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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (10 children)

You can disable or streamline that stuff with either group policy or registry keys.

I used to do the same work (several years ago) and I started researching fixes and writing scripts to speed up my work.

Make a to do list of what your computer setup process is. Figure out the earliest you can launch a script (netshare or usb). Then start writing scripts for your tasks.

Installing apps, file transfers and system configs.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    At that point why not run a WDS

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Unfortunately our setup is not that sophisticated and neither am I. It's a goal we're working toward, but we're just caught in a loop doing archaic shit because the workload is too high to fix it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    That seems like a lot of convoluted bullshit just to get your os to work, considering you need to update the whole thing every week.

    You sure you haven't tried arch? Openbsd? You sound like a typical user.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm talking about supporting an American enterprise environment that handles medical patient data. No Linux workstations really. Easier to comply with HIPAA that way.

    Is it convoluted BS? Sure why not. But Microsoft services are really sticky once you get integrated at a large scale (5k workstations plus over 100 servers).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    or you could just use linux.

    Sounds like the same level of effort, and it doesn't try and fight you every possible step of the way.

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