Logitech SetPoint is a powerful configuration tool for most Logitech Products.

Usually, when dealing with keyboards/mice, one plugs in the device and it starts working, later installing any software that is needed to configure the device.

It looks like there is a known, yet unresolved and poorly documented, bug in SetPoint for devices using the popular Logitech Unifying Receiver. After installing SetPoint you will notice there are no “My Keyboard” or “My Mouse” tabs in the setpoint configuration screen.
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There are a ton of fixes on the net for Windows Update problems, this one, however, might be a one-stop-shop for Windows Update repairs

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Upgrade keys/media sometimes make it difficult for you to perform clean installs of Windows Operating Systems. Clean Installs are often needed when recovering from hardware failure. There are a dozen workarounds, including the perfectly OK method of calling Microsoft during activation, Microsoft will have you run a remote-support tool which is activated with a special key-code provided over the phone.

Here are some of the other workarounds:

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Are you responsible for multiple exchange (e-mail) mailboxes? Tired of sent items not going into their corresponding sent-box? Here is the solution for Microsoft Outlook

Email that you send on behalf of someone is not saved in their Sent Items folder

From: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2181579

This also works in newer versions of Outlook, just locate the appropriate registry key version.  Microsoft FixIt will also make the changes for you locally

After combing the net, it looks like there are several policies that should be configured in order to properly allow non-administrator users to install printers

1. Computer Configuration (Administrative Templates): “Point and Print Restrictions”—>Set to Disabled (This seems to be the most important one, users kept receiving UAC prompts until I configured this policy)

2. Computer Configuration: “Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers”—>Set to Disabled

3. Computer Configuration (Administrative Templates): “Allow non-administrators to install drivers for these device setup classes” —> Define appropriate set up classes as found here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff553426(v=vs.85).aspx

As always, I’m anything but omniscient, many thanks to the following sites for helping put all this together:

1. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverGP/thread/67e34b3c-8e53-4a38-9e99-92c3dd53e38a/

2. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff553426(v=vs.85).aspx

3. http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/1269-stop-the-windows-7-prompts-for-printer-install

4. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/7/archive/2011/07/11/allowing-standard-users-to-install-network-printers-on-windows-7-without-prompting-for-administrative-credentials.aspx