Preventing your company data from walking away is a real security concern for administrators. Cameras, USB flash drives, and phones using flash media etc can put your network at risk. This can all be locked out using Group Policy. You can select devices to blacklist to ensure they cannot be used. You can also whitelist, so a device type
To make the most of the new Group Policy functionality you need to have one management machine running the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). GPMC is available only as part of a downloadable package called Remote Server Administration Toolkit (RSAT). The first step in creating a Windows 7 management machine is to download RSAT and
Windows Live MovieMaker will not let you import network files by default. This quick Registry ammendment will solve this a problem. Just run REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows LiveMovie Maker, add a DWORD value called AllowNetworkFiles and set it to 1
If you have a HP multifunction printer with its “Full Feature Software solution” or “Basic Driver solution” installed then, after upgrading to Windows 7, you may find the printer stops working. Press the buttons on the front of the printer and nothing will happen; launch the software manually and you’ll see reports that it
Click Start > Computer in Windows 7 and you’ll find system folders like Control Panel and the Recycle Bin are no longer displayed in the left-hand Explore pane. To resolve this issue: Click Tools , then Folder Options, check “Show all folders”, click OK and all your top-level system folders will reappear.
The windows 7 taskbar buttons, can make it difficult to tell at a glance whether an icon is a running application or a pinned shortcut. If this sounds like you then there’s an easy way to restore more standard taskbar buttons, though – right-click the taskbar, select Properties, and set Taskbar Buttons to “Never combine”
In some cases your DVD drive may not be found by Windows 7, even if it’s visible in the BIOS and using the standard driver. Try running REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass, then delete both UpperFilters and LowerFilters in the right-hand pane (UpperFilters.bak and LowerFilters.bak entries can be ignored). If this doesnot resolve the issue, resetting
Windows 7 doesn’t make it easy to turn off hibernation, annoying if you never use it as you’ll permanently have a “hiberfil.sys” file taking up a sizeable portion of your hard drive. To rectify this situation, launch REGEDIT, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlPower, and set HibernateEnabled to zero.
Located in the Control Panel, it provides both security and maintenance information for your system. It also provides links to many other features such as backup settings. You can reach it quickly by typing uac in the Instant Search bar. This slider is set by default to a less annoying setting than what Vista had,
To turn on and off built-in apps such as Internet Explorer, DVD Maker, and Media Player, type features in the Instant Search bar and select the Turn Windows Features On or Off link under Control Panel; then locate the feature you want to hide or display.
