mikeymikec
Lifer
Three missing options I've learnt about recently:
On older versions of Windows, it was reasonably easy to check whether a user's account password was set to expire after x days. MS removed this option from the Windows 8 UI, and it's apparently only possible to change it via the command prompt. Oddly enough, out of 9x Windows 8.1 machines I build and installed (intended to be in identical fashion), one had a standard user account set to expire, the others don't.
On older versions of Windows, I had a single set of instructions that I could give any user to get Windows to run a full disk check. However, in Windows 8.1, that option has disappeared (when you right-click on a drive, properties, tools, check, Windows starts doing a light disk check rather than giving the user the option to run a full check). Presumably if Windows notices a problem during the light check it would give the option for a full one, but I've seen plenty of light checks passed despite a full check picking up a problem.
On Windows 7 it was possible to find out wifi passwords if you had admin privs. On 8x the UI has been removed. I understand it's possible to query certain settings via the command prompt, but I'm not sure if finding out if showing the wifi password is one of them.
On older versions of Windows, it was reasonably easy to check whether a user's account password was set to expire after x days. MS removed this option from the Windows 8 UI, and it's apparently only possible to change it via the command prompt. Oddly enough, out of 9x Windows 8.1 machines I build and installed (intended to be in identical fashion), one had a standard user account set to expire, the others don't.
On older versions of Windows, I had a single set of instructions that I could give any user to get Windows to run a full disk check. However, in Windows 8.1, that option has disappeared (when you right-click on a drive, properties, tools, check, Windows starts doing a light disk check rather than giving the user the option to run a full check). Presumably if Windows notices a problem during the light check it would give the option for a full one, but I've seen plenty of light checks passed despite a full check picking up a problem.
On Windows 7 it was possible to find out wifi passwords if you had admin privs. On 8x the UI has been removed. I understand it's possible to query certain settings via the command prompt, but I'm not sure if finding out if showing the wifi password is one of them.
