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Set up keyboard language bar for all users in Windows 10
Previously when deploying Windows you could use the command ‘control.exe intl.cpl,,/f:”languages.xml’ with some funky xml identifying what keyboards you wanted, with Windows 10 this half works so you don’t really want to use it. So what do you do? Well there is a powershell command Set-WinUserLanguageList, however that only applies for the current user logged in.…
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Revoke the eDellRoot Certificate using Group Policy
While most enterprise machines should not have the software installed that adds the Dell certificate it’s better to be safe than sorry. Without revoking this attackers will be able to perform man in the middle ssl attacks as Dell ships the private key with the cert. Download a copy of the Cert and extract https://mega.nz/#F!kwgAQB7K!K6g2PSLyNmpWhQxne5NLfw In…
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Hey Cortana! How do I add additional speeches during OSD so you work?
For Cortana to work with your language you need to install the appropriate speech pack however if you are connected to an enterprise WSUS you won’t be able to see additional downloads for your language. To work around this you can get the language cab files from the ‘Windows 10 Features on Demand’ iso available…
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WINPE 10 Problems and work arounds
To successfully deploy Windows 10 Microsoft recommends using WINPE 10 however there has been a few issues with Powershell and .Net Framework You may see randomly the errors The operating system reported error 2147943401: Recursion too deep; the stack overflowed. The exception Illegal Instruction. An attempt was made to execute an illegal instruction. A…
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MDT Bitlocker Step completes successfully however logs Verify %OSSKU% is defined.
Bitlocker is only supported on Windows Enterprise or Windows Ultimate or Windows Server Verify %OSSKU% is defined During the Bitlocker step a few checks are made including one that attempts to determine whether the install.wim is enterprise, to work around this define the task sequence variable OSSKU to ENTERPRISE. ALTERNATIVELY Use the SCCM built-in step…
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Windows 10 Upgrade installs stupid drivers.
UPDATE: Perhaps I should say the Intel network drivers are bad, and you have to work out which ones work, some need to be installed via setup, some shouldn’t be updated. When Windows 10 upgrades the machine it will replace drivers during the upgrade, sometimes replacing them with outdated drivers that don’t work correctly. Updating…
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Windows 10 Upgrade stuck at 76%
One of the reasons the upgrade will stay at 76% percent is if you have the Client for NFS feature enabled before upgrading. To work around this you can run some commands before and after the Upgrade Windows step. Before: Dism /quiet /norestart /online /Disable-feature /featurename:ServicesForNFS-ClientOnly After: Dism /quiet /online /enable-feature /featurename:ServicesForNFS-ClientOnly Dism /quiet /online…
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KB: Software Updates That Require Multiple Reboots may Cause Task Sequence Failure
If a task sequence is not continuing after the Install update step it is probably due to component based servicing. You can easily find it by searching this text in the relevent log. The update will be mentioned 5 lines above. Look in %windir%logsCBS CBS has signaled TrustedInstaller that a reboot is required. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2894518 list…
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BDEDrive size
It helps to set a bit more space for this partition if you add more components to the boot wim, I chose to use 1GB. SCCM uses the drive with the most space that isn’t encrypted to copy the boot wim down. We had issues in operating system deployment if the boot wim needed…