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Kevin Johnston

@kevmjohnston

IT Systems Admin/Engineer with a #Microsoft focus: #ConfigMgr, #PowerShell, #MDT, #OSD, App packaging. Formerly in Oil & Gas, currently in Healthcare

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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.

08.03.2026 20:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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06.01.2026 22:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
KB5072653: Extended Security Updates (ESU) Licensing Preparation Package for Windows 10 - Microsoft Support

Preparation H(otfix) Redmond

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

17.11.2025 23:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

04.02.2025 03:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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 ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

05.01.2025 23:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

05.01.2025 23:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 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"

05.01.2025 20:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Office - Twelve Days of Christmas Gifts Part 2 (of 2)
The Office - Twelve Days of Christmas Gifts Part 2 (of 2) YouTube video by Phoenix

youtu.be/jJzki0inKBk

26.12.2024 00:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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... ๐Ÿ˜…

17.12.2024 18:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh great...now I'm seeing this on Windows 10 after installing the December CU ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

11.12.2024 17:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 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 ๐Ÿ˜„

29.11.2024 22:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

16.11.2024 20:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

16.11.2024 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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...

12.11.2024 16:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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? ๐Ÿ˜ฉ learn.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

10.11.2024 23:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0