ConfigMgr – Watch your language!
In organizations with multiple languages, caution should be used when creating queries, collections and scripts.
CVE-2020-1350 DNS Vulnerability – Configuration Baseline
All scripts and code are provided as-is. I am not responsible for any undesired consequences as a result of you running them. Use at your own risk There is a newly identified vulnerability affecting Windows DNS Servers. This is a serious exploit and the recommendation from Microsoft is to patch this and reboot your servers.…
Windows 10 Builds with CMPivot
Did you know that Windows 10 actually stores the “friendly” build numbers in the registry (1809, 1903, 1909, etc)? I didn’t until Adam Gross pointed it out at last years MMSMOA. Anyway here’s a simple CMPivot to give you a representation of your Windows 10 versions. Which gives you a nice bar chart
Fixing Unable to read task sequence configuration disk
At my employer we have some older Dell machines that are somewhat past their prime in terms of end user computers, but work well as generic PCs. So, we have a couple spare OptiPlex 7010 desktop computers that needed to be re-imaged. I’ve now had two of these computers that start to image, reboot after…
Configuration Manager 1910 Step-by-step upgrade guide
If you’re a seasoned veteran of Configuration Manager, or SCCM, or MECM, or MEMCM. This post is exactly for you. First you want to navigate to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/servers/manage/checklist-for-installing-update-1910. Then you want to read it. Finally install the update from the console. * Optionally you can install this in tandem with drinking a nice cold beer (use…
What’s the deal with peer cache?
I’ll preface this by stating I’m not an expert at the different caching methods, I’m simply reporting what I’ve found with peer cache in my environment. YMMV So as most companies are, in the trailing months of 2019, we’re trying to upgrade our remaining Windows 7 clients to Windows 10. We’re using a task sequence…