Is there a way through bigfix to disable windows copilot on a lot of machines since it does not work currently and it’s still in beta mode.
Appreciate the help
Hi @Iamabeginner,
you can disable the windows copilot utility using local group policy editor on the below mentioned path:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot
screenshot of the window is attached herewith for your reference, you just need to enable the setting and it will disable the use of windows copilot on the device
You can apply Local GPO with BigFix by setting it in the Local Group Policy Editor on a system, exporting it to a file, then using that file with Local GPO Utilities. There are example on BigFix.Me
Alright appreciate it
Hi @jgstew , could you provide me some links on information about this local gpo utilities mentioned here? I have a software restriction policy that I would like to push out using bfix if possible to make sure we catch all machines. I know you posted the link to bigfix.me but I have clue as to what I am looking for.
Thanks!
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It comes from Microsoft. The latest version seems to be here:
See this: LGPO.exe - Local Group Policy Object Utility, v1.0 - Microsoft Community Hub
It allows you to set a local group policy object on a system that does not have any applied using gpedit, then run the utility to export those settings to a text file, then use that text file in a BigFix fixlet/task to apply that same GPO setting to any computer using BigFix.
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Thanks @jgstew , I’ll read up on that info. I appreciate it.
You can handle this just by using regset in an action script but IMO this should 100% be handled via Group Policy.
Here you go.
prefetch LGPO.zip sha1:4578a97946102a20505d1e8f09abedd1fd7a8d89 size:531635 https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/5/C/85C25433-A1B0-4FFA-9429-7E023E7DA8D8/LGPO.zip sha256:cb7159d134a0a1e7b1ed2ada9a3ce8ce8f4de391d14403d55438af824247cc55
// Download UnZip utility
prefetch unzip.exe sha1:e1652b058195db3f5f754b7ab430652ae04a50b8 size:167936 http://software.bigfix.com/download/redist/unzip-5.52.exe sha256:8d9b5190aace52a1db1ac73a65ee9999c329157c8e88f61a772433323d6b7a4a
// Add unzip.exe to the client utility cache
utility __Download\unzip.exe
waithidden __Download\unzip.exe -o "{pathname of client folder of current site}\__Download\LGPO.zip" -d "{pathname of client folder of current site}\__Download"
// Create LGPO file to be applied to the system
delete __createfile
delete __Download\LGPOtoApply.txt
createfile until __END_OF_FILE__
User
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot
TurnOffWindowsCopilot
DWORD:1
Computer
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot
TurnOffWindowsCopilot
DWORD:1
__END_OF_FILE__
move __createfile "{pathname of client folder of current site}\__Download\LGPOtoApply.txt"
waithidden "{pathname of client folder of current site}\__Download\LGPO_30\LGPO.exe" /t __Download\LGPOtoApply.txt