15 Tasks for New Windows 8 Workstations

These tasks I do for every Windows 8 workstation that I setup. 1) Change the time zone & Verify the time is correct 2) Enable remote management 3) Enable remote desktop 4) Install anti-virus 5) Turn off Windows Firewall 6) Give server a descriptive name following...
Create Hyper-V Workstation or Server

Create Hyper-V Workstation or Server

In this example I setup Hyper-V on Windows 8.1.  The steps are same to create a Hyper-V Windows server. Prerequisites: Host machine with Hyper-V installed and a network card configured. An .ISO file of your installation media. You need a fast hard drive for your VM....

Powershell: Set Execution Policy to Unrestricted

Out of the box, Powershell execution is restricted to “RemoteSigned,” which means downloaded scripts must be signed by a trusted publisher before they can be run. In order to allow all scripts to run, you need to set the execution policy to unrestricted....

Install 3.5 .Net Framework on Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 comes with Windows 4.5 .Net framework, but not 3.5 .Net framework.  In order to install it, you go to Control Panel /  Programs / Uninstall a program / Turn Windows features on or off The top option will be .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)...