on with my test users I fired up Office, and got the welcome movie. Thats going to annoy my client so I need to stop that happening. Yes I know its pretty straight forward but I’m not a 64 year old typist called Marjorie. Solution Note: This ia a ‘User’ Policy so you may need to enable ‘loopback processing’. 1....
Stop ‘Open File – Security Warning’
KB ID 0000804 Problem I put in a Remote Desktop Services Server this week, and every time the users launched their line of business app, Open File – Security Warning The publisher of this file can not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software. Name: {Application name} Publisher: Unknown Publisher Type: Application From: {PathApplication name} This file does not have a valid digital signature that verifies its...
Outlook – Disable Desktop Notifications
KB ID 0000901 Problem Outlook will (by default), display a notification on your screen when you receive an email. Generally this is a good thing, but if (like me) your Outlook collects your personal mail as well, then you might not want these notifications flashing up on your screen. Solution 1. From within Outlook > File > Options. 2. Mail > Untick ‘Display a Desktop Alert’. Related Articles, References,...