Creating a login script can be an easy way to solve network issues without active directory in a small network. There are several common commands we have used over the years which help us map drives, add printers, copy files and folders, and more. This page is a great guide made up from years of practice on different servers with different objectives. We will add to it with more commands in the future. First to…
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Getting files to show up in Network folder
Remove the following registry keys HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoRemoteRecursiveEvents HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoRemoteChangeNotify HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters] “DirectoryCacheLifetime”=dword:00000000 Restart explorer and try again! The keys didn’t exist for me, but I added them as DWord with a value of 0 (zero) and restarted Explorer and it worked. http://www.teamas.co.uk/2012/02/windows-2008-r2-shared-files-do-not.html https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/947489ae-dc86-45f0-ad5e-463a62e1d59f/files-not-showing-up-in-networked-drive…
Group Policy Settings for Personalization
Group Policy Preventing users from changing their personalization settings The following Group Policy settings prevent users from making changes: Prevent changing theme Prevent changing visual style for windows and buttons Prevent changing window color and appearance Prevent changing desktop background Prevent changing desktop icons Prevent changing mouse pointers Prevent changing screen saver Prevent changing sounds Preventing users from changing personalization settings locks them to their current settings. If you want to…