In the search box on the taskbar (click Start), type command prompt, right-click the command prompt result and then select Run as administrator and confirm. At the command prompt (decline restarting your machine until you have entered the final command): Type ipconfig /release and press Enter. Type ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter. Type ipconfig /renew and press Enter. (this will stall for a moment) Type netsh int […]
Category: Windows
This is a nice trick to block application execution, for example, if you’re deploying an Outlook plugin just add the following reg keys to stop the end user re-launching Outlook after it’s closed. The %1 will simply do nothing, if you click the outlook shortcut nothing at all will happen. Once the installation is complete […]
I fixed this issue by running cmd as my Microsoft account. Click Start > Open CMD Paste in the below Enter the password for the account when prompted, this will sync your password and allow you to RDP to the machine.
Open either an admin cmd window or an admin Powershell windows and run one of the following. Admin Applet Command AD Domains and Trusts domain.msc Active Directory Management admgmt.msc AD Sites and Services dssite.msc AD Users and Computers dsa.msc ADSI Edit adsiedit.msc Authorization manager azman.msc Certification Authority Management certsrv.msc Certificate Templates certtmpl.msc Cluster Administrator cluadmin.exe […]
You should be passing the password to the Start-Process cmdlet in a more secure way, it can be stored in a file as an encrypted string. The account that encrypts the string is the only one that can decrypt it so bear that in mind.
Set X256 AES Encryption Cipher Set Full Disk Encryption Set Bitlocker PIN Enable Bitlocker
Possible Cause This issue occurs if the WSUS servers are configured to use the old synchronization endpoint, https://fe2.update.microsoft.com/v6. This endpoint was fully decommissioned and is no longer reachable after July 8, 2019. Resolution To fix the issue, change the synchronization endpoint in WSUS configuration to https://sws.update.microsoft.com. To do this, follow these steps on the topmost WSUS server that connects […]
The below xml is a very basic unattend file for SCCM OS deployments. It solves the issue where ‘Just a moment…’ covers the deployment status window so you can’t see the progress of the deployment.
Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\DP Name: RamDiskTFTPWindowSize Type: REG_DWORD The default value is 1 (1 data block fills the window) I used 8 which gave good speeds. We can also tweak the TFTPBlockSize which has been around for many versions of Configuration Manager. Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\DP Name: RamDiskTFTPBlockSize Type: REG_DWORD Value: <customized block size> Test with values: 4096, 8192, […]
Start > Run: %localappdata%\AWSToolkit Delete the file named: RegisteredAccounts.json