Windows 8.1: Boot to desktop
Boot to Desktop User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar Enable “Go to the desktop instead of Start when signing in”
Boot to Desktop User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar Enable “Go to the desktop instead of Start when signing in”
CAPS LOCK/NUM LOCK LED LEDs blink 1 time – CPU not functional LEDs blink 2 times – BIOS corruption failure LEDs blink 3 times – Module error not functional LEDs blink 4 times – Graphics controller not functional LEDs blink 5 times – General system board failure LEDs blink 6 times – BIOS authentication failure […]
This will list all computers where the name starts with IT or HQ select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name, SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.Name like “IT%” or SMS_R_System.Name like “HQ%”
You can use this command to verify signature for drivers sigverif.exe http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308514
To rename a computer when Rename-Computer is not available (pre Powershell 4.0) Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName OLDNAME -Authentication 6 | ForEach-Object {$_.Rename(“NEWNAME”,”PASSWORD”,”USERNAME”)} You can also mask the password $credential = Get-Credential Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName OLDNAME -Authentication 6 | ForEach-Object {$_.Rename(“NEWNAME”,$credential.GetNetworkCredential().Password,$credential.Username)}