Author: Dries Willems

Download HP Image Assistant and extract the contents from https://ftp.ext.hp.com/pub/caps-softpaq/cmit/HPIA.html Copy the extracted contents to SCCM or Intune from C:\SWSetup\ Create a package with the following commandline While running the command it first analyses the system for the missing driver updates straight from HP. This could take 15-30 minutes depending on the amount of drivers/firmware…

We experience timeout issues during the User Configuration of Autopilot with our existing PowerShell SCCM Client script. We just injected the ccmsetup.msi from the root SCCM Install directory and injected it as a Line-of-business app in Intune. Benefits are almost instant logon. Downside is that SCCM is still installing in the background. For us that…

PowerShell script to update the existing Windows 10 using the handy Windows 10 Update Assistant. Didn’t bother to package this, as we only had 1026 outdated devices which were online 24/7. Validated this from W10 1903 and higher to W10 22H2. Script runs completely silent in the background and only popped up after +-45 minutes…

One needs to copy the LanguagePack folder below x86/x64. Client source files can be taken from: CD.Latest\SMSSETUP\CLIENT Client language packs can be taken from: CD.Latest\LanguagePack\Client\lang\smssetup\Client\arch\LanguagePack

There are several methods to bypass the Microsoft account requirement during setup on Windows devices. I described one option in How to use local accounts on Windows 11 version 22H2 devices. While written for that specific version, the described method works in other versions of Windows 11 as well. To describe it in a sentence, it…

Run Powershell Elevated or Start CMD as an Administrator net stop winmgmt /y winmgmt /resetrepository reboot PC Start CMD as an Administrator c:\windows\ccm\ccmrepair.exe

Note: Current users logged on the system will be not affected because the ntuser.dat file is locked by the system.

Install Microsoft ToDo without Store We are going to use the Microsoft ToDo app as an example of how you can download and install apps without the store, but you can use this for any app of course. Step 1 – Find the URL of the app So the first step is to find the…

SCCM Packages run in 32-bit context, which forces System32 to be redirected to SysWOW64 on a 64-bit system. Even the SCCM CB version Packages run in 32-bit mode. So you might have faced difficulties in running powershell scripts in 64-bit mode.The fix for this is to ensure your batch file has the following lines: %SystemRoot%\sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe…

Here’s the Powershell script we want to use to evaluate all of the baselines deployed to the machines in a device collection. If you just want to evaluate a specific one you need to modify the script. First off all, lets create a script Copy the or import the powershell script Approve the script you just created.…

Remove existing drivers https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html Install clean drivers https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-nvcleanstall/

ImageUSB is a free utility which lets you write an image concurrently to multiple USB Flash Drives. Capable of creating exact bit-level copies of USB Flash Drive (UFDs), ImageUSB is an extremely effective tool for the mass duplication of UFDs. ImageUSB also supports writing of an ISO file byte by byte directly to an USB drive…

The only way is to shorten the path. PowerShell does not have support for long paths. Long Paths on a server are a very bad thing as they will continue to be headaches for all. You can shorten the path by mapping a PowerShell drive at a midway point. Now you can use X: to…

Method 1: Delete User Profile in Advanced System Properties Press the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run dialog. Type sysdm.cpl and press Enter. In the System Properties window, select the Advanced tab and click on the Settings button under User Profiles. Select the user profile of the problematic Windows account, and click on Delete.If the Delete button is greyed out, it’s…

Option 1: Download https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/download-drivers-and-firmware-for-surface-09bb2e09-2a4b-cb69-0951-078a7739e120 or https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=101315 Open CMD as an Administrator Option 2: If you have a surface that is already set-up and has all of its drivers . You can extract them via powershell using the Export-WindowsDriver command. Open PowerShell as an Administrator

Guide from @banpiro (Discord) to download stock Factory_config.xml from SD625 System WITHOUT root: This is only useful if there has been not imported any file by yourself before! 1. Create WiFi hotspot in a smartphone 2. Connect Head Unit & your laptop to WiFi hotspot. You need to know Head Unit IP (you can check…

Intune One Data Collector logs: To run this, on a affected device, open an elevated (“Run as administrator…”) PowerShell window and run these three commands: Windows Autopilot MDM logs: To run this, on a affected device, open an elevated (“Run as administrator…”) PowerShell window and run these three commands:

How to implement it ? 1. Download the ZIP content 2. Extract ZIP 3. Be sure to have both Add_structure.ps1 and Sources folder 4. Run Add_structure.ps1 with admin rights 5. A new context menu will be added for .intunewin How to use it ? 1. Do a right-click on a .intunewin file 2. The below context menu we appear 3. Click on Extract intunewin…

If there are Lenovo models in your organisation:

Certificate Discovery Script: Simply replace the value of the $sn variable in the above script with the actual serial number of the certificate you are installing (unless you really want to check for the code signing certificate in my lab). You can easily grab this from the Details tab of the Certificate dialog in the…

Export the list of drivers in the table form to a text file using the command:dism /online /get-drivers /format:table > c:\drivers.txt Now you can delete all unnecessary drivers with the help of command pnputil.exe /d oemNN.inf (NN — is a number of drivers file package from drivers.txt, as example oem02.inf). In case the driver is in use, you will…

select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System WHERE DateDiff(dd,SMS_R_System.CreationDate, GetDate()) <= 7

It is not recommend to query against the tables directly, this can lead to table locking issues. It is recommend that you always query against the views, on top of that I would not use the Installed Software for OS info. I would use the v_GS_OPERATING_SYSTEM for this. Run the following query against your CM…

net stop ccmexec /ynet stop VMAuthdService /ynet stop winmgmt /yc:cd %systemroot%\system32\wbemrd /S /Q repositoryregsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\scecli.dllregsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\userenv.dllmofcomp cimwin32.mofmofcomp cimwin32.mflmofcomp rsop.mofmofcomp rsop.mflfor /f %%s in (‘dir /b /s *.dll’) do regsvr32 /s %%sfor /f %%s in (‘dir /b *.mof’) do mofcomp %%sfor /f %%s in (‘dir /b *.mfl’) do mofcomp %%swinmgmt /resetrepositorynet start winmgmtnet start…

Depends which channel is being used and which type of app. Win32 apps via Intune Management Extension Agent are cached here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Intune Management Extension\Content Windows LOB apps (single MSI) pushed via MDM channel like the Intune Management Extension Agent itself are cached here during install and then deleted: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\mdm Check the log…

Download and extract Handle & Process Explorer from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/handle & https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer Copy Handle.exe and ProceXP.exe to C:\Temp Run CMD as Administrator Run Handle.exe C:\Windows\ccm You should be able to see the PID Now run ProceXP.exe and kill the PID http://jayantech.blogspot.com/2016/03/unable-to-remove-ccm-folder.html

Update guide for testing Verify existing Office version Open Word go to File > Account Open CMD and Run the config command “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe” /changesetting Channel=Insiders Enforce the new config “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe” /update user updatepromptuser=true forceappshutdown=true displaylevel=true Install the updates Installer will close running Office apps Sign out Windows Log back…

@echo off rem This script resets IE silently rem via the method of sending keystrokes onto UI rem Author: Kim Doan start RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ResetIEtoDefaults ping 127.0.0.1 -w 1 -n 2 echo set WshShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”) >autokeys.vbs echo WshShell.Sendkeys “%{DOWN}” >>autokeys.vbs echo WshShell.Sendkeys “R{ENTER}” >>autokeys.vbs echo WshShell.Sendkeys “%{UP}” >>autokeys.vbs cscript autokeys.vbs del autokeys.vbs ping 127.0.0.1 -w…

1. Powershell: Recommended approach. IdentifyingNumber is the ProductCode (WMI peculiarity). get-wmiobject Win32_Product | Format-Table IdentifyingNumber, Name, LocalPackage -AutoSize 2. Registry Lookup: There are always weird exceptions accounted for only by the internals of the API-implementation: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29937568/how-can-i-find-the-product-guid-of-an-installed-msi-setup

Make use of double “” to add a single ” in a variable for paths that has spaces C:\Program Files (x86)\ThunderBolt 3 Update

With the SkipNetworkProfileCheck parameter, you can just ignore the warning: Enable-PSRemoting -SkipNetworkProfileCheck -Force

Accessing environment variables in PowerShell is easy, either: dir env: to view all of them, or: dir env:ProgramFiles to access a specific one. However, if you try that for the ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable you are greeted with the following error:view sourceprint? PS C:\> dir env:ProgramFiles(x86) x86 : The term ‘x86’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file,…

Step 1: Retrieve latest version from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office365-proplus-by-date?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fae942449-1fca-4484-898b-a933ea23def7 Download the Office Deployment Tool Create new xml with the Office 365 configuration and save as an XML file. <Configuration><Updates Enabled=”TRUE” TargetVersion=”16.0.11328.20420″ /></Configuration> or <Configuration> <Updates Enabled=”TRUE” TargetVersion=”16.0.11328.20420″ Channel=”Broad” /> </Configuration> <Configuration> <Updates Enabled=”TRUE” TargetVersion=”16.0.11328.20480″ /> </Configuration> Run setup.exe /configure newconfig.xml From <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/delay-receiving-feature-updates-from-deferred-channel-for-office-365-proplus> Step 2: Force update with…

nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp

Getting error code of Add-WindowsCapability failed. Error code = 0x800f0954Run “gpedit.msc” to edit your local computer policy. Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Specify settings for optional component installation and component repair My local policy seems to have defaulted to “Disabled” – after changing it to “Enabled” and selecting the checkbox labeled “Download repair content and optional features directly…

Beware of aggressive APM on Windows 10 Build 1809 If your spinning disks are making clicking noises: In Windows 10 the registry key is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\iaStorAC\Parameters\Device Create a new dword value named EnableAPM with a 0 value and hdd head parking is gone. Note that iaStorAC might be iaStorA or iaStorAV in some cases. https://msfn.org/board/topic/140404-control-your-hdds-aamapm-through-registry/

select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM on SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.Model like “%Optiplex 7060%”

Dell Command Configure 3.2.0.209:————————————————————–HAPIInstall.cmd: @echo off if defined programfiles(x86) ( call %0%\..\x86_64\HAPI\HAPIInstall.bat ) else ( call %0%\..\x86\HAPI\HAPIInstall.bat )————————————————————–HAPIInstall.bat: @echo off Echo This file will install HAPI %0\..\hapint64.exe -i -k C-C-T-K -p “hapint64.exe” -q ————————————————————–cctk.cmd bootorder –activebootlist=uefi————————————————————–cctk.cmd –secureboot=enable————————————————————–————————————————————–HP BIOS Configuration Utility 4.0.15.1:————————————————————–BiosConfigUtility64.exe /setvalue:”Boot Mode”,”UEFI Native (Without CSM)”————————————————————–BCU.cmd /setvalue:”Boot Mode”,”UEFI Hybrid (With CSM)”————————————————————–BCU.cmd: @ECHO OFF set cmdline=%*…

Set the failure message step after Setup Windows and ConfigMgr.Set OSD Failure MessageREG ADD HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v legalnoticecaption /t REG_SZ /d “The Operating System Deployment FAILED!” /f & REG ADD HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v legalnoticetext /t REG_SZ /d “Please rerun the imaging task by restarting the boot media or contact the Service Desk.” /f Remove the failure message…

$computerName = Read-Host ‘Enter computer name or press <Enter> for localhost’ $List = @{} if ($computerName -eq “”) {$computerName = “$env:computername”} $computer = [ADSI]”WinNT://$computerName,computer” $Users = $computer.psbase.Children | Where-Object { $_.psbase.schemaclassname -eq ‘group’ } foreach ($i in $Users) {$objUser = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($i.Name) $strSID = $objUser.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]) $list[$i.Name[0]] = $strSid.Value } $list | ft

Before you proceed, please install a launcher such as Nova, since we are removing Poco launcher that is installed by default. 1. You will need to install Minimal ADB fastboot 1.4.3 https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962187416754459552 2. Open Command prompt as an Administrator 3. In your phone, go to about phone and click 10 times on MIUI version (For…

Send Ctrl+Alt+Del to nested RDP session Start Run C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}

Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\virtualization\v2 -class Msvm_VirtualSystemSettingData | select ElementName, BIOSSerialNumber, BIOSGUID | Sort-Object -Property ElementName

If it is a traditional PC BIOS then the ISO uses the El Torito boot code (etfsboot.com). In this case deleting \boot\bootfix.bin will work. If it is an EFI BIOS then the ISO should use EFI boot code (efisys.bin). There is also a efisys_noprompt.bin boot code file that can be used when creating the ISO…

Unlike on Linux, when MySQL is running on Windows, most of sys-admins including myself 🙂 found that backup MySQL Databases on Windows is little bit hard. When trying to automate it, then it would definitely become challenge . However there are lots of free and commercial tools are available to automate MySQL backup process on…

First of all create a new generation 2 VM that we’ll use with our new VHDX we created using Disk2VHD. Don’t create a new vdhx but select to use an existing one and point it to the one we just created with Disk2VHD. Rename it if needed to something more suitable. Don’t boot the VM…

# Redistribute failed packages without clicking view status -> redistribute package $SiteCode = “P01” $PackageState = “3” $FailedPackages = Get-WmiObject -Namespace “Root\SMS\Site_$($SiteCode)” -Query “select * from SMS_PackageStatusDistPointsSummarizer where state = $($PackageState)” if ($FailedPackages.Count -gt 0) { Write-Host “There are $($FailedPackages.Count) Failed Packages at the moment.” } elseif ($FailedPackages) { Write-Host “There is 1 Failed Package…

Some people notice after upgrading to Windows 10 April Update, that there is a new partition (recovery partition with Windows PE). Due to the fact, that a drive letter is assigned, the logical drive will be shown in explorer. And Windows 10 starts with annoying notifications, that the disk is full. This forum post describes…

(Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase “ou=Users,ou=London.UK,ou=EMEA,ou=Divisions,dc=bla,dc=com” -server “bla.com”).count

Prerequisites The Hyper-V host and guest must both be Windows Server 2016/Windows 10 Anniversary Update or later. VM configuration version 8.0 or greater. An Intel processor with VT-x and EPT technology — nesting is currently Intel-only. There are some differences with virtual networking for second-level virtual machines. See “Nested Virtual Machine Networking”. Configure Nested Virtualization…

<# ImportHyperVVM.ps1 Dries Willems 03/12/2014 #> Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V –All -NoRestart Restart-Computer -Wait -For PowerShell -Timeout 600 -Delay 2 Import-Module Hyper-V $ethernet = Get-NetAdapter -Name ethernet $wifi = Get-NetAdapter -Name wi-fi New-VMSwitch -Name EthernetExternalSwitch -NetAdapterName $ethernet.Name -AllowManagementOS $true -Notes ‘Parent OS, VMs, LAN’ New-VMSwitch -Name WiFiExternalSwitch -NetAdapterName $wifi.Name -AllowManagementOS $true -Notes ‘Parent OS, VMs,…

Command:(Get-Credential).Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File “C:\Temp\ABC_A1000001_PW.txt” Script: $username = “ABC\A1000001” $password = Get-Content ‘\\server.domain.xyz\Scripts\Migration\ABC_A1000001_PW.txt’ | ConvertTo-SecureString $cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ` -argumentlist $username, $password

The current Start Menu after a successful OSD looked a bit messy: Software that is not installed on the PC doesn’t show up on the Start Menu. (We won’t see any “ghost” tiles or …) Once they install for example Google Chrome or Office 2016, it will show up automatically on the Start Menu. The…

Remove 3D Builder, Alarms and Clock, Calendar and Mail, Contact Support, Cortana, Get Office, Get Skype, Groove Music, Maps, Microsoft Edge, Money, Movies & TV, News, OneNote, Candy Crush, Get Asphalt, People, Phone Companion, Twitter, Sports, Voice Recorder, Weather and XBOX. Get-AppXPackage | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage

Error: This version of bootcamp is not intended for this computer model. Download Orca or InstEd It and open the BootCamp/Drivers/Apple/BootCamp.msi file using this software. Find the table called LaunchCondition and select Drop table. Save the file and run the BootCamp.msi from within Windows and it should start installing the drivers! Reboot when prompted and…

Open PowerShell from your sccm console as an admin so you are connected to your site server Just export your task sequence using the following command (Get-CMTaskSequence | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq “YourTaskSequenceName”}).Sequence | Out-File “C:\Temp\YourFileName.xml” Copy tsDocumentorv2.xsl to the same folder as your task sequence. https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/TNBlogsFS/prod.evol.blogs.technet.com/telligent.evolution.components.attachments/01/6127/00/00/03/20/49/89/tsDocumentorv2.xsl Open your task sequence YourFileName.xml in your favourite text…

Recover Solution #1 (Wipe cache, this will clear app setting data but will retain user data) Go to recovery by holding power button + volume down Choose English Choose ‘Wipe data and cache’ Choose ‘wipe cache’ (This will only clear app settings data, other data on the internal storage will not be erased) Choose ‘Yes’…

$ccmProgram = Get-WmiObject -Namespace ROOT\CCM\ClientSDK -Class CCM_Program | Where-Object {$_.EvaluationState –eq 14} If ($ccmProgram -ne $null) { $ccmExecutionRequestEx = Get-WmiObject -Namespace ROOT\CCM\SoftMgmtAgent –Class CCM_ExecutionRequestEx | Where-Object {$_.RunningState -eq “NotifyExecution” -and $_.AdvertID -gt “” -and $_.ContentID -eq $ccmProgram.PackageID} If ($ccmExecutionRequestEx -ne $null) { $ccmExecutionRequestEx | Remove-WmiObject Start-Process sc.exe -ArgumentList “config smstsmgr depend= winmgmt/ccmexec” -Wait Restart-Service -Name…

Virtual Machines Access denied. Unable to establish communication between ‘Hyper-V Server’ and ‘Hyper-V Manager’. This is puzzling since the workstation has been connected to this particular Hyper-V server many times using other network profiles. The profile we created for the Microsoft folks was seemingly giving us the connection issue. The fix took a bit of…

cachecleaner -deleteall -force=3

Install XAMPP https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html Select Apache and MySQL when installing Config Apache -> Edit php.ini upload_max_filesize=6M Create DB utf8_general_ci + Import sql dbCreate User & assign permissions on DB ——————————————————- Install Drupal 8.x 1. Unzip the Startup Growth Drupal theme package. 2. Locate the [site]/[d8] directory and upload its content to your server. This directory includes…

SELECT CompName.Name0 as ‘Computer Name’, CompSys.Manufacturer0 as ‘OEM’, CompSys.model0 as ‘Model’, BIOS.SMBIOSBIOSVERSION0 as ‘BIOSVersion’, BIOS.ReleaseDate0 as ‘Release Date’ FROM V_R_System as Sys LEFT JOIN V_GS_PC_BIOS as BIOS on Sys.resourceid = BIOS.resourceid LEFT JOIN V_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM as CompSys on Sys.resourceid = CompSys.resourceid LEFT JOIN V_GS_SYSTEM as CompName on Sys.resourceid = CompName.resourceid GROUP BY CompSys.Manufacturer0,CompSys.model0, BIOS.SMBIOSBIOSVersion0, CompName.Name0, BIOS.ReleaseDate0…

Great Client repair utility SCCM Client Tool for 1.fixing WMI issues 2. Ping issues 3. Client Health issues 4. change client cache size 5. Install / Uninstall SCCM Client 6. Repair Update Cycles …. etc The tool is downloadable as a ZIP file that contains four files: ClientActionsTool.hta – The tool itself. Cmdkey.exe – command…

Troubleshooting: Invalid MP cert info; no signature Failed to query http://… for MP location Step 1) verify the mplist and mpcert http://server.bla.com/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mplist http://server.bla.com/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mpcert if you get the cert page and mp list the mp is working https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Bb932118.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

I’ve got some corrupt softpaq downloads usinghttps://ftp.hp.com/pub/caps-softpaq/cmit/HP_Driverpack_Matrix_x64.html ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp66001-66500/ This one is working ftp://g4u0180.houston.hp.com/ftp1/pub/softpaq/sp66001-66500/

Install first Windows XP 32bit on the SSD with IDE mode enabled. Download Intel® Matrix Storage Manager IATA89CD.exe https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/17882/Intel-Matrix-Storage-Manager Open CMDNavigate to IATA89CD.exe with cd Extract:IATA89CD.exe -a Navigate to C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\winall\Driver Copy/paste all files from that folder into C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers Open Device Manager Go to IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers Rightclick to update driver on…

The endpoint settings in VM allows us to configure the incoming traffic such as remote desktop, custom http ports (Teamcity, OctpusDeploy and etc.) to VM. It was pretty easy to find that setting on old HTML5 azure portal https://manage.windowsazure.com. VM EndPoint Setting in old Azure portal But you can’t use the new type of VM…

Secure Delete Files Permanently with SDelete Contents of the Software Package: – sdelete.exe – sdeleteEULA.reg: ————————————————- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sysinternals\SDelete] “EulaAccepted”=dword:00000001 ————————————————- Tasksequence: Restart Computer to WinPE – Secure Wipe C Drive — Copy SDelete xcopy.exe “.\*.*” “%WinDir%” /E /C /Q /H /R /Y /I Package: SDelete — Accept SDelete EULA regedit.exe /S…

Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:”C:\Temp\prodbootv62\sources\boot.wim” /index:1 /MountDir:”C:\Temp\Mount” ## Dependencies: Install WinPE-WMI > WinPE-NetFX > WinPE-Scripting > WinPE-PowerShell Dism /Add-Package /Image:”C:\Temp\Mount” /PackagePath:”C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-HTA.cab” Dism /Add-Package /Image:”C:\Temp\Mount” /PackagePath:”C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-WMI.cab” Dism /Add-Package /Image:”C:\Temp\Mount” /PackagePath:”C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-WMI_en-us.cab” Dism /Add-Package /Image:”C:\Temp\Mount” /PackagePath:”C:\Program…

Auto Apply Drivers This action relies on Plug’n’Play (PNP) detection from within Windows PE (WinPE) to scan the hardware that is present, and send this list to the Management Point (MP). The MP replies with a list of compatible drivers that are available on local Distribution Points (DPs), and the Task Sequence downloads and installs…

NetpJoinDomainOnDs: Function exits with status of: 0x216d 0x216d = ERROR_DS_MACHINE_ACCOUNT_QUOTA_EXCEEDED “Your computer could not be joined to the domain. You have exceeded the maximum number of computer accounts you are allowed to create in this domain. Contact your system administrator to have this limit reset or increased.” By default any authenticated user can add up…

Peter Monten gave me a cool query for SCCM 2012 to monitor an deployment.It is compatible with all deployments in SCCM and so I changed it for our Office 365 – 2016 rollout. select stat.*, ins.*, att1.*, att1.AttributeTime from SMS_StatusMessage as stat left join SMS_StatMsgInsStrings as ins on stat.RecordID = ins.RecordID left join SMS_StatMsgAttributes as…

System.NullReferenceException Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Stack Trace: at Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Migration.ObjectSerialization.Modeling.PrototypeImpl.TryGetPropertyValue(Object instance, String propertyName, Object& value) at Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Migration.ObjectSerialization.Modeling.EntityHandle.TryGetValue[T](String propName, T& value) at Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.AdminConsole.MigrationAssistant.ExportPageControl.relatedWoker_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnDoWork(DoWorkEventArgs e) at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.WorkerThreadStart(Object argument) Remove the checkmark “Use an unattended or Sysprep answer file…” from Apply OS step, the export goes fine. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/00b7fc39-f639-48e1-ba07-0604b29e49b1/unable-to-export-task-sequence-with-dependencies-in-sccm-2012-r2-sp1?forum=configmanagerosd

One solution would be to reboot the computers in the environment. This would clear the Kerberos tickets from all session caches. However, rebooting a server is not always allowed in production and in some cases the server needs to be available 24×7. klist -li 0:0x3e7 purge

Monitoring\Overview\System Status\Component Status http://anoopcnair.com/2012/06/05/configmgr-sccm-2012-where-is-tools-configmgr-service-manager-in-cm12-console/

WMI Query in Tasksequence root\cimv2Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk where name = “C:” and FREESPACE > 5368709120

Good news, there is a hotfix available! https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3084586

Because there is still no new server key available (2016).VLSC has provided us a special Windows 10 activation key. Windows Srv 2012R2 DataCtr/Std KMS for Windows 10 For those guys who don’t understand this.To activate Windows Clients on KMS running Windows Server, you need the Server Key to activate your client.

Option Explicit Dim objshell,path,DigitalID, Result Set objshell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)‘Set registry key pathPath = “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\”‘Registry key valueDigitalID = objshell.RegRead(Path & “DigitalProductId”)Dim ProductName,ProductID,ProductKey,ProductData‘Get ProductName, ProductID, ProductKeyProductName = “Product Name: ” & objshell.RegRead(Path & “ProductName”)ProductID = “Product ID: ” & objshell.RegRead(Path & “ProductID”)ProductKey = “Installed Key: ” & ConvertToKey(DigitalID) ProductData = ProductName & vbNewLine & ProductID &…

Un-checked Allow this package to transfered via multicast at package/image properties. Cleared SerializedMCSKey and SignedSerializedMCSKey in registry (HKLM\Software\SMS\MCS). Unchecked enable multicast at dp properties. Checked enable multicast at dp properties. Checked Allow this package to transfered via multicast at package/image properties. ConfigMgr 2012 R2 MultiCast issue smsts.log showing HRESULT=800705B4)

* Uninstall old SCCM Client C:\Windows\ccmsetup\ .\ccmsetup.exe /uninstall * Clean CCM WMI Get-WmiObject -Namespace “root” -Query “SELECT * FROM __Namespace where name= ‘ccm’” | Remove-WmiObject * Uninstalled Reporting Services Point Role from SCCM 2012 R2 * Ran the script by (Mike Laughlin) after editing “SiteCode” & “Server Name” to clean up OLD files leaving only…

In case you are wondering, normally I would open the EXE’s and extract the MSI’s. But today I decided to use the EXE’s with the default commands that Oracle delivers us. Had some problems with SCCM depencies and with little time, I used a batch file. When using SCCM and installing it with SYSTEM credentials,…

Example: Computers that run Windows 7 Use the following query to return the NetBIOS name and operating system version of all computers that run Windows 7. Tip: To return computers that run Windows Server 2008 R2, change %Workstation 6.1% to %Server 6.1% SELECT * FROM SMS_R_System WHERE OperatingSystemNameAndVersion LIKE ‘%Workstation 6.1’ Example: Computers with a…

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced LaunchTo DWORD 1 = This PC 2 = Quick access

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Upgrading your installation: If you have a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager installation, you can use the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2 media to install the latest patches and automatically upgrade to System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1. New installation: Install System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2 first, and then install System…

Configuring the firewall I already explained Server Core acts as a file server without installing anything. All you need to do is permit file services through the firewall. In the standard firewall configuration there’s already a pre-built exception you can enable by typing the following command: netsh firewall set service fileandprint https://dirteam.com/sander/2007/09/19/getting-installation-files-onto-server-core/

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