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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.

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…

Breaking into a Windows System

Do you ever get that sinking feeling, when you’ve forgotten the root password to your test lab?  Again?

I hate it too!  So I decided to figure out a way around it, using a work around…

Uninstall all Java versions

I received an inquiry from one of my mid-size (100-200 users) customers today. They’ve been planning on implementing a new online service which requires the latest Java version.

The clients have a large quantity of outdated versions of Java, which needed to be uninstalled before we deployed the newest version.
They are currently running Windows 7 and Windows 8, so somewhat modern operative systems.

Disable Windows 10 Automatic locking screen

We’ve been upgrading a customers environment… for one of their workstation configurations they didn’t want the computers to lock on idle, which is enforced by default.

Managing Azure RBAC Assignments at Scale with PowerShell

Managing Azure RBAC Assignments at Scale with PowerShell

As Azure environments grow, keeping role assignments consistent and compliant becomes a significant operational challenge. Drifted permissions, orphaned identities, and undocumented manual assignments all create security risk. Using PowerShell to audit and enforce...

Automating Windows Autopilot Device Enrollment with PowerShell

Automating Windows Autopilot Device Enrollment with PowerShell

Windows Autopilot transforms device provisioning from a multi-hour imaging process into a zero-touch deployment experience. When you combine it with PowerShell automation, you can register hardware hashes, assign profiles, and track enrollment status entirely from the...

Configuring Conditional Access Policies with Microsoft Entra ID

Configuring Conditional Access Policies with Microsoft Entra ID

Conditional Access is the cornerstone of Zero Trust security in Microsoft Entra ID. Rather than managing dozens of policies by hand through the Azure portal, you can use PowerShell and the Microsoft Graph API to define, deploy, and version-control your policies with...

Automating Intune Device Compliance Policies with PowerShell

Automating Intune Device Compliance Policies with PowerShell

Manually configuring Microsoft Intune compliance policies across hundreds of devices is tedious and error-prone. By leveraging the Microsoft Graph API through PowerShell, you can define, deploy, and audit compliance policies programmatically — making your...

Enroll in Azure AD with error 8018000a

Enroll in Azure AD with error 8018000a

The 801800A issue is usually caused by a Windows client thinking it has a enrollment to Entra ID in progress. It will not “time out” so you will have to manually fix this…

Office365 Safe Attachment Delay Report

Office365 Safe Attachment Delay Report

Recently the Helpdesk have been getting cases about slow delivery times due to Office 365 ATP Safe Attachments. We have created a script to retrieve the data from Exchange Online, and then used Power BI to visualize it.

SCCM Baselines: Update Compliance

SCCM Baselines: Update Compliance

There are numerous of ways to measure update compliance in an enterprise. Some prefer to just compare the compliance of a Software Update Group against a collection. The issue I’ve found with this is that when you release updates the compliance falls down to 0%…