One of the biggest challenges and discussion points when it comes to removing the local admin permissions from users is that they cannot add multi-function printers without admin permissions as they need to install additional software to work. I bought a new OfficeJet printer the other day and was happily surprised that the HP Smart
I wrote a blogpost on how to make CMTrace which is included in the SCCM client nowadays using a PowerShell script. I got a question basically instantly if that could not be used for Intune managed clients without the SCCM client. Yes! it can, we only need to add a line to copy CMTrace.exe to
I while back I wrote a script and published it on Technet Gallery that allows us to run one step in our Task Sequence to remove the builtin apps and it reads two text files for each version of Windows 10 so we have total control of what we uninstall. It is really simple to
Now that CMTrace is a part of the Configuration Manager client which is really great!, I still miss the fact that it is not made the default .log reader. It will save me at least 3 clicks 😉 on each machine I troubleshoot. Here is a simple PowerShell script that will associate .Log and .Lo_
One of the great new features in Windows 10 1809 is that Microsoft Edge now supports kiosk mode. It is extremely easy to configure and long awaited, so we don’t have to use Internet Explorer or Google Chrome for our kiosk computers anymore. Setting up Windows 10 1809 in kiosk mode using Intune is really easy
MMS is one of my favorite conferences of the year! The reason is the community feeling I have never been to an event where I have had the pleasure to be part of so many great discussions and to me that is worth a lot! Microsoft also adds many speakers from many different product groups
A quick post on how to check Bitlocker compliance where all computers with “Hardware” encryption is used will also be marked as non compliant which can be useful after the recent security advisory for SSD’s with Hardware encryption: https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/11/06/microsoft-ssd-security-advisory.aspx?fbclid=IwAR21wX_6S32eyqdRXDeoNqdjb6DZw8UPNXT_d2FQ8pdH52Jop9lvx7g6Tko And the Security advisory from Microsoft on the topic. https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180028 This started with a discussion with
The great feeling when you get an email from Uservoice that your uservoice item has been implemented in the latest Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1810.2!! This is one thing I always change, the Startup of the SCCM Remote Tools service on the clients to Automatic instead of Automatic(delayed). That is one of the biggest complaints
