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If you’re working on a device that has an embedded OEM Windows product key, you can run the following to retrieve it: “That’s nice,” you say, “but can we do that in PowerShell?” But of course! Jacob
[Last Reviewed: 2019-02-20] If you attempt to PXE boot a virtual machine using VMware Fusion, you might see this error: Some quick research showed that I’d have better luck using the ‘vmxnet3’ network adapter rather than the default ‘e1000e’ adapter. I had no problem adding the vmxnet3 to our WinPE image, but… it was Friday. … Read more
Here’s a scenario: you work for a global (intergalactic?) organization. Across your fleet of devices, you’ve got many different languages. You’re looking for a clever way to keep all these machines updated when new builds of Windows come out. Let’s say you’ve got a device that is localized for de-DE. If you were to attempt … Read more
[Last Reviewed: 2018-11-26] Do you need en-US language packs added to ConfigMgr for your multi-lingual IPUs? Do you need it done quickly? Check out New-WULanguagePackPackage.ps1, available on GitHub! This script: Reads an XML file containing the path to language packs on Windows Update (and some metadata, like the Windows version and build) Downloads the language … Read more
[Last Reviewed: 2018-11-19] Recently one of our technicians mentioned in passing how nice it would be if TeamViewer’s console showed usernames in addition to computer names, so searching would be easier. That’s a fantastic idea–let’s use the TeamViewer API and ConfigMgr’s User Affinity to do this! Prerequisites: Tokens, Please Before we begin, we’ll need a … Read more
[Last Reviewed: 2018-11-17] Here’s a scenario: You’re a global organization looking to upgrade your remaining fleet of Windows 7 machines. Your fleet contains multiple locales–your Frankfurt location runs de-DE, and your Shanghai location runs zh-CN. If you were to run an IPU on these machines using your en-US image, you’d discover pretty quickly that the … Read more
[Last Reviewed 2018-08-29] [Note: These notes are a bit of a work in progress. Full scripts will be posted to GitHub once I’m more satisfied with their quality.] TeamViewer’s a pretty recognizable name these days. The remote support software is used by family members, businesses, and more. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and the … Read more
[Last Reviewed 2018-07-12] Let’s say you recently changed your username. You’ve already gone through the process of getting Windows/Office/other apps to recognize you by your new details. Then you open up Service Manager for your ticket queue and… it’s empty! One of two things have happened here: either another member of your team worked on … Read more
At MMSMOA 2017, there was a great presentation by Nash Pherson and Michael Niehaus called “If You Simply Deploy Windows 10, You Failed.” In short, they talked about how your upgrade to Windows 10 should not just be a task sequence running setup.exe, it should also be your chance to do some course correction, finally address … Read more
Here’s the scenario: a machine just came back in from the field and it needs a reload. You kick off OSD, check your email for a few seconds, look back up, and you see a message that OSD has failed. You’ve seen this before. You check the logs to be sure, but you already know … Read more