Category: Windows

Step-by-step guides and tips for Windows setup, installation, customization, and troubleshooting to optimize your PC performance and user experience

How to Activate Full-Screen (Kiosk Mode) in Internet Explorer

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Kiosk mode is a software feature that locks a device into a single application or a highly restricted user interface. It prevents users from accessing the underlying operating system, desktop, file system, or unauthorized websites and applications. Please see how to install DHCP on Windows Server 2019, perform Post-deployment of DHCP Server, and how to configure DHCP Server option…

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Launch an application automatically during startup on Windows

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Launch an application automatically during startup on Windows

In this article, we will show you how to Launch an application automatically during startup on Windows. When you are fond of opening the same application over and over again whenever you start your device. It makes sense to have this application startup automatically when Windows starts up. Please see how to stop Cisco Webex…

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How to Hide the Action Center Taskbar Icon In Windows 10

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How to Hide the Action Center Taskbar Icon In Windows 10

Action Center is a Windows 10 feature and it provides users with quick access to common system settings and app notifications. The icon looks like a speech bubble and glows or shows a badge when there are unread notifications. In this article, we shall discuss How to Hide the Action Center Taskbar Icon In Windows…

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How to view installed packages in Cygwin

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How to view installed packages in Cygwin

In this article, we will discuss how to view installed packages in Cygwin. is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows, providing a large collection of GNU and open-source tools that provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution. It also includes a DLL (Cygwin1.dll) that provides substantial POSIX API functionality. Please see How…

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How to view installed packages in Cygwin on Windows

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How to view installed packages in Cygwin on Windows

Cygwin is free software that provides a Unix-like environment. It provides a toolset to users of any modern x86 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows. Cygwin consists of a Unix system called emulation library, cygwin1.dll, together with a vast set of GNU and other free software applications organized into a large number of optional…

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Allow only Administrators to shut down and reboot Server

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Allow only Administrators to shut down and reboot Server

In this article, we shall discuss how to allow only Administrators to shut down and reboot Server. This is necessary to ensure non-admin users are unable to shut down or restart the server. Please see Handy Shutdown commands available in Windows, How to prevent a remote shutdown and restart in Windows, and How to find…

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How to create a Desktop shortcut in Windows

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How to create a Desktop shortcut in Windows

When programs are installed on Windows, you have the choice to create a desktop shortcut for the individual programs. However, if you don’t create a desktop shortcut at the time that you install the program, you can install the desktop shortcut later, and you can easily create one with the steps shown below. The steps…

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How to configure favorites on Microsoft Edge via Group Policy

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How to configure favorites on Microsoft Edge via Group Policy

Here I will be configuring the favorite page via the Local Group Policy. These steps are similar to setting the favorites via the Domain-wide Group Policy Management console. Configuring Favorites via local group policies has two configuration options that can be configured as it relates to you. Kindly refer to some of my contents around…

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How to configure a new tab page URL in Microsoft Edge

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How to configure a new tab page URL in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge is a cross-platform web browser developed by Microsoft. It was first released for Windows 10 and Xbox One in 2015, then for Android and iOS in 2017, for macOS in 2019, and as a preview for Linux in October 2020. Edge includes integration with Cortana and has extensions hosted on the Microsoft Store….

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How to configure static page in Microsoft Edge browser via Local Group Policy on Windows

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How to configure static page in Microsoft Edge browser via Local Group Policy on Windows

Microsoft Edge is a cross-platform web browser developed by Microsoft. It was first released for Windows 10 and Xbox One in 2015, then for Android and iOS in 2017, for macOS in 2019, and as a preview for Linux in October 2020. Please see how to configure favorites on Microsoft Edge via Group Policy, how to forcefully remove…

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How to configure the FrontFace Lockdown Tool

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How to configure the FrontFace Lockdown Tool

FrontFace helps protect and lockdown devices targeted for kiosk terminal or for Digital Signage applications. Before you proceed, ensure you create a user account (If you will be testing with a local user account) and log on the system. This can be a local or domain user account type. Before usage of this tool, please…

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How to export and import User Profile – FrontFace Lockdown Tool

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How to export and import User Profile – FrontFace Lockdown Tool

The steps to have this done is very straight forward using the FrontFace Lockdown Tool. Please esee How to download and use Windows SysInternals tools locally, how to Install Sysinternals from the Microsoft Store, What is System Monitor and how to install and use it, and how to enable Automatic Logon on Windows 10. Firstly…

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Import a user profile in Windows to another PC

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Import a user profile in Windows to another PC

This task was embarked on in order to export user profiles from one device to another for AssignedAccess (Kiosk mode). FrontFace Lockdown Tool provides this functionality by default. In this article, we shall discuss various ways to import a user profile in Windows to another Windows PC”. Here are some related articles: How to transfer…

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