chrome proxy settings via gpo or registry

Check this: https://admx.help/?Category=Chrome&Policy=Google.Policies.Chrome::ProxySettings&Language=de-de How i did it: copy the json stuff into an editor, tune your parameters and transdorm it into one single line. Then put this string into your gpo input field. It will appear in HKCU\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\ProxySettings as REG_SZ

Deploying windows printserver printers to windows machines | installing drivers via powershell

Standard stuff: On Server install your printer and printer driver. Then run printmanagament.msc and do Deploy with Group Policy. Have an eye on the drivers section. Know the exact name of your driver, thats important for deploying drivers to local machines. Your brandnew Group Policy should consist of (i) computer >> policies >> windows settings […]

GPO | Create a scheduled task

Create the task on a computer. Set the executional principal to ‘NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM’. Type the string directly or search for ‘SYSTEM’ in the computers local branch. Test it locally. Export the Task as xml. Copy the xml to an accessable network share. Create a powershell script to install the task out of this xml. Example […]

Foxit Reader | UAC prompt issue | GPO

You Foxits opens an UAC prompt on startup? It’s a never endig foxit issue… Did this and got rid of it: GPO: use the admx and activate: ‘Disable default PDF viewer switching’ Registry: Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader 10.0\CollectionData DefaultPDF REG_DWORD 1 Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader 10.0\CollectionData AppState REG_SZ Licensed Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader 10.0\Preferences\Others bCheckRegister REG_SZ 0 Software\Foxit […]

THUNDERBIRD | GPO or Registry | Certificate handling

Basics: https://bytesandbones.wordpress.com/2019/09/30/thunderbird-gpo-admx   Via Registry: HKCU\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Certificates\Install\1 = “mycert.der” or Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Certificates\Install\2 = “\\MYHOST\Users\username\mycert.pem” or Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Certificates\Install\3 = “C:\CERTS\mycert.pem” as REG_EXPAND_SZ. If you define only a file name without a path Thunderbird searches %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Thunderbird\Certificates%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Certificates for your files. Via GPO: Use the user branch. Define full path file location or file names only. If you specify only a file […]