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Silent registry changes on Windows 7

I apologize if this is listed elsewhere, but I truly couldn't find it. Does anyone know how to silently modify registry keys in Windows 7? I've tried running regedit with the /S command line switch, but it still prompts the user for permission to…
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Change Windows Store Apps language using poweshell or unattend.xml?

I am trying to create a golden image and I can't find any way to set Store Apps language. These are the settings I want: Windows Display: English (US) Apps & Websites: English (US) Regional Format: Turkish Keyboard: Turkish Speech: English(US) These…
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Portable user-settings in Windows

I want know how I can avoid setting up all my preferences the same way, every single time I install a new operating system. Is there a way to export settings like: Background color Items to display, and how in Vista/Win7 Auto-hide…
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Mouse configurations not staying when using RemoteApps

I have some clients who need to use a larger mouse curser. However, when they use the RemoteApps we published for them, the configuration is not staying in place. I thought maybe if I created a GPO to force the configuration that would work. It…
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Windows 7: How to change location of a profile's folders?

Am trying to get Widows 7 to behave when told to change a user's "Desktop", "Saved Searches", "Desktop", "My Music", and the rest of the folders that "point" to their different directories and that can be found on their profile. This is an Spanish…
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windows server 2003 language settings change

So my Windows Server 2003 is entirely in German. For practical reasons, I wanted to change the language for my account to English, however it prooved to be more problematic than I thought. I think in newer versions of Win Server, not even a reboot…
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How can I merge the settings and documents from an account on Windows XP to the Admin account?

experts and pros... I would like to "migrate" or "merge" an account on my Windows XP computer to/with the Admin account, till now unactivated. The reason I don't want to simply activate and copy the stuff is because I use very specific applications…
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Logging on to server creates duplicate user profiles in Documents & Setting

Windows Server 2003. I am having a problem with the creation of new user profiles when logging in remotely to a terminal server. The new user profile gets added under Documents & Settings as username.domainname. Deleting the new profile does not…
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Apply software settings to all logged in user accounts

Currently using Windows Server 2008 R2 I have created custom settings for a software and I want to apply it to all users on the domain, regardless of where they sit. Is it possible to apply these settings to an OU? The settings have to be pasted to…
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Setting default public address book in OWA

There are currently many different public address books (one for each site) in Outlook Web Access. Is there a way for the user to set a different default address book for themselves to save them scrolling through the long list of sites?
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Allow user to execute sudo commands without inserting password

I have a Debian-based system (most likely an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) with a user, say user, that executes an application (as a daemon). The system is not exposed to the Internet with a public IP address. This application needs to reboot, stop processes…
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Failed SMTP Authentication - TOSHIBA e-STUDIO255

I do have TOSHIBA e-STUDIO255 and i have configured scan to email option. about one week it's worked perfectly but now it's keep giving me this error "Failed SMTP Authentication". i have not change any settings on printer. smtp settings as…
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How to change primary group on Windows without ActiveDirectory?

I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 using WorkGroup only (no Active Directory) with some local users and groups. Is that possible to change the primary group of some local users? I couldn't find a relevant button when setting local users and groups.…
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Linux user at two separate machine

We have a requirement to have the same user at two Linux machines. On first box the application will write with a specific user on a NFS volume, the same volume mounted on another linux box where as 3rd party script will pick up these files which…
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