1. Tell Windows to Ignore Touch Input When Using the Pen By Default

   Windows 10 has a setting to ignore touch input when using the pen. This is pretty nice, as I've found Wacom et. al's palm rejection to be not very good. It's simple enough for users to change themselves if they're aware of the setting, but I don't expect students to …

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2. How to Deploy Windows 10 Default Taskbar Settings

   Windows 10 adds quite a few default buttons to the taskbar. Most of my users don't need or want them, so I've taken to hiding them by default. I don't want to use Group Policy for this, as I want users to be able to change it if they want …

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3. How to Deploy Firefox with Bookmarks and Addons

   Unlike Chrome, managing Firefox is a bit of a pain. However, I can't bring myself to pull it from our system images. I like Firefox! Documentation floating around the web is a mix of old, wrong, or doesn't fit my goals. I want to:

   • Bundle company bookmarks
   • Set some settings …

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4. Automate WSUS Server Cleanup on Windows Server 2012 R2 with PowerShell

   I recently wanted to automate cleanup of my WSUS server. A lot of posts around the web advocate using strange PowerShell scripts that make .NET calls to work with WSUS or even use third-party applications to do so. That information all seems outdated. On server 2012 R2 you only need Invoke-WsusServerCleanup.

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5. Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redist Broken After Windows 10 1607 Upgrade

   I've been deploying the Windows 10 build 1607 feature upgrade (also known as the Anniversary Update) via WSUS to a test lab at work. The machines are upgrading from 1511. Today I was informed that Autodesk 3ds Max & AutoCad would not launch on those machines. 3dsmax.exe gave an error: "The procedure entry point __crtCreateSymbolicLinkW could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCP110.dll."

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