Upgrade Win 10 Home to Pro

This assumes you are eligible for hardware based entitlement to Win 10 PRO

Enter the default Windows 10 Pro product key:

VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

Below message is shown

Click Start Upgrade, and after a few minutes, the system restarted. As soon as I connected to the Internet, the Windows activation process checked my hardware against Microsoft’s servers. Because this hardware was already recorded with a digital entitlement to Windows 10 Pro, I was activated immediately, without the need to enter a product key.

App cant open for built in admin

Windows 8 Fix : This app can’t open for Built-in Administrator account

Index Network Drive – Spotlight Mac

Nice article which still works for El Capitan

Windows 10 – Installation Notes

This is just a rough draft at the moment, doesnt include notes on reg keys and image hacks or GPOS used to control desktop experience.

To add to image:

Yammer desktop notifier

 

After creating image using FOG

Add machine to domain either automatically or manually

Add domain users to local admin group

Login with domain user

Remove start tiles

Turn Domain Firewall Off

Accept Cortana defaults

Sign into Office, setup exchange

Set IE to default browser (required for childcare connect)

Install BDE (required for FMS to install correctly)

Install Sophos

Install Sims and FMS

Copy user data from old PC

Change security and maintenance settings

Turn system icons on or off – turn off action center

Turn off recently added apps

Setup Start Menu

Install SSL Cert

 

 

Look at setting up mandatory profile and potential roaming desktops for core set of users.

 

 

 

Prefer iPv4 over 6

http://serverfault.com/questions/47303/ping-returns-an-ipv6-address

 

Quick fix it tool available;

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929852

Replacement File Server

Great write up on quick and easy upgrade solution 🙂

 

https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/75097-replace-an-old-file-server-with-a-new-file-server-using-the-same-ip-same-name-same-shares

Reset Admin Password with Hirens Boot CD

http://computersecuritystudent.com/FORENSICS/Hirens/lesson3/