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Provisioning Windows 8/10 tablets

How do you automate the deployment of software and configuration (users etc) on tablets? The context is a number of Linx and Surface tablets that will be sent out to sites where they will be put on a LAN without internet access. We don't need or…
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How to implement a dead man switch in Windows 7?

I am looking for a way to make domain-joined Windows 7 laptops brick themselves after 90 days of no-contact with a domain controller. I do not want the laptop to wipe itself or anything severe like that. Ideally, I would just like it to display an…
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Business case: managing company laptops

I've been searching and reading on this topic for a few weeks now, and this is my current understanding of the situation: Use case: employees working on company laptops. They need to be able to work offline as well as off the company network (with…
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McAfee Drive Encryption issues with HP Elitebook 755 G2

Hi all (Sorry if this isn't the right forum to post on), I have a slightly frustrating issue involving a small collection of HP laptops and McAfee Encryption. We can encrypt the laptops absolutely fine, and they run performance wise just as well.…
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Minimum Processor Requirements to set up Openstack on a Laptop/Desktop(not for Devstack setup)

I am planning to do a POC and setting up OpenStack in nonCommercial setup.I do not want to go with Devstack.I am confused as to how much is the minimum processor requirement if i plan to setup openstack on a Laptop (having single VM instance).Can i…
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Disable User Account Remotely

I work for a highly distributed IT based consulting firm with approximately 150 users in the field at different client sites at any given time. As we have grown we have needed to ability to disable a user access to a company laptop remotely. Is…
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Some laptops USB not working on docking station

This is an odd one. I have two laptops (on an estate of 250) which won't recognise the USB ports on the docking station. Have swapped out hardware, and tried the disks in a new chassis and it is down to the disk. So far so normal - must be an OS…
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On having my own way on a Compaq Presario F700

Besides the work laptop, I just got to keep a Compaq Presario F700 for 3 months after which I need to return it "just like I had got it". There are a few emotions involved here however that makes things complicated: The damned thing comes with…
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X220 support for iAMT and vPro

While browsing through the lenovo PSREF (tabook) for X220 model number 4287 (page 69) I noticed models that support iAMT and vPro and models that do not. Can anyone shed some light on this. Some models have the same processor and I assume same…
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How to troubleshoot the suspected ethernet card failure

Sometimes one of the laptop when attached to the dock would drop the ethernet connection. By constantly pinging the default gateway usually there are no packet drops but sometimes, it results in response as given below. This doesn't seem to be…
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HP Tx1000 laptop : no LCD panel or HDD activity

A HP TX1000 Series laptop PC is unresponsive to the power-on event. What was a previously working machine, the LCD display panel suddenly switched off while the machine was in normal operation. When the machine is switched on now, the machine…
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Windows XP page file on laptop second SSD drive

I saw a question on moving hyberfile.sys to a different drive from the boot partition, which I was considering as I have an SSD as the second drive in one of my laptops. All the answers say you can't - ok - but I can move the page file to the SSD…
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Turbo Memory Cache - Worth it for Laptops?

I am buying a new laptop (big fan of Lenovo, so will probably stick with it), and see an option that for about $40 I can add a 2GB Intel® Turbo Memory hard drive cache. I am wondering whether it's worth it? Conceptually it makes sense, and it's…
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Windows 7 RC Optimizations for Netbook

I am installing Windows 7 RC on a Dell Mini 9 (netbook) and wanted to know what the community suggested for tweaks and optimzations that I could configure to ensure the OS performed well on the scaled down hardware.
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Hibernation - affect the HDD?

I use a laptop with 2*120 GB 7200 RPM drives running windows vista home premium with sp2. Does using Hiberanation decrease the life of the hard disk? I usually have visual studio, sql server, 10 tabs in Firefox open. I am not concerned about having…
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