5 Essential Tips for Windows 8 Networking
5 important tips about Windows 8 networking that will make your life easier as a Windows 8 user.
Accessing claims-enabled file shares on Windows 8
A new policy setting on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 is intended to support clients running a version of Windows prior to Windows 8 that are trying to access a file share that requires user claims. This policy setting may be needed where there are local file access policies that include user claims.
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: access, claims, claims-enabled, file share, gpedit, gpedit.msc, Kerberos, S4U2Self
Windows 8 computer inactivity policy
A new policy setting on Windows 8 allows you to lock down your workstation after a period of inactivity. Although, you could lock down a user session based on idle time in previous Windows systems, this setting as a policy is only found on Windows 8 and Windows Servers 2012 systems.
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: gpedit, gpedit.msc, Local Group Policy, lock
Windows 8 machine account lockout policy
The machine account lockout threshold setting is a new security policy found only on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 machines. This new security setting determines the number of failed logon attempts by users before locking down the machine. A locked out machine can only be recovered by providing the BitLocker recovery key at the console. A BitLocker recovery key is a special key that you can create when you turn on BitLocker Drive Encryption for the first time on each drive that you encrypt.
Categories: Security, Windows 8 Tags: BitLocker, gpedit, gpedit.msc, Group Policy, Local Group Policy
Block Microsoft accounts on Windows 8
A new policy setting on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 allows you to disable users from adding new Microsoft accounts on your computer.
Categories: Security, Windows 8 Tags: account, block, gpedit, gpedit.msc, Group Policy, Microsoft account
Display your Windows 8 Edition using PowerShell
The Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 PowerShell cmdlet Get-WindowsEdition allows you to get the current edition of the operating system running on your computer.
Categories: Scripting, Windows 8 Tags: cmdlet, Get-WindowsEdition, image, offline, PowerShell
Build your own menu on Windows 8
A free menu tool by Sergey Tkachenko offers Windows 8 users the capability to create shortcuts to system settings and programs, which users can turn into a customized start menu based on their requirements. This is a great tool for admin and power users that may need access to system tools on regular basis. They can modify the tool by adding new shortcuts and removing unnecessary ones! The author describes his tool as a menu editor that allows users to add new items, remove any item, change display name of any item and reorder Win+X menu items.
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: Start Menu, Win+X, winaero
