Porthos
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I have always got an installed list wth Fab's
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I like to review the installed list before the restore so I can have the programs in place. I keep forgetting it's in the "Public" archive and not the user's archive that I'm restoring.
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Since software is installed on a machine level, it makes sense to have it there. What a mess it would be having to dig in every user backup to find it
That feature would be nice, and it would be relatively easy to do by using ninite.com for the download links. Maybe Fabs would need permission from the Ninite developer though, which would probably rule this option out.
Why would you need to copy the profile over again? It seems to always work by installing the app after the profile data is restored.
Previously I've asked about the possibility of logging the default browser from a source system. Would the trick you mention help with this potential feature?
Setting the default browser is important on Windows 10 systems, because most people don't use Edge and third party browsers can't make themselves the default. When restoring a customer's system it's difficult to figure out which browser they prefer to use, most have a third party browser installed but they might not be using it. It would be great if the default browser was mentioned in the Installed Software List report.
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Fabrice would have to chime in on the implementation side of this in Fabs Autobackup, but it should be possible from a purely technical perspective. You can actually identify the default web browser of a user on an offline or online Windows OS if you know how it works. The pieces to the puzzle are all stored in the user's registry hive and SOFTWARE registry hive.
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Very true, but lets not forget, in order for that to actually work, you would have to have the browser installed prior to restoring from backup. Although its a moot point if the default is Edge. If that is the case, simply install Chrome and make it the default.
No, not to simply log the name of the default browser in the Installed Software List which is what I was suggesting.
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This!
Never wondered why they can do that in Win 7 and not in 10?
I suspect there are some kind of builtin protection in 1 that prevents the default browser to be set programmatically or third party browsers would still be able to do that.
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It's called Microsoft's greed. I'm surprised there hasn't been a lawsuit over this. I for one am sick and tired of Edge and all its BS. It's a better browser than IE, but it's more annoying because of how MS crams it down your throat.
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This will tell you the default browser.RGSA (Rocket Grannie Security Analysis)
If Fab can figure which scipt does this at lease you know which browser was set as default.
If Fab can figure which scipt does this at lease you know which browser was set as default.
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Finding out which browser is default is not an issue anymore. Setting it is! This can only be done using the dedicated Windows settings window on 10. No program can do that or you can be sure that third party web browsers would do it like they did before Windows 10!
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Yes Win10 blocks that now. I'm guessing it probably also blocks the default email application and who knows what else.
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PDF reader as well
Which is why I'm suggesting that the default browser is logged in the Installed Software List report. Then the tech can manually set the default after installing the browser.
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LMFAO
Why not making a robot that will do the tech things and replace the man ? The ultimate dream!
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Porthos
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I would like to know the default so that I can set the computer as close as it was when it came in.
If Firefox isn't on the installed program list then the default has to be Chrome correct? I haven't met anyone yet using Edge as a default and it won't leave my shop with IE being set as default for security reasons. I understand IE supports some things in Active X that other browsers won't, but it doesn't need to be default.
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A lot of users were using IE before the upgrade in 2015 the only obvious blue "E" was edge.
