In this howto I would imagine the backup options via Group Policy PowerShell. For this purpose there is in the PowerShell cmdlet backup Gpo.

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By default, all installation media of Windows 8 not compatible with the UEFI installation. Therefore, it is in this howto to create a clean installation of Windows 8 with available UEFI, the successor to the BIOS, go. Also this howto is schematically for Windows 7 applicable. Important: Only 64-bit operating systems are UEFI capable. The following requirements are necessary for the production:

• Windows computer with available 7/8 Operating system
• Available USB port
• USB flash drive with a capacity of at least 8 GB
• Administrator rights
• Windows 8 Installation media (ISO-Datei, DVD oder Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation)
• 7-Zip (Freeware)

First we connect the USB drive to a computer running Windows available 7/8 Operating system. If data already exists on the stick, must be backed up before this, because the stick is completely formatted and are thus lost all data on the.

We open an administrative console (PowerShell oder CMD) and enter the following commands:

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Although this constellation not happen too often, but I want to write about them here. If the Adobe Reader application on a Xerox printer with the driver “Xerox Global Print Driver” printed the following warning appears:

“Potential pressure problem – The default settings in Adobe Reader 11 can cause a color shift in the output PDF files. In addition, certain black and white PDF documents may be printed in color. Xerox empfiehlt, before continuing the printing Reader 11 To change the color management of the printer.”

To resolve the warning correctly, we have the following procedure:

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An important Article was the availability of a hotfix rollup for the official Microsoft TechNet Blog ”Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server” published:

An Enterprise hotfix rollup for Windows 7 SP1 und Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 has been released, that 90-fixes after the release of Service Pack 1 were published, contains. This update improves the performance and reliability of Windows 7 SP1 und Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computers. Microsoft recommends that customers of this hotfix rollup as part of their regular maintenance update for Windows 7 und Windows Server 2008 Apply R2 machine.

This hotfix rollup includes the following enhancements:

• Improves Windows Client Remote File System components.
• Enhances SMB service and TCP protocol components.
• Improves the processing of Group Policy and Group Policy Preferences.
• Improves Windows Management Instrumentation (Windows Management Instrumentation, WMI) Components, reduce the CPU load and to improve the performance verification repository.

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