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 Creating a WMI Filter To Only Target Windows 7
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 It's a good idea to limit your Group Policy to just target Windows 7 machines and avoid clashing with XP.

 In Group Policy Management, WMI Filters, Create a WMI filter with:

 SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Version LIKE "6.1.%" AND ProductType = "1"

 This covers the current build 6.1.7600 and future revisions, and the product type filters out Server 2008 R2.

 For further details see: WMI Filters at Microsoft.com



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 Libraries Documents To Just The Users Home Directory and more.
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 By default Documents combines a users home folder and the local public folder.

 It may also warn: 'Some library features are unavailable due to unsupported library locations'


 The libraries configuration is in an XML file located in the users profile.

 C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Documents.library-ms

 This file shows as 'Documents' and acts like a shortcut, you have to drag and drop to edit the file.

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 Start, Right click Documents, Properties, and Remove the Public Folder entry.

 In the XML this removes: knownfolder:{ED4824AF-DCE4-45A8-81E2-FC7965083634}


 Start, Documents, click on the Info Bar, and choose to turn off the warning.

 In this XML this sets: <property name="ShowNonIndexedLocationsInfoBar" type="boolean"><![CDATA[false]]></property>


 Now edit the XML and remove the user specific, serialized path: <serialized>LongEncodedTextInHere</serialized>

 This entry will be automatically re-created as soon as the current user opens Windows explorer.
 
 
 Also set <version>1</version> as this is used to track when the XML changes.

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 The same can be applied to the XML for Music, Pictures, and Video, which are also shown under Libraries.
 
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 Use local or domain Group Policy to copy the XML at logon to "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Documents.library-ms"

 Download a pre-prepared Libraries .XML and .BAT logon script.



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 Customize The Default User Picture
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 The default image is a flower stored within: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\user.bmp

 Simply change edit or replace this with your company logo or whatever inspires you.

 To prevent people from changing the default, get the Windows 7 Group Policy ADM templates, and then set:

 Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Apply the default user logon picture to all users.



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 Customize The Default Logon Wallpaper
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 You may have found a background.bmp which looks like the logon image, but notice the grass, it's different.

 The logon wallpaper actually comes from several images that are embedded within a .DLL


 Download the Original Logon Wallpaper which has been extracted and correctly named for you.

 Create the folder structure C:\Windows\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds\ then add in the images.


 Enable the custom wallpaper by creating a registry DWORD called OEMBackground with value of 1 in

 HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background\

 Download a pre-prepared .REG file.  More technical details here.  Images courtesy of fediaFedia.



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 Enable Context Menu Search When Right Clicking a Folder
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 In the Registry, remove 'LegacyDisable' in

 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find\
 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\

 Download a pre-prepared .REG file

 The search option in Windows 7 is poorly designed, consider including an open source GREP tool in your roll out.



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 Enable Administrative Shares
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 These are C$ D$ E$ etc shares for local administrators, software may also use them for remote installations.

 Enable the shares by creating a registry DWORD called LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy with value of 1 in

 HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\

 Download a pre-prepared .REG file



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