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Hey Cortana! How do I add additional speeches during OSD so you work?
For Cortana to work with your language you need to install the appropriate speech pack however if you are connected to an enterprise WSUS you won't be able to see additional downloads for your...
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Revoke the eDellRoot Certificate using Group Policy
While most enterprise machines should not have the software installed that adds the Dell certificate it's better to be safe than sorry. Without revoking this attackers will be able to perform man in...
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Microsoft Edge and Enterprise Mode
Microsoft really wants everyone to use it's shiny new browser, and I think everyone should. It is a completely new browser built for the modern web however there are limitations to building a browser...
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Set up keyboard language bar for all users in Windows 10
Previously when deploying Windows you could use the command 'control.exe intl.cpl,,/f:"languages.xml' with some funky xml identifying what keyboards you wanted, with Windows 10 this half works so you...
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Distribution point not updating - Rare situation to do with missing INI files...
Recently we had a problem google couldn't fix! 1 package would not go on to all but 1 Distribution point. Even creating a new package it would fail. The DPs smsdpprov.log displayed [B84][Sun...
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Adding Admin Elevated websites to trusted sites/intranet/etc
It's very easy to customize the trusted sites for users by using group policy preferences without locking the settings down however what about websites that need to be ran as a different user? To work...
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Slowwww Windows 10 Login when using NetApp for Folder Redirection
There is an issue that causes the login to be significantly slower when using Folder Redirection and NetApp. The problem is a file lock occurs on the Desktop.ini files during login. Our current...
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Do stuff if computer is on a certain subnet during OSD
For our new machines they will be getting OSD'd offsite so we want to skip some task sequence steps such as our login to AD security check before imaging. This can easily be achieved using...
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Using Dell Command Update vs Driver Packs
I really want to do less work, more automation so I tested out using the Dell Repository Manager as my source of drivers instead of using driver packs. I tested this by setting up 2 quick task...
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Build and Capture fails if KB3160005 IE sec cumulative update is installed
If your build and capture is failing at the capture step make sure you don't have the cumulative Security Update for IE11 KB3160005. It's somehow stopping the registry load part of the step. The task...
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Windows store apps like Calc don't open if you enable 'Delete cached copies...
If you enable the group policy 'Delete cached copies of roaming profiles' apps like calc, calendar, weather stop working. If you try to launch them from the start menu they just don't open, if you try...
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MDT Toolkit files fail to download - could not resolve source
If this happens during OSD, it is likely due to 2 settings in the BIOS. I recommend WIN7 - Boot mode: Legacy Sata mode: AHCI Win10- Boot mode: UEFI Sata mode: AHCI From the log: The task...
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Deleting 30000 drivers and re-importing 162 Driver packs
We started noticing our driver packages were really big and consuming a lot of time during OSD. This was due to the bug mentioned in KB3084586 The longer we left it the worse it got! What happens is...
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Disabling (Adobe's) Office Add-ins
I don't think outlook should be making PDFs.. You can disable the add-ins with group policy Download Office ADMX files 2013: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=35554 2016:...
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Deploying Creative Cloud Packages 2017
Quick Post on the install order of - Use your favourite App Packaging Wrapper / PSADT If package has Exceptions Exceptions\ExceptionDeployer.exe --workflow=install --mode=pre --installLanguage=en_US...
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Set the computer name using the BIOS Asset Tag
If you are setting the Asset Tag the same name that the computer is, it makes sense to only have to input it once. I created a powershell script that will do the following: If VM or Mac: Exit 0 If...
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Stopping the 'Download language typing features' Action Centre Alert
We have deployed quite a few keyboards / Language Features however if you are missing any related features for a language this action centre prompt will keep coming up until they are installed, what's...
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Creating Alerts for High-Risk Deployments
When you want to deploy Operating Systems zero-touch it can be scary the thought of all systems being added to the collection, so you can it's best to provide as many safe-guards. We currently have a...
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Disabling Windows Explorer banners
Microsoft has soo much advertising power with Windows 10, they can now put banners up in Windows Explorer via updates. You may see one such as this: 'Save your documents and photos to OneDrive' The...
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Managing Automatic Deployment rules when you don't live in the USA
The Yearly Check Currently Microsoft releases updates on the second Tuesday every month (USA Time) so we run our automatic deployment rules on the second Wednesday of every month (Australia time). This...
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