Do not miss this eye candy, TSBackground for ConfigMgr, that also adds security to your deployments. We are all familiar with the ConfigMgr standard TSProgresUI, which makes a great job but perhaps is not so aesthetically appealing. TSBackground is the successor of “OSDBackground” that we published a couple of years ago. This new version addresses…
Category: Configuration Manager
Updating User GPOs using Run Script in ConfigMgr
Run Scripts on Configuration Manager is one of the coolest things in a long time. I have a long list of scripts to write/blog here is the first. Update the logged on users GPOs. Then challenge with this is that the script is executed in System Context and we want to be in the users…
Install CM Remote Tools standalone using PowerShell
From time to time I get the question to install the CM Remote Tools standalone. I wrote a blog post about how to run it standalone a couple of years ago. In that blog post a comment on how to add a registry key normally added by the Admin console setup will make the audit…
Calculating correct time in WinPe during SCCM OSD
When writing TSbackground the next version of OSDBackground my collegue Johan Schrewelius spent a lot of time analyzing how time is set during OSD in Configuration Manager in WinPE. The whole purpose being to display the correct time, time zone and time elapsed during OSD. We thought it would be a good idea to post…
New versions of the Onevinn Windows 10 Upgrade tools available – Beta
Just in time for Windows 1903 the Onevinn Upgrade tools are getting some new features. Johan Schrewelius has been doing a great job once again. “TSLaunch ConfigMgr extension 2.3.19109.1.msi”, is updated with improved datetime handling. “UPGBackground 1.0.19111.1.msi” It will show _SMSTSCurrentStepName all along the TS and an additional progressbar showing the actual upgrade progress during…
Updated Removeapps script for Windows 10 1903
Windows 10 1903 are now available on MSDN and it is time to deploy it and remove the builtin apps we don’t need. There are no major changes, added the two new version files “Apps18362.txt” and “Capabilities18362.txt” and a script to make it easier to extract all the builtin apps, “Getapps.ps1”. Getapps.ps1 will create a…
SCUGSE Spring Gathering 3-4 April 2019 in Stockholm
YES!! It is finally time for a new two-day SCUG event in on the 3-4 April at Microsoft on Stockholm. Me and Stefan Schörling have the great honor of having a truly awesome speaker lineup to make the event truly great! Most sessions will be in Swedish! Our awesome Swedish lineup: Nickolaj Andersen, MVP-@NickolajA –…
New Remote Control option “First Screen” in ConfigMgr 1902 TP
One great improvement in Configuration Manager 1902 Technical Preview is the possibility to select to only view the first monitor and not all monitors when the machine you are remote controlling has more than one. This is a big issue today best solved by have a bigger screens than the end users. This is how…