
Windows 7 Operating System Optimization
Deploying Microsoft Windows 7 Virtual Desktops with VMware View Applied Best Practices
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Streamline Windows with Autoruns [A]
Autoruns is a program developed by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell of Microsoft. The
program enables an administrator to streamline components of Windows 7 that would otherwise
be difficult and error prone to configure. The Autoruns GUI is a powerful tool that exposes
services, drivers, shell extensions, scheduled tasks and other features normally masked from
view. The interface is shown in Figure 6 below.
There is also a command line version autorunsc that can be run using the command line for
reporting.
Figure 6 Autoruns GUI
Disable success logging [NP]
By default, Windows records both successful and failed login attempts. For some environments,
the overhead of logging successful logons is not required and can be disabled. This could be
considered a potential security issue.
To disable successful login events so that they are not written to the security log:
1. Edit the VMware_View G
PO.
2. S
elect Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings >
Local Policies > Audit Policy.
3. When the Audit account logon events setting Properties dialog box appears, click the
Security Policy Setting tab.
4. Select the Failure checkbox.
Group Policy Refresh Interval [A]
By default, all computers in the domain will attempt to refresh their group policy settings every
90 minutes with a 30 minute offset. This can be extended to limit the amount of network
bandwidth that is consumed when refreshing group policy. By default, group policy is also
updated at every boot of the OS.
To change the group policy refresh interval:
1. Edit the VMware_View G
PO.
2. S
elect Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > System >
Group Policy.
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