Uncheck “Install new versions automatically” in Internet Explorer 10 during deployment

IF you during deployment you want to easily uncheck “Install new versions automatically” feature, there is a registry setting you can configure prior to actual IE setup.exe or msi, whatever you use. Copy the following text to a notepad and save it as a REG file. Then use REG IMPORT “Disable_AutoUpdate.reg” before you deploy your…

June 7, 2013 · 1 min · 118 words · Vitalie Ciobanu

Deploy Office 2007 with custom Quick Access Toolbar commands

Receiving some complaints that users can’t find the Open, New etc. commands in the new Office 2007 interface, I had a task to customize Quick Access Toolbar so that all users can have these commands installed by default. Office 2007 applications (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word) use a Quick Access Toolbar setting file (.qat). Every…

June 13, 2009 · 2 min · 376 words · Vitalie Ciobanu

Update proxy settings used by Software Updates role in SCCM 2007

Few months ago I had an interesting problem at a client site that took me a while to resolve. So I want to post it here, maybe it will help others… After a successful upgrade from SMS 2003 to SCCM 2007 SP1, I configured software update point, synchronized with Microsoft update to get the list…

February 8, 2009 · 2 min · 275 words · Vitalie Ciobanu