Posts by Jay Connor
Edge browser crashes on load - Windows 1703
Update from Microsoft: Fixed in updates - 1709 - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4093105/windows-10-update-kb4093105 | https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=kb4093105 1703 - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4093117/windows-10-update-kb4093117 | https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4093117 We have seen roaming profiles in Windows […]
SCCM client = None after deploying an operating system
In an environment where you use certificates this can happen. CLientIDManagerStartup.log will mention Regtask: Failed to refresh MP. Error: 0x80004005 […]
Setting the Client Status Settings for Client Activity based on AD logon
SCCM will mark a computer inactive if none of the activity checks happen Client policy request Heartbeat discovery Hardware Inventory […]
Monitoring your fleets event logs - Part 2
Install Splunk - It's free! https://www.splunk.com/en_us/download/splunk-enterprise.html Modify Program Files\Splunk\etc\system\local\inputs.conf Add the lines [WinEventLog] evt_resolve_ad_obj = 1 Then we need […]
Monitoring your fleets event logs - Part 1
Windows has an amazing feature that let's you collect logs from remote computers, it's called Windows Event forwarding and is pretty […]
SCCM Component Manager
SCCM Component manager is a quick way to start/stop/pause SCCM components that you would normally control using the Service […]
The certificate you specified is already in use. Are you sure you want to use this certificate?
The whole point of this message is to say Warning: if you block this certificate tomorrow, you are going to […]
Managing Automatic Deployment rules when you don't live in the USA
Update: Starting with SCCM 1802 Automatic deployment rules can be scheduled to evaluate offset from a base day. Meaning, if […]
Disabling Windows File Explorer banner advertising
Microsoft has soo much advertising power with Windows 10, they can now put banners up in Windows Explorer via updates. […]
Creating Alerts for High-Risk Deployments
When you want to deploy Operating Systems zero-touch it can be scary the thought of all systems being added to […]