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What services to disable to optimize Windows for VDI

In my previous VDI blog post about configuring Windows to work best in a VDI environment I mentioned a few service that should be disabled to improve performance. However a a recent session at Microsoft Management Summit 2013 called Optimizing Windows 8 for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure has provided a substantially longer list of recommend services configuration for VDI. Below is…

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What’s changed with the Group Policy Client Service in Windows 8

With the release of Windows 8 Microsoft has gone back and worked on the fundamentals of the OS to make it more efficient than even Windows 7. This means that the OS does the same (if not more) using less system resources. One of the ways that they achieve this is the way they control the “Group Policy Client” service…

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How to use Group Policy to control Services

Services are programs that are configured to run in the background of a Windows computer weather or not there is a users that is logged on. They are essential part of windows and are essential to the operation of any windows computers. Without services computer could not perform automatic updates, run scheduled tasks or even connect to a file share….

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