Add KB article: Set PPE as default credential provider#1165
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New article covering how to configure Password Policy Enforcer as the default Windows credential provider via GPO or registry. Generated with AI Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <ai@netwrix.com>
…rticle - Fix resolution lead: "disable" → "change the default credential provider" - Expand Cause to clarify this is intermittent Windows credential stack behavior - Move images to product-level 0-images/ and update references - Fix gpmc.msc spelling and apply inline code formatting - Fix missing period and lowercase verb in Option 1/2 steps - Rewrite NOTE as two-bullet structure (With/Without Group Policy) - Fix apostrophe typo and expand contraction in NOTE - Remove redundant setting name and incorrect "GPO" label in Option 1 step 2
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Vale
- Expanded contraction: you're → you are
Dale
- Removed redundant GPO setting name in Option 1 step 2; corrected "GPO" to "setting"
Derek
- Fixed resolution lead: "disable Password Policy Enforcer Client" → "change the default credential provider from Smart Card to Password Policy Enforcer Client" (confirmed with TSE)
- Expanded Cause section to clarify this is intermittent Windows credential provider stack behavior, not guaranteed on every machine (confirmed with TSE)
- Moved images from category-level authentication-and-integration/0-images/ to product-level passwordpolicyenforcer/0-images/; updated image references to ../0-images/
- Fixed GMPC.MSC →
gpmc.msc(correct spelling + inline code formatting) - Added missing period to Option 1 step 1
- Fixed lowercase navigate → Navigate in Option 2 step 2
- Fixed apostrophe typo: that products → that product's
- Restructured NOTE blockquote into two bullets (With Group Policy / Without Group Policy)
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- Dev server build: passed, no errors
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New article covering how to configure Password Policy Enforcer as the default Windows credential provider via GPO or registry if Windows set Smart Card as default credential provider instead of Username/Password logon.
Closes #1166