Month: November 2025

Managing account management on Shared PCs

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This week is all about a closer look at Shared PC Mode on Windows 11. More specifically, this week is all about managing account management capabilities in Shared PC Mode. Account management in Shared PC Mode is about managing the accounts on the device, determining the users that can sign on to the device, and configuring what automatically starts. This post will mainly focus on the first, managing the accounts on the device. Especially on a device that is being shared between many users, it is important to make sure that those accounts are managed properly to prevent the disk from filling up completely. Luckily, within the capabilities of Shared PC Mode there are options for managing those accounts, including cleaning up accounts when needed. …

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Easier configuring Shared PC mode with OneDrive sync enabled

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This week is all about easier enabling Shared PC mode with OneDrive sync. That was already possible for many years, as described here, but the configuration became a lot easier. Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 a setting was introduced that enables IT administrators to enable Shared PC mode with OneDrive sync. For a long time that setting was not available for easy configuration and would require custom configurations to be enabled. That on its turn could create duplicate and conflicting configurations, often caused by multiple policies enabling Shared PC mode. As everything can now be configured via a single policy, those types of issues can be prevented. An IT administrator can now use a single policy to manage everything around Shared PC, even when OneDrive …

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