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Windows 7: Disable Lock Workstation After 10 Minutes Using Group Policy

On my Windows 7 PC the system becomes locked after 10 minutes of inactivity. Usually I would find this setting next to the screen-saver configuration. The setting is grayed out, however. I think this ...
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How Do I Allow A Standard User to Install Programs?

Yes, I realize that defeats the purpose of standard user. But here is the situation. A friend of mine wants to set up time limits for his home schooled son, and his son needs to be a standard user in ...
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Why gpedit and the corresponding registry entries are not synchronized?

I'm on Windows 10 Pro. I noticed that when I apply some policies via gpedit, the corresponding entries are created in the registry. If I undo, the entries are removed from the registry as well. So I ...
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How can I use Process Monitor to detect register changes made by GPEdit modifications?

It is supposed that Process Monitor can capture the registry changes made by any program. This thread explains it fine (thanks you, James T). But it seems things are not so easy when talking about ...
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Can't disable windows 10 PIN complexity

I recently linked my Microsoft Office account to my school to have access to Office for students. Right after linking my account, I couldn't login to my computer again with my 4-digit pin code and got ...
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How can I disable Windows XP shutdown while still allowing log out/restart?

I want to disable the "shut down" option on a Windows XP machine whose case and power button is not easily accessible. Users must still be able to restart and logout, but not shut down. Is this ...
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How to add Virtual Machines to Log on as a service Properties in command line?

Following this question, I have found this page instructing to add "Virtual Machines" in Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User ...
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Allow all users to change computer name

I have to enable the normal users on Windows 10 devices to change the computer name (host name) using command prompt or powershell. But seems like the normal users are not allowed to change the name. ...
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how to both enable Windows Search AND avoid System Volume Information folder being written to removable drives

This refers to Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 20H2 and probably all Windows 10 versions. I need to have Windows Media Player Service running on my machine so that media devices can access it to play videos. ...
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