Suppress "Welcome to Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" message
Bumped into a little issue while deploying Adobe Reader DC via Group Policy. Installation was customized using Adobe Customization Wizard (which generates .mst transforms file). All online features, EULA, and similar distractions were disabled. However, on a test machine, after launching Adobe Reader for the first time, "Welcome to Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" message would appear. It basically notifies that Acrobat Reader will automatically collect an send application usage data to Adobe, unless user manually disables this in Preferences > Usage Information.
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Windows Server 2012 - Domain network detected as Public
Issue
Windows Server 2012 connected to a local domain network reports network type as a "Public Network". This causes Windows Firewall to block some network services that are expected to work on a domain network (i.e. Remote Desktop).
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GPO File Association fails with "0x80070005 Access is denied" error
Windows file association can be changed using Group Policy (User configuration > Preferences > Control Panel Settings > Folder Options > New > Open With).
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Use PowerShell to find out if user password expired
Here is a quick way to find out if user's password expired and some other useful password related information (when was the password last set, whether the password is set to never expire):
- Open Windows PowerShell with Active Directory module.
If you are doing this on a client machine, you will need to install Remote Server Administration Tools (link for Windows 7).
To load Active Directory module in PowerShell, run import-module ActiveDirectory - Run: Get-ADUser -identity <user.name> -properties PasswordLastSet, PasswordExpired, PasswordNeverExpires | ft Name, PasswordLastSet, PasswordExpired, PasswordNeverExpires
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