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Installing .NET Framework on Windows 8 and 2012

I have been struggling a bit with adding .NET Framework 3.5 on a few systems (and reference image for MDT). The posts on MSDN and TechNet are good, but not always crystal clear.

Here is how I solved the issues we were experiencing…

Fix for slow “Downloads” folder in Windows 10

In the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing that clicking the “Downloads” folder in Windows Explorer took a long time to load.
After a bit of research, it turns out Windows 10 tries to guess…

Detect and Elevate a PowerShell session

We’ve set out to help a customer with automation within their IT department.
Some daily tasks require an elevated prompt, there is no way around it. But it’s not obvious how to check if the current prompt is elevated, or how to elevate the session. So here is a how-to…

Windows Backup Mail Report Script

Updated version available: This article covers v4.1 of the script (2016). A fully rewritten v5.0 is now available, compatible with Windows Server 2025 and using the SendGrid REST API instead of the deprecated Send-MailMessage.Read the updated article: Windows Server...

SCCM Client – Manual install and uninstall

You can deploy the SCCM client several ways, the most common being through SCCM, manual install via the ccmsetup.exe. This article describes how to install and uninstall the client manually.

Create domain groups

Create domain groups

Heres a small VBs script for fast Active Directory group creation.
Paste the following code into a text file and rename it to “CreateADGroups.vbs”.

Running ConfigMgr 2012

Running ConfigMgr 2012

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 has been available as “Release Candidate” for a while now. I’ve been running it in…