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A New Era Has Begun - I'm now a SCCDM MVP
This is the third Microsoft MVP category shift in my career, first I was a Setup & Deployment MVP, then a Enterprise Client Management MVP, and now I’m a System Center Cloud & Datacenter...
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise ISO including November 2014 Updates
The Windows 8.1 ISOs are not what they used to be, for example depending on when you download the Windows 8.1 Enterprise with Update from MSDN you get different content.When downloading it today (Dec...
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Project Plex - Replacing my Media Center PC
Twas the night before Christmas, in the year 2014, Project Plex finally begun.For years I have been using a Windows 7 box with Media Center as my main Media PC. It had 6 TB of storage, mainly ISO’s...
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Reset the Domain Admin password in Windows Server 2012 R2
I was surprised to see that the good old domain administrator reset password trick from Windows Server 2008 still works in Windows Server 2012 R2.Thanks to Martijn Brant for reminding me of this.Note:...
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Top 10 blog posts from 2014
Had a great chat today with my good old “friend” Google Analytics :)Top 10 blog postsOut of my 71 blog posts during 2014 (well 72 with this one), the following made it into top 10:#1 - The Hydration...
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CPU spiking on Windows Server 2012 R2 after applying updates
Earlier this year I blogged about the automatic maintenance task in Windows Server 2012 R2 being EVIL, today it’s time for .NET Runtime Optimization Service spiking the CPU on one of my domain...
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Install a Virtual Router based on Windows Server 2012 R2 using PowerShell
Every now and then you need to give a set of lab VMs access to Internet but still keep them on a separate, isolated network. In this scenario, instead of relying on the physical host platform (Hyper-V...
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Duplicating Task Sequences in MDT 2013 Lite Touch
Duplicating, or copying task sequences within the same deployment share in MDT 2013 Lite Touch works is quite different compared with doing the same with ConfigMgr 2012 (SCCM 2012). When you copy a...
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Debugging 80070002 and 80190191 errors during ConfigMgr (SCCM) OSD
Last week I was debugging a task sequence that failed with errors 80070002 and 80190191 when it was trying to download the first package used by the task sequence. The first package the task sequence...
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Nesting sections in CustomSettings.ini
Earlier today I got a question on how to nest sections in CustomSettings.ini to create a computer name. Here is how!Note: For the record, I don’t recommend generating complex computer names based on...
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Hacking Away - Deploying Windows 10 Build 9926 using MDT 2013 Lite Touch
Still the development of MDT 2013 is hopelessly behind the technical preview releases of Windows. Until that happens you can still apply some custom hacks to the current version.In Windows 10 Build...
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Sysprep broken in Windows 10 Build 9926
Turns out that Sysprep is broken in Windows 10 Build 9926, but there is a workaround… When trying to run Sysprep on a virtual machine with Windows 10 build 9926 installed you may be greeted with the...
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Hacking Away - Deploying Windows 10 Build 9926 using SCCM 2012 R2
Like the MDT 2013 Lite Touch post from yesterday, here is the same info but for ConfigMgr 2012 R2. In this post you find step-by-step guidance on how to deploy the Windows 10 Enterprise x64 build 9926,...
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Notes From the Field - Live production upgrade to Windows 10 build 9926
Earlier today I migrated my production machine to Windows 10 build 9926, and also recorded the entire process (video available here).On this blog post I will write about my day-to-day findings of using...
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Windows 10 Upgrade Limitations
While in-place upgrades are nice, there are quite a few scenarios when you need to use the old-school deployment scenarios (new computer, refresh computer and replace compute).Side note:Check out my...
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Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 to Intel NUC devices using MDT 2013
The Intel NUC devices have turned out to be a great machine for a small but efficient Hyper-V host. The challenge is that Intel doesn’t get that, and in fact block their network adapter device drivers...
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Create a Windows 10 reference image using MDT 2013
The development of MDT 2013 is still hopelessly behind the technical preview releases of Windows. Until that happens you can still apply some custom hacks to the current version.Like the previous...
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What's new in the Windows 10 ADK (Technical Preview)
Earlier this morning the technical preview of Windows 10 ADK was released. A nice little 6 GB install if you install features or 2.7 GB you only download the bits (Yes I know the UI says 3.6 GB, but...
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Links from the Top 10 ConfigMgr 2012 issues session at SCU2015
Here are the link from mine and Kent Agerlund’s session earlier today at the SCU2015 conference in Irving, TX.Batman and Robin :)Links from Kent’s...
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Enabling PowerShell Hardcore Mode
Haha, run into a tweet from “nohandle” earlier today that made me laugh out loud. Enabling PowerShell HardCore Mode :) Enabling PowerShell HardCore Mode Hardcode Mode basically means that you configure...
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