Visual Studio Archive

  • Centralized Desktop and Favorites with a Centralized My Documents?

    Centralized Desktop and Favorites with a Centralized My Documents?

    What about Desktop and Favorites migration? Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a GPO that made the migration of your user’s Desktop and Favorites as easy as the migration of their My Documents? I think it would be nice. Since there isn’t, I created...

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  • Startup Notification

    Startup Notification

    How do you know when an approved and domain-joined workstation is turned on prior to someone even signing into the workstation? Or maybe, you are asking, why would I even want to know this? For those that work with network vulnerabilities scanning, such as the...

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  • Creating a Custom Web Browser

    Creating a Custom Web Browser

    As per corporate requirements, I had to create a Kiosk that would allow visitors in the front lobby access to a specific careers and job application web site. Obviously, the computer had to be locked down and “frozen”, which was accomplished with Windows SteadyState (see...

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  • Custom Workflow Actions (Part 3 of 3)

    Custom Workflow Actions (Part 3 of 3)

    …this is a continuation of Custom Workflow Actions (Part 2 of 3)… As a recap, we are creating a custom workflow action that allows you to send an email with the attachments from a specified list in your site. The custom workflow action will allow...

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  • Custom Workflow Actions (Part 2 of 3)

    Custom Workflow Actions (Part 2 of 3)

    …this is a continuation of Custom Workflow Actions (Part 1 of 3)… As a recap, we are creating a custom workflow action that allows you to send an email with the attachments from a specified list in your site. The custom workflow action will allow...

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  • Custom Workflow Actions (Part 1 of 3)

    Custom Workflow Actions (Part 1 of 3)

    A recent SharePoint project on my plate had a specific requirement that every item added to a list must be emailed to a specific email address. At the time of the meeting, this requirement seemed to be a simple requirement. While stating that the requirement...

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