To diagnose the reasons of slow Windows boot, there is a number of quite powerful tools and techniques of log analysis that allow performing the detailed debugging of all steps of system boot and start of services (xperf/xbootmgr from Windows Performance Toolkit / Analyzer). But their use can cause some.. read more
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Using PowerShell PackageManagement In Windows 10
The developers have included a new PowerShell module PackageManagement in Windows 10. PackageManagement (earlier called OneGet) allows to install, manage and uninstall applications and programs from an external (or local) repository, and manage the list of connected repositories from the PoSh console. In other words, now you can install programs.. read more
How to Backup and Restore Boot Configuration (BCD) in Windows
Starting from Windows Vista, Microsoft stopped using the old Windows boot loader NTLDR, having replaced it with BOOTMGR. The code of the new boot manager is stored in a special file bootmgr in the root of the active partition. The boot manager is loading the system according to the existing.. read more
Restoring Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) in Windows 10
Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is the minimal OS based on Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) which includes a number of tools to recover, reset and diagnose Windows. If the main OS doesn’t boot on some reason, the computer tries to run WinRE, which may help to resolve the issues manually or.. read more
Managing Default File Associations in Windows 10
In Windows 8 and Windows 10 a new mechanism to manage default file associations appeared. In this article I’ll show how to set a default browser to open HTML files, import these settings to the XML file and distribute this file containing file associations to other computers manually or using.. read more
Managing Start Layout and Taskbar Pinned Apps Using GPO
In Windows 10 RTM and Windows 8.1 were available only two modes to configure Start menu and Start Layout settings on a domain computers: you could either completely block any changes of Start Layout elements, or a user could change any layout settings. In Windows 10 build 1511, a feature.. read more
How to Set Windows User Account Picture From Active Directory
In this article we’ll show how to get a user photo from Active Directory and use it as user account picture in Windows (displayed on logon and the lock screen, in the start menu, etc.) The algorithm should work as follows: during user logon, the system must receive a user.. read more
Recovering Encrypted Files from VSS Snapshot after Ransomware Infection
We go on with the series of articles concerning the countermeasures against ransomware. Last time we considered a simple way of protection against encryption ransomware.on Windows file servers using FSRM. Today we’ll talk about how to easily recover your files if the ransomware has already penetrated on the computer and.. read more
How to Run SysPrep on Upgraded Windows
I have faced a strange error when trying to run SysPrep on the installed system, which is going to be used to create a reference image to deploy Windows 10 using System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2. After starting SysPrep, the following error appears:
How to Downgrade Windows 10 and Rollback to Windows 7 or 8.1
After the installation of Windows 10 over the installed system (in case of upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1), a user can rollback to the previous OS version if the new OS is unstable or simply don’t like. In this article we’ll show how to roll back the installation.. read more
