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Welcome to the official documentation for Winutil, your go-to utility for optimizing and managing your Windows environment. Whether you’re an IT professional, power user, or regular user, Winutil provides a comprehensive set of tools to enhance your Windows experience.
To create a local account
Search for CMD, then run in administrator mode and enter the following command
net user USERNAME PASSWORD /addnet localgroup administrators USERNAME /addUSERNAME PASSWORD can be replaced with the account name and PASSWORD you want, and password can be omitted if no password is needed.
Here’s yet another massively annoying thing about Win 11 – the stupid default behavior Microshit added to the taskbar – “Taskbar Corner Overflow Menu”.
Source: [Tip] Always Show All Icons in Windows 11 Taskbar Notification Area – AskVG
Use Control Panel to show the icons
To always show all the Icons in the System Tray or Notification area of Windows 11/10, via Control Panel follow these steps:
- Press Win+R to open the Run prompt.
- Enter this value:
explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}- Tick the Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar checkbox.
- Click the OK button.
Source: How to ALWAYS show all the Icons in Notification area of Windows
Note: Might be easier to install the admx admin templates to Group Policy Editor. See this post for more info
Office 2019 annoyingly wants you to sign in to either a domain or the cloud. It shares the same registry space as Office 2016, so the procedure is:
Preparation:
1. Note that this must be done on a per-user basis, for anyone who logins into the machine. So 2 users on the same machine = do it twice. Or if that user signs into another machine, do it again.
2. Go into one of the Office apps, go to Account, and select “Sign out” & then click Yes when prompted.First, close all Office applications:
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Outlook
etc.Second, open the Registry Editor: (may need to Run As Admin)
Start > Run > regedit
Third, navigate down the tree:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Office
16.0
CommonThird, add the SignIn folder:
Right-click on the Common folder
Go to New > Key
Name it “SignIn” (without the quotes)Fourth, add the registry key to disable the sign-in option:
Right-click on the SignIn folder
Go to New > DWORD (32-bit) VALUE
Name it “SignInOptions” (without the quotes)
Set the value to 3Fifth, verify that it worked:
Open up Word
It should no longer have the “Sign in” button in the top bar
Under File > Account, all of the sign-in verbage should be goneIf you ever need to add it back in, just delete the SignInOptions reg key!
When you trying to run an exe, msi, bat, cmd or other executable type of files from a local drive or network folder in Windows, you can see this warning:…
Source: How to Disable “Open File – Security Warnings” on Windows 10? | Windows OS Hub
CLI
1. Open cmd.exe (Command Prompt) as administrator and type the following commands.
2. Backupnetsh advfirewall export C:\backup.wfw3. Restore
netsh advfirewall import C:\backup.wfw
When you see the “Let’s connect you to a network” screen, hit Shift-F10, type “taskmgr” in the command prompt window, and kill the process called “Network connection flow.” According to the video, this will allow the OS to install normally after you insert a user login and password. You can also kill the application directly from the command line if you like, using the command “taskkill /F /IM oobenetworkconnectionflow.exe”
Source: How to Install Windows 11 Home With a Local Account – ExtremeTech
Source: Fix Windows 10 privacy
“Your administrator has blocked this application because it potentially poses a security risk to your computer”
Issue:
During the installation of BIM 360 Glue Desktop, you see this error message:
Application Install – Security Warning
Your administrator has blocked this application because it potentially poses a security risk to your computer.
Causes:
The Windows ClickOnce trust prompt is disabled. ClickOnce, a component of the .NET Framework, must be enabled to run BIM 360 Glue.
Solution:
To resolve the issue, enable this registry key:
- HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\.NETFramework\Security\TrustManager\PromptingLevel\Internet
Note: This operation should be performed by an administrator with a technical understanding of the Windows Registry.
To enable the registry key:
- Open the registry editor:
- Find the following registry key:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\.NETFramework\Security\TrustManager\PromptingLevel\Internet
If the key does not exist, create it.
- Set the value to Enabled.
Warning!
Problems caused by improperly editing the Windows registry could render your computer operating system unusable. Microsoft provides a wealth of critical information that you need to know about the registry in the Microsoft Knowledgebase. Use the Microsoft Registry Editor only at your own risk and only after backing up the registry as outlined for your operating system in the Microsoft article How to back up and restore the registry in Windows and in the related solution How to back up the system registry. Additional information about the registry is also contained in the Help topics in the Microsoft Registry Editor.
