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Where can I find indexes of the windows-noob.com step-by-step guides
Introduction windows-noob.com has been around for many years, and during that time I’ve written hundreds of step-by-step guides with screenshots. You may not be aware, but I’ve created indexes of these guides that cover multiple versions of System Center Configuration … Continue reading
How can I forcefully upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 10 to the latest version of Windows 10 using SCCM CB ?
Introduction Windows 7 is going EOL (End of life) in 2020, that means you have less than two years to move from Windows 7 to Windows 10 to remain supported. Based on the graphic below, you could indeed migrate to … Continue reading
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Update 1802 for Configuration Manager Technical Preview Branch – Available Now!
This month’s new preview features include: Improvements in OSD Improvements to Windows 10 in-place upgrade task sequence – The default task sequence template for Windows 10 in-place upgrade now includes additional groups with recommended actions to add before and after … Continue reading
How can I enable the diagnostic prompt for Windows 10 upgrades in Windows 10 v1703 and later
Introduction On Windows 10 version 1607 and earlier during Windows 10 upgrades from one version to another, after the computer reboots to upgrade the operating system you’ll see a screen similar to the below At this point you could press … Continue reading
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How can I send notification messages using PowerShell in Microsoft Intune
Introduction Occasionally you want to inform users about something, such as the need to update or install software, and the easiest way to do that is with some sort of a popup notification. The ability to do that in Microsoft … Continue reading
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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1801 now available !
Introduction Microsoft have released the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager namely System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1801. There are two main versions (of Configuration Manager) available: System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) System … Continue reading
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Troubleshooting “Something went wrong error 801c0003” during enrollment via Windows AutoPilot and Microsoft Intune
Introduction Yesterday I needed to deploy a new Windows 10 version 1709 Virtual Machine using Windows AutoPilot, with a user that did not have Administrative permissions on that Virtual Machine, so I created the profile in Windows AutoPilot in the … Continue reading
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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1712 now available !
Introduction Microsoft have released the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager namely System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1712. There are two main versions (of Configuration Manager) available: System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) System … Continue reading
How can I use Windows AutoPilot with a Proxy ?
Introduction Microsoft describes Windows AutoPilot as “Windows AutoPilot is a suite of capabilities designed to simplify and modernize the deployment and management of new Windows 10 PCs”. That roughly translates to a cloud based method of deploying new Windows 10 … Continue reading
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How can I customize the start screen in Windows 10 using Intune
Introduction I’ve been doing a lot of testing with Windows AutoPilot recently (blog post coming soon), and as part of that testing, I wanted my Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators update) devices to have a customized start screen (or … Continue reading
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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1711 now available !
Introduction Microsoft (together with a bunch of Microsoft MVP’s in Seattle) have released the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager namely System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1711. There are two main versions (of Configuration Manager) available: … Continue reading
How can I automate the deployment of Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) using MDT and PowerShell ?
Introduction Microsoft released the new Surface Pro and recently a new operating system, Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators Update). Now you can automate the installation of it using PowerShell. This script has been written to allow you to automate … Continue reading
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How can I quickly create a Hyper-V Virtual Machine using PowerShell
Introduction This is an extremely quick post to help you create Hyper-V virtual machines using PowerShell. The script assumes you’ve already installed the Hyper-V feature in Windows. You can define a bunch of variables *highlighted in red below* such as … Continue reading
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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1710 now available !
Introduction Another month has passed by and finally we get to play with the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager from Microsoft. I would have blogged about it earlier but my lab took a nose dive and … Continue reading
Collection query for All Windows 10 version 1709
This is a quick post about a query you can use to find All Windows 10 version 1709, here’s the query ! select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_OPERATING_SYSTEM on SMS_G_System_OPERATING_SYSTEM.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_R_System.OSBranch != 2 and (SMS_R_System.OperatingSystemNameandVersion = … Continue reading
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