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Posts by Kevin Johnston

If they mean the underlying channel stuff like in the registry doesn’t change then I get that, but if the GUI doesn’t change and still says SAEC when updates are monthly, then that’ll definitely be confusing

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If that's all they texted without acknowledging any of your attempts to reach out over the past four years, then I'd say it's not a serious attempt. I'd probably wait until the next day and respond with "thanks" (also with no punctuation) and see if they respond with anything else.

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KB5072653: Extended Security Updates (ESU) Licensing Preparation Package for Windows 10 - Microsoft Support

Preparation H(otfix) Redmond

support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/...

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I recall a case I ran into during a Win10 IPU (1809 to 1909, maybe) where an app had an invalid autorun reg entry that was somehow getting "cleaned up" during the IPU. This caused the app to think it needed to be "repaired" on next run. Only thing that comes to mind of an app being damaged post- IPU

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The pw reqs are all disabled (except for 4 char limit which can't go lower) but shouldn't be a factor anyway if removing/setting back to nothing. It works to remove it in the BIOS GUI so that's the only workaround I've found so far. Prob need to open a support case 😩

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For old models at least, a pw needs to be set for the TPM related commands to work IIRC. Probably not the case for newer models but the TS is 1 size fits all and the device tail is long. Could rework but hasn't been a reason to until now

1 year ago 1 0 1 0

Any #ConfigMgr folks out there using #Dell cctk.exe setuppwd to set a temp BIOS password during #OSD then remove it? Setting works but remove started failing on a few models with the newest BIOS version. Ex: Latitude 5420, v1.42.0. Error code 60 "pw not changed new pw does not meet requirements"

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Let's say an org was using ConfigMgr + MDT task sequences, including an MDT database that contains all the make model (drivers/BIOS) and role (packages/apps) info...would DeployR be able to replace that? This is purely hypothetically speaking, of course... 😅

1 year ago 1 0 1 0
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Oh great...now I'm seeing this on Windows 10 after installing the December CU 😩

1 year ago 1 0 0 0

Wow, this takes me back...I loved playing with Construx! I remember trying to make a wearable Ghostbusters proton pack out of them long ago 😄

1 year ago 2 0 1 0

A possible workaround is setting Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DesktopSpotlight\Settings\EnabledState = 0 in the default user hive. Still testing.

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Since updating my #Windows11 23H2 .wim with the Nov CU, new builds seem to be ignoring a custom theme/background applied during #ConfigMgr OSD and defaulting to Windows Spotlight for the background instead.

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Fixing why Sysprep fails in Windows 10 or Windows 11 due to Windows Store updates - Deployment Research When creating reference images for Windows 10 or Windows 11, Sysprep is very likely to fail if the machine has Internet access, and have enough time to start updating it's built-in applications, or in...

Same workaround 10 years later as well? www.deploymentresearch.com/fixing-why-s...

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Uninstallation script for the classic Teams client - Microsoft Teams Documenting for a downloadable uninstall script for the classic Teams client which allows you to manually shut off and remove the classic Teams client after moving to the new Teams client on non-VDI d...

So, Microsoft finally released a script to clean up classic Teams installations, but it invokes Win32_Product? 😩 learn.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

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