I wrote a post on how to add an Internet Explorer shortcut to the Start Menu in Windows 10 which turned out not to be the easiest thing to do. The post can be found here: https://ccmexec.com/2015/09/customizing-the-windows-10-start-menu-and-add-ie-shortcut-during-osd/ When I started to upgrade Windows 10 1507 – 1511 I realized that the “Internet Explorer.lnk” file is…
Category: Configuration Manager
Disabling the “Disable apps to improve performance” reminder in Windows 10
In Windows 10 by default a reminder is displayed to the end-user in the Notification area if there are three apps or more that launch automatically when you login. At least I think this is very annoying and it causes end-users to call the servicedesk and ask how they can disable the applications to improve…
Configuration Manager/ Intune and Apple VPP
I get a lot of questions if there are any difference in functionality in Intune Standalone and in Hybrid with Configuration Manager. There are a lot of differences, in this post I will show how to setup the Apple Volume Purchase Program(VPP) integration in Configuration Manager 1602 with Intune and cover the differences in functionality…
ConfigMgr CB 1602 Windows 10 Servicing feature updated
In Configuration Manager CB 1511 the Windows 10 Servicing feature was introduced which gives us a great view of the Windows 10 versions used in our environment and a tool to schedule the updates of Windows 10 versions. What is happeing when we create Service Plans is basically an ADR which deploys the Windows Upgrade…
ConfigMgr CB 1602 Server 2008 R2 in-place upgrade to 2012 R2
One of the new features in the newly released version of Configuration Manager CB 1602 is that in-place upgrade of the Server OS from 2008 R2 -> 2012 R2 is now supported. This will save a lot of time and money for many customers out there, great that it is finally supported! I upgraded my…
Group Policy Result errors when Windows Defender is managed through Configuration Manager
When managing Windows Defender on Windows 10 with Configuration Manager you will see an error when you use the Group Policy Management Console to view the Group Policy Result on a computer. Looking something like this. The reason for this is that Configuration Manager writes the values that you set in a policy as DWORD…
Building new boot images with the hotfix for WinPe based on 10.0.10586
The fix for the refresh scenario that doesn’t work with ADK 10586 that I blogged about a while ago which has been a pain for many of us got a fix last week, https://support.microsoft.com/sv-se/kb/3143760 Really great! 😀 😀 I realized that I have many environments to create new boot images and apply the hotfix in…
Hotfix KB3122637 delivered using “Updates and Servicing” feature in ConfigMgr 1511
One of the big new features in Configuration Manager CB – 1511 is the “Updates and Servicing” feature where new versions of Configuration Manager and updates will be published making it really easy to install a new build of Configuration Manager. Yesterday the hotfix that was published KB3122637 – “FIX: Mobile devices aren’t listed in…