Advanced

All changes listed below are for very specific use cases, and should not be applied by default or without thought.

Danger

These can seriously break your shit if you blindly execute these. Default recommendation here is not apply these.

Execution Policy: Unrestricted (see: Setting Execution Policy).

Advanced Windows configuration. Specific configuration for specific cases.

• 1. Application Using the Wrong Audio Output Device
• 2. Fix Windows Applications Not Appearing in Start Menu Searches
• 3. Debug DNS Issues
• 4. Determining App List
• 5. Disable Caret Browsing Notifications
• 6. Disable Hibernation for Sleep Resume Problems
• 7. Disable Hyper-V Per Boot
• 8. Disable Prefetch and Superfetch
• 9. Disable Windows Backup Schedule
• 10. Display Driver Has Been Restarted
• 11. DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (Epfwwfp.sys)
• 12. Enable Bitlocker on USB drives over RDP
• 13. Enable SSH Access
• 14. Fixing Broken Windows Store apps / ‘Trial Expired’ Apps
• 15. Hiding Local Desktop for Chrome Remote Desktop
• 16. Low Disk Space Warning After Update
• 17. Moving User Profile Locations to Alternate Location
• 18. NTFS File Ownership Access Denied
• 19. ReFS on Windows Pro
  • 19.1. Format ReFS on using a single drive
  • 19.2. Addressing 100% Disk Usage Issues
• 20. Remove Optional Features
  • 20.1. Manually
  • 20.2. Powershell
• 21. Remove Preinstalled Packages
• 22. Remove Startup Items
• 23. Reset Password
• 24. Run Windows On USB
• 25. Scheduled Tasks Inconsistencies
  • 25.1. Enable Logon/Logoff Events
  • 25.2. Manually Adding Event Triggered Scheduled Task
  • 25.3. Powershell to Create Event Triggered Scheduled Task
  • 25.4. (optional) Prompt on Terminal, Instead of Window
  • 25.5. Hiding Command Windows
  • 25.6. Demonstration of Scheduled Task at Login Failure
• 26. Show Password on Wifi Network
• 27. Fix Undeletable System Volumes
• 28. Uninstall Edge Browser
• 29. USB Devices Slow
• 30. Windows Bootloader Missing / Multiple OS
• 31. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
  • 31.1. Enable WSL in Windows 10
  • 31.2. Installing Linux Distros
  • 31.3. Troubleshooting

Advanced References

1. Windows Command Reference

2. Windows Settings Shortcuts

3. Windows Settings Shortcuts (Alternative)

Group Policy (GPO)

1. Group Policy Administrative Templates Catalog (Registry, GPO)

2. Windows Group Policy Reference

3. Deploying Registry Keys via GPO

Windows Connections to Microsoft Services

1. Windows Management Options for Each Component Setting (UI, Reg, GPO)

Scripting

1. Registry Data Types

2. Windows Tweaking Scripts

3. Well Known Windows SIDs (Security Identifiers)