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2. DELL Studio XPS 1647 (64-bit)

2.1 Preparation (19/07/2018)

Na 8 jaar en een hoop OS'en die steeds werden bijgewerkt (Windows 7 > 8 > 8.1 > 10 1507, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803) vond ik het wel eens tijd voor een complete make over…, onder andere omwille van:

2.2 Execution (20/07/2018)

2.2.0 Reset

2.2.1 System

2.2.1.1 Computer name and workgroup settings

Computer name The workgroup settings are to be found in the good old Control Panel > System

2.2.1.2 System protection

2.2.1.3 Allow Remote Desktop connections

2.2.2 Windows…

2.2.2.1 C:\Users\stijn > C:\Users\Stijn

Folder name

https://superuser.com/questions/949402/how-to-change-the-capitalization-of-the-user-folder-in-windows-10

Microsoft uses your Microsoft e-mail account (first.last@hotlook.com) to create a user under C:\Users (first), but without a capital. Grrr!!! ATTENTION: I wouldn't change the name, only the capitalization, since Windows is case insensitive!
User variable %USERNAME%

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/cd35f292-616a-4622-96cb-19138a59d7e8/changing-username-variable?forum=win10itprogeneral

On september 25th, so two months after the installation, I notice stijn > Desktop in the Immersive Explorer .

You can change it in netplwiz (the Advanced User Accounts Control Panel): so open this control panel item, select the name you want to change and click on the Properties button.

Now you get the properties of the selected user account: you can change User name, Full name & Description.
Variable %USERPROFILE%

In PowerShell, you'll notice that still the name with a lowercase letter is shown.

2.2.2.2 Small icons in the taskbar

https://www.howtogeek.com/225568/how-to-configure-and-customize-the-taskbar-in-windows-10/

2.2.2.3 Hide the Windows 10 3D Objects folder

https://techhelpkb.com/hide-the-windows-10-3d-objects-folder/

Either you use Winaero Tweaker, or you modify the registry keys manually.
Winaero Tweaker

File Explorer > Customize This PC Folders
Manually

By default, in Windows Explorer, This PC shows the following folders: 3D Objects, Desktop, Downloads, Music, OneDrive, Pictures & Videos. I like this classification, but I don't use 3D Objects at all, so I wanted to hide the 3D Objects (hide, not delete!): Of course, you can apply this to the other objects in This PC as well:

https://www.askvg.com/tip-remove-6-extra-folders-from-windows-10-explorer-this-pc/

2.2.2.4 Change Icons of Folders in This PC in Windows 10

It's also possible to change the icon of the various folders in This PC :

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/81222-change-icons-folders-pc-windows-10-a.html

You can change them for all users or for the current user. Since it's more complicated and more dangerous for all users (requiring local administrators to become owner of the DefaultIcon Keys - don't forget to check the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects checkbox - with Full Control permissions in order to be able to change the icon), I opted for the current user option, moreove because the registry keys for this action still must be created, and so are not overwritten!

In my opinion, this is extremely useful to get back a yellow icon on the taskbar for all Explorer folders . In Windows 10, if you choose one of the folders under This PC (Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos), the (small) folder icon is shown on the taskbar, but is not recognizable as Explorer, since you have no yellowish icon… The icons differ if you choose Tiles-Content-XL-L-M versus S-List-Details! The smaller ones have no trace of yellow at all!!! Drop them in one of the following folders: C:\Users\Public, C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32. Have a look at the icon index of .dll or .exe files? Try http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iconsext.zip

2.2.2.5 Map a netwerk drive

Drive layout as of 05/05/2021 - get the info issuing the PowerShell command Get-PSDrive:
Name Root
C C:\
D \\PERGOLESI\h$\OneDrive
E E:\
F F:\
H H:\
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026635/windows-map-a-network-drive

I always think that I'll find the menu option to map a network drive under "Network" in Windows Explorer. Alas, this is not Microsoft's logic, you find it under This PC > Computer tab > Map network drive

2.2.2.6 Access a mapped network drive as if it were a local drive (fool your pc!)

Suppose you want to access your Music files in your OneDrive, but that these files aren't on your local drive: Now you can access your cloud music as if it were on a local drive…

2.2.2.7 Enable …

… administrative shares

See Win10DefaultAdminShares
… the execution of PowerShell scripts
set-executionpolicy unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser

2.2.2.8 VPN connection to eXplio

Go into Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections (the old Networking control panel, not the new one).

find the vpn connection and open it's Properties dialog.

On the Security tab make sure that "Allow these protocols" radio button is selected and that the Microsoft CHAP Version 2 (MS-CHAP v2) checkbox is selected.

2.2.2.9 Set the correct language for you, the welcome screen login, default user, new users

Read Win10RegionAndLanguage in order to get this up and running the way you want!

Source: https://superuser.com/questions/948660/change-windows-7-8-10-system-language-welcome-screen-login-etc

2.2.2.10 System icons & icons on the taskbar

2.2.3 Change the location of OneDrive & other default user folders

One thing I don't like about Windows, is that you can't choose a drive (letter) as the root of your OneDrive folder, it has to be a folder - why didn't they call it OneFolder then folder, it doesn't even look like a OneDrive (drive_network), more like TwoClouds (weather_clouds) Do I have a point or do I have a point (lightbulb)? So what I did, was:

2.2.3.1 Change the location of your OneDrive folder

https://support.microsoft.com/nl-be/help/4028633/windows-10-change-the-location-of-your-onedrive-folder If you only keep part of your files offline, you can also see the other files from MsOneDrive in Windows Explorer by creating a mapped network drive:

net use o: https://d.docs.live.net/<cid> /user:<username> <password>

If you don't want your credentials to appear on the screen, you create a .vbs script (e.g. OneDriveWeb.vbs) with the same name, that calls the .bat, but this way, nothing is displayed on the screen.

Dim scriptName : scriptName = WScript.ScriptFullName
scriptName = Left(scriptName, Len(scriptName) - 4) & ".bat"
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell" ) 
 WshShell.Run chr(34) & scriptName & Chr(34), 0 
 Set WshShell = Nothing

Put both files in your personal startup folder (%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup), disable the .bat (in Task Manager, Startup tab, right-click the .bat file and choose "Disable"), so that it's always automatically connected when you start Windows. Also be aware that it takes some 20 seconds after sign-in before the drive appears without the red cross, so be patient! If you do it through the Windows Explorer UI and choose 'reconnect at sign-in', you'll notice that you'll always be prompted to enter your user credentials.

STARTUP APPS

2.2.3.2 Hide a drive

Method 1: using the Group Policy Editor (only for drives A B, C, D)

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/show-hide-a-drive-in-windows
Method 2: using the registry DWORD NoDrives (any drive)
Please be aware that in both cases (method 1 & 2), the drive letter is simply hidden from Windows Explorer, but is perfectly accessible: if you type H:\ in the address bar, the contents will appear!

2.2.3.3 Add OneDrive as network location

2.2.3.4 Change the location of Music & Pictures (MsOneDrive) & Videos (V-drive)

This is more straightforward: _Don't forget to also change the location of Pictures/Saved Pictures. This is also a system folder. You can't redirect it to its parent folder (Pictures), so I redirected it to C:\Users\<user>\Pictures\Saved Pictures. See Saved Pictures Folder keeps coming up on my Desktop.

2.2.3.5 Hide Quick access

Here's how to hide Quick access inWindows Explorer: Job done !

source: How to Disable Default “Quick Access” aka “Home View” in Windows 10 File Explorer? – AskVG

2.2.4 Network

2.2.4.1 Show other Windows devices in your workgroup/domain …

In order to make the computers in your workgroup/domain visible to other (Windows) computers in you network, you have to change some settings in the services: Source: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2106698-windows-10-pro-can-t-see-computers-on-my-network

2.2.4.2 … but hide devices attached to those devices

2.2.4.3 Bluetooth

The default Windows 7 driver doesn't work

Bestanden > Software > DEVICE RELATED > DELL Studio XPS 1647 (100803) > XPS 1647 [official] > 08B_Comm_Broadcom_Win8_X04_A01__Setup-39W36_ZPE (bluetooth voor Win8)

2.2.4 Power Options

2.3 Install Office

I do have an official Office license. However, I never know where to find the URL of the installation. Well, it's here:

https://account.microsoft.com/services/office/install

2.3.1 Custom Office Templates verplaatsen

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-word/cannot-move-custom-office-templates-folder-in/e604f486-934d-4c75-b6fe-89f506f652ea

If you've read this far, you'll have noticed I'm a pezewever. So I don't like to have the Custom Office Templates under the root of my OneDrive drive/folder.

Move them as follows: Repeat this for Excel.

2.3.2 Excel: customize the Quick Access Toolbar

2.3.3 Language Accessory Pack voor Office

2.4 Browsers

See dedicated topic BrowserSettings.

2.5 Finale

Verplaats de Finale Files:

2.6 Programs

2.6.1 20/07/2018

2.6.2 21/07/2018

2.6.3 23/07/2018

2.6.4 24/07/2018

2.6.5 25/07/2018

2.6.6 26/07/2018

2.6.7 28/07/2018

2.6.8 01/04/2020

2.6.9 06/06/2020

2.7 Tweaks

Sometimes, I had blurry or unresponsive videos, supposedly due to a lack of network bandwidth. Apparently, there is a group policy setting that by default reserves 80% of the bandwidth for the system (if necessary, of course), so that leaves you, poor user, with 20%.

Speedtests point out I have less than 20 Mbps, so that leaves me with less than 4 Mbps when the system is using its 80% of bandwith!

Full HD videos however, require at least 5 Mbps (4K even 25 Mbps!). So I changed it to 0%.

Edit group policy

2.1809 October 2018 update - version 1809 (05/10/2018)

2.1809.1 Execution

2.1809.2 Lessons learned

2.1903 May 2019 update - version 1903 (28/05/2019)

2.1903.1 New features

2.2004 May 2020 update - version 2004 (30/05/2020)

2.20H2 October 2020 update - version 20H2 (30/10/2020)

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