Internet Explorer tuning tips

1. Disable the browser tab grow by setting it to “0″ – Saves memory
Path: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer
Set tab process grow <- Set to 0

2. Disable all unneeded browser add-ons – Saves memory and performance
Path: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Security Features\Add-On Management
Add-on List <- Add GUID from Add-on and set to “0″
How to find add-On GUID: IE | Extras | Add-On Management | Select Add-On | Click “More Information”

3. Disable browser Accelerators – Saves Memory
Path: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Accelerators
Turn off Accelerators <- Enable

4. Disable Suggested Sites – Saves memory and performance
Path: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer
Turn on Suggested Sites <- Disable

5. Disable InPrivate browsing – Helps with user profiles
Path: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\InPrivate
Turn off InPrivate Browsing <- Enable

Lista di Hotfixes importanti per Internet Explorer 

• · A memory leak issue occurs in Internet Explorer 8 when you switch between XML files
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2032595
• · After Internet Explorer Maintenance Group Policy settings are configured in a domain, a 20-second delay occurs when you log on to the domain from a client computer that has Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8 installed
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941158

General information

1. Windows Client TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default
2. Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration Guide http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/ee150430.aspx
3. Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 2.0 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec7156d2-2864-49ee-bfcb-777b898ad582&displaylang=en
4. http://www.winsupersite.com/article/win7/windows-7-product-editions-a-comparison
5. Deploying Windows® 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=EE2A1D38-88A9-43B3-95BC-7E962F0B6030

SCCM 2007 R3 OSD

1. Operating System Deployment in Configuration Manager http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632767.aspx
2. Log Files for Operating System Deployment http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb932135.aspx
3. Troubleshooting Operating System Deployment http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632813.aspx
4. Operating System Deployment Task Sequence Variables http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632442.aspx
5. Configuration Manager 2007 SuperFlows http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff385001.aspx
6. Customizing Windows PE for troubleshooting OSD in SCCM 2007 R3 http://www.systemcenterblog.nl/2011/04/07/customizing-windows-pe-for-troubleshooting-osd-in-sccm-2007-r3
7. How Can I Increase The Size Of The Smsts.log File? http://blogs.technet.com/b/carlossantiago/archive/2009/01/19/how-can-i-increase-the-size-of-the-smsts-log-file.aspx

SCCM 2007 R3 + MDT 2010

1. SCCM 2007 Guides A list of Step by Step guides http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1064-sccm-2007-guides/
2. Customising the MDT Task Sequence Editor http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2010/08/26/customising-the-mdt-task-sequence-editor.aspx
3. BUILD and Capture Windows 7 Enterprise for VDI http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2855-build-and-capture-windows-7-enterprise-for-vdi/
4. Removing the Browser Choice option During Image Engineering with MDT 2010 http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2010/09/14/removing-the-browser-choice-option-during-image-engineering-with-mdt-2010.aspx
5. A package specified in the Use Toolkit Package MDT task does not download correctly in a Configuration Manager 2007 Task Sequence http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2508665

SCCM 2007 R3 and AIK

1. The Windows® Automated Installation Kit (AIK) Supplement for Windows® 7 SP1 (Version: 3.0 Date: 2/21/2011) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=0aee2b4b-494b-4adc-b174-33bc62f02c5d
2. Windows AIK version 3.0 is exactly the same as 2.0. The hash values of the ISO images are exactly the same: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=696dd665-9f76-4177-a811-39c26d3b3b34
3. Installing Windows PE 3.1 from the Windows® Automated Installation Kit (AIK) Supplement for Windows® 7 SP1:
1. Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and Windows PE 3.1 http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2011/03/24/configuration-manager-2007-sp2-and-windows-pe-3-1.aspx
2. How to Manually Update ConfigMgr to WinPE 3.1 http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/brandonlinton/archive/2011/04/23/how-to-manually-update-configmgr-to-winpe-3-1.aspx

SCCM 2007 R3 hotfixes and Windows 7 SP1

http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2011/04/05/system-center-configuration-manager-support-for-windows-7-service-pack-1.aspx

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Hotfix Installation Guidance http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2477182

Manage SCCM Client Patch http://blogs.msdn.com/b/minfangl/archive/2010/08/25/manage-sccm-client-patch.aspx

ConfigMgr 2007 Post-SP2 Hotfixes http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys/archive/2011/02/20/configmgr-2007-post-sp2-hotfixes.aspx

ConfigMgr 2007 Post-SP2 Hotfixes http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/Articles.aspx?articleid=22292&zoneid=89

ConfigMgr Client Hotfix Queries http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys/archive/2011/01/17/configmgr-client-hotfix-queries.aspx

ConfigMgr 2007 post-SP2 hotfixs http://blogs.technet.com/b/syscenter/archive/2011/02/03/configmgr-2007-post-sp2-hotfixs.aspx

An update is available that lets you add Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 as supported platforms for Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2489044

The hotfix package resolves issues in primary site servers and secondary site servers. You have to run the hotfix package on primary site servers and secondary site servers

User state migration is unsuccessful on a SCCM 2007 SP1 client or on a SCCM 2007 SP2 client after you install security update 974571 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977203

To resolve this issue, install this hotfix on all System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) site servers and on all System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) site servers. Then, deploy this hotfix to all clients

This hotfix resolves this issue for any new client certificates that are generated. To correct the current certificates, run the CCMCertFix utility that is in this package on all the Configuration Manager SP1 clients and on all the Configuration Manager SP2 clients.

KB977384 Supersedes KB977203 http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys/archive/2010/11/04/kb977384-supersedes-kb977203.aspx

Note that the CCMCertFix tool described in KB977203 is still valid though and still needs to be run on existing clients to correct the issue described in that article.

A quick trick for implementing CCMCertFix is to create a separate package and program to run it. Then, set any refresh task sequences to run the CCMCertFix package before the task sequence using the Advanced tab of the task sequences properties dialog box (just like traditional package/program chaining in Software Distribution). Because the only place I’ve seen this certificate issue rear its ugly head is in OSD refresh scenarios, you don’t really need to fix the certificate everywhere, you just need to fix it before a task sequence with USMT in it runs

Windows 7 Setup Configuration Passes http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744580%28WS.10%29.aspx

ConfigMgr 2007: The Install Software Update task in an Configuration Manager 2007 OSD Task Sequence fails after exactly 30 minutes http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2009754

ConfigMgr 2007: How to have an Configuration Manager 2007 OSD Task Sequence only work from PXE & Task Sequence Bootable Media & Not From The Full Windows OS http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2000656

How to include an update in the initial installation of Systems Management Server 2003 Advanced Client http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907423

Front-end HTA

1. HTA frontends for SCCM SCCM 2007 HTA Utilities And Frontends http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/586-hta-frontends-for-sccm/
2. Introducing the windows-noob.com FrontEnd HTA http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3476-introducing-the-windows-noobcom-frontend-hta-ver-10/
3. Location Deployment Wizard for ConfigMgr 2007 http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2009/08/17/location-deployment-wizard-for-configmgr-2007.aspx
4. SCCM Operating System Deployment – Front-end HTA http://joshuasmueller.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/sccm-operating-system-deployment-front-end-hta/
5. MDT 2010 Wizard Example: Role Selection http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2009/10/28/mdt-2010-wizard-example-role-selection.aspx
6. MDT Scripts, Front Ends, Web Services, and Utilities for use with ConfigMgr/SCCM http://mdtcustomizations.codeplex.com/
7. Pretty Good Frontend http://prettygoodfrontend.codeplex.com/
8. PrettyGoodFrontEndClone http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/maikkoster/archive/2010/04/20/prettygoodfrontendclone.aspx

MDT 2010

1. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Update 1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89&displaylang=en&tm
2. Deploying Windows 7 + Office 2010 Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 http://blog.augustoalvarez.com.ar/2010/07/13/deploying-windows-7-office-2010-using-microsoft-deployment-toolkit-mdt-2010-part-i/

Application Compatibility

1. Application Compatibility Toolkit Connector in Configuration Manager http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632848.aspx
2. Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=24da89e9-b581-47b0-b45e-492dd6da2971
3. Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=890E522E-E39E-4278-AEBC-186F81E29173
4. Windows 7 Compatibility Center http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7

Copy default profile

1. Configuring Default User Settings – Full Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2009/10/29/configuring-default-user-settings-full-update-for-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx
2. How to copy default profile during sccm sysprep http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2224-how-to-copy-default-profile-during-sccm-sysprep/
3. Windows 7 “ Modifying the Default User’s Profile http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrosd/thread/d83e60c0-ee52-4498-8d40-1b8e36dc3a61
4. How to customize the default local user profile when you prepare an image of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;973289
5. All Customizations to Default User Profile Lost http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2101557

Regional (International) Settings

1. Supported Language Packs and Default Settings (Windows Vista) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766439%28WS.10%29.aspx
2. Understanding Language Packs, Default Input Locales, Language Pack Default Values (Windows 7) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744259%28WS.10%29.aspx
3. Locale Identifier Constants and Strings http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd373765%28v=VS.85%29.aspx
4. Locale Identifier Constants and Strings http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd373765%28v=VS.85%29.aspx
5. Windows Vista Command Line Configuration of International Settings http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ie/goglobal/bb964650%28en-us%29.aspx
6. What’s New for International Customers in Windows 7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/ee426904
7. Microsoft-Windows-International-Core (Unattend.xml) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff715564%28WS.10%29.aspx
8. Languages and International Servicing Command-Line Options (Windows 7) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744360%28WS.10%29.aspx
9. Configuring Regional and Language Settings Online in an MDT Task Sequence http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2010/01/20/configuring-regional-and-language-settings-online-in-an-mdt-task-sequence.aspx
10. Configure International Settings in an Answer File http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744569%28WS.10%29.aspx
11. Understanding Multilingual Deployments http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744336%28WS.10%29.aspx
12. SCCM : Windows 7 deployments & unattended.xml http://scug.be/blogs/sccm/archive/2010/02/02/sccm-windows-7-deployments-amp-unattended-xml.aspx
13. Customising Windows 7 deployments at part 1. Changing the keyboard layout using unattend.xml http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1660-customising-windows-7-deployments-part-1/
14. How Configuration Passes Work (Windows 7) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744341%28WS.10%29.aspx
15. http://blog.coretech.dk/mip/ (Keyboard settings).

Task Sequence Links

1. Урок bat-аники http://www.rsdn.ru/article/winshell/batanyca.xml
2. BUILD and Capture Windows 7 Enterprise for VDI http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2855-build-and-capture-windows-7-enterprise-for-vdi/
3. Script to MODIFY Default User Profile http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2848-script-to-modify-default-user-profile/
4. Password Protect a Task Sequence? http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2336-password-protect-a-task-sequence/
5. How to use a collection variable to prompt for a computer name during an OS Deployment Task Sequence in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2026268
6. Using Multiple Task Sequences via PXE:
1. There are no reason to use both x86 and x64 boot images for your DEPLOYMENT task sequence. Just use x86 for everything. You only need the x64 boot image to BUILD a new image.
2. If you advertise tasksequenses with different Boot images assigned, to the same collection, the machine will PXE boot the boot image belonging to the TS you advertised last. This means that the machine will have to download the boot image to disk and reboot, if the one you booted from is not the one assigned to the TS you choose.

User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0

1. Information about the User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0 update http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2023591
2. “When using USMT 4 in a Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 OSD Task Sequence, files are captured successfully but settings are not” http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2018593

Folder redirection

Folder Redirection Overview (Windows Vista) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732275.aspx

Folder Redirection Overview (Windows XP) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778976.aspx

Windows 7

What’s New in Folder Redirection and User Profiles http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff458273%28WS.10%29.aspx

Windows 7 optimizes the first-time logon process with Folder Redirection. Windows 7 presents the user’s desktop as soon as the files are moved to the Offline Files cache

Default Network User Profile. Computers that are joined to the domain base new user profiles on the Default Network User Profile (when the administrator has configured one for the domain). The Default Network User Profile is stored in the NETLOGON shared folder, which is hosted by all domain controllers in the domain.

Folder Redirection Overview http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732275.aspx

Specify the Location of Folders in a User Profile http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771969.aspx

How to dynamically create security-enhanced redirected folders by using folder redirection in Windows 2000 and in Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274443

Windows 7 Folder Redirection rename the Home folder in “My Documents” http://blogs.technet.com/b/asiasupp/archive/2010/12/14/windows-7-folder-redirection-rename-the-home-folder-in-quot-my-documents-quot.aspx

When you redirect the Documents folder on a Windows Vista-based or Windows 7-based computer to a network share, the folder name unexpectedly changes back to Documents http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947222

Customizing Windows 7 user environment

Show / Hide Desktop Items Windows 2008 R2 / Windows 7 by means of registry and Microsoft Group Policy Preferences http://hlouwers.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/show-hide-desktop-items-windows-2008-r2-windows-7-by-means-of-registry-and-microsoft-group-policy-preferences/

Disable Startup Repair:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-MY/quebecmisc/thread/12806c89-3592-4748-83dd-5b55eabec5a1

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/11336-disable-windows-startup-repair-default-option.html

http://www.infonaim.com/windows-vista7-startup-repair/

How to create custom .adm or .admx files to add search providers to the toolbar search box in Internet Explorer 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918238

Group Policy and Internet Explorer 8 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc985351.aspx

Internet Explorer Maintenance Extension Tools and Settings: Group Policy http://technet.microsoft.com/ru-ru/library/cc736412(WS.10).aspx

How To Configure Trusted Sites In Internet Explorer For A Group Policy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/configure-trusted-sites-internet-explorer-group-policy/

Ecco una tabella che riepiloga il tutto:

Ecco ad esempio una comoda utility che gestisce un help in linea in modalità GUI con tutti i comandi per powershell. L’utility si chiama ShinyPower e per lanciarla basta un doppio click sull’eseguibile.

Eccone uno screenshot:

Le funzionalità di Hidecalc 2.0 sono:

• Export to ADMX Group Policy templates for Server 2008/Vista/Windows 7.
• Export to ADM Group Policy Templates for Server 2000/ 2003/ 2008/ Workstations NT4/ 2000/
• XP/ Vista/ Windows 7.
• Export for Kix Scripts.
• Export for PowerShell Scripts.
• Export to a .REG file.
• Hides Drives that you specify.
• Prevents Drives that you specify. (Some legacy applications file manager will undo the Hide Drive Setting, this stops access if it does )

Il libro in formato elettronico Pdf è stato scritto da  Katherine Murray (337 pagine in 13 capitoli) e viene spiegato come usare le diverse funzionalità di Office 365 per realizzare un nuovo modo di lavorare e collaborare in aziende di ogni dimensioni.

Per il download qui: Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime.

Il tool del check prerequisti vi darà un errore come questo:

Per superare il problema è necessario, utilizzare un tool di creazione del database presente all’interno della cartella Support Tools del supporto SCOM 2007 R2. Il tool si chiama DBCreateWizard che vi guida passo passo nella creazione di un Database specifico per Operation Manager anche su piattaforma SQL 2008 R2. Una volta creato il DB, vi basterà in fase di Setup specificare il nome del server sul quale gira di Database di Operation Manager e proseguire normalmente con l’installazione.

Ulteriori info e video illustrativi qui -> http://systemcenterdynamics.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/installing-scom-2007-r2-on-sql-2008-r2/