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Enable or disable Outlook add-ins on a per user basis (as for Citrix)

Mar19
2013 Leave a Comment Written by Paolo

There are certain scenario’s where you want to enable Outlook add-ins only for specific users. This guide explains how to accomplish this by using the group policy.

1. Open the registry and navigate to: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins
2. Find the corresponding key which matches the Outlook add-in you have installed (for example: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\OcOffice.OcForms)
3. Right-click on the key and choose “Copy Key Name”

In every subkey you will find a registry value “LoadBehavior”. By default it has the value “3”. Every value is explained here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/bb386106.aspx#LoadBehavior

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How to reset / bypass the administrator password on your Windows 7 / 2008 machine without logging on

Mar18
2013 Leave a Comment Written by Paolo

Last time I had to rejoin a machine to the domain and apparently some nutjob administrator didn’t use the documented password for the local administrator account. So with no option to log on to the machine locally, I had to follow the steps below. Basically, you replace the executable used for Accessibility options showed in the logon screen. You can, of course, use this method for other local accounts.

1. Insert the original Windows 7 / Server 2008 installation DVD
2. Reset the computer, boot from DVD
3. Choose option "Repair your computer"
4. Start command prompt

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Install print driver .inf file from command line

Oct04
2012 Leave a Comment Written by Paolo

Sometimes you just want to add a printer driver to your Windows client. For example for USB connected printers so you don’t have to manually select the print driver every time connecting the printer to a new client.

The following command line can be used in a batch file to automate the driver installation:

rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /ia /b "Printer Name" /f "filename.inf" /m "Printer model from inf file"

 

Type in the correct printer model after the /m switch which is defined in the .inf file.  You can determine the model names by opening the .inf file or using the Add printer wizard while manually selecting the .inf file.

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Posted in Windows Vista

Set ownership on user profile or home folders script

Jan24
2012 5 Comments Written by Paolo

After spending half a day to create a Powershell script to set owner rights on the home folders of our users, I found out Powershell is unable to set owner permissions by showing the error “The security identifier is not allowed to be the owner of this object” every time.

So the Powershell script below won’t work for me and I decided to try it the old fashion way: cmd with icacls.

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