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Back to Basics – Updating Drivers – pnputil.exe vs. pnpunattend.exe

By Johan Arwidmark / March 20, 2022

Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft added two tools that allows for installing and updating drivers online, meaning in the running Windows operating system. The tools are pnputil.exe and pnpunattend.exe. Here is a quick guide on how they work. TL;DR While pnputil.exe offers more features, it sometimes fails (hangs) when updating a larger set of drivers […]

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Force Application Reinstall in Microsoft Intune (Win32 Apps)

By Johan Arwidmark / March 20, 2022

During our Microsoft Intune trainings this year, one of the most frequently asked questions has been on how to force a reinstall / rerun / redeploy – whatever you like to call it – of an application deployed to Windows 10 or Windows 11 PCs. Well first of all, the correct Intune term is not […]

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Dell, HP, and Lenovo models tested for Windows 10

By Johan Arwidmark / February 19, 2022

Below you find links from Dell, HP, and Lenovo models that are tested for Windows 10. Extra thanks to Mike Terrill for sending me the HP and Dell links. Note #1: Just because they are tested it may not mean they are still supported by the vendor, or haven't passed their End of Life (EOL) […]

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Disable USMT during Computer Refresh in MDT Lite Touch

By Johan Arwidmark / February 18, 2022

Every now and then you need to refresh a machine into a known state, and the MDT Lite Touch Computer Refresh scenario does just that. The default behavior of that scenario is using USMT to capture user data and settings, but what if you simply want the refresh to happen without the USMT backup and […]

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Moving The ConfigMgr Content Library to another Drive

By Johan Arwidmark / December 26, 2021

Here is a quick guide for moving (or merging) the ConfigMgr Content Library from one drive / volume to another using the Content Library Transfer tool (ContentLibraryTransfer.exe). Starting with ConfigMgr 1806, the Content Library Transfer Tool is included with the ConfigMgr installation. Prior to ConfigMgr 1806 you would have to download the ConfigMgr Toolkit to […]

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Integrate MDT with ConfigMgr 2103 or Later

By Johan Arwidmark / December 2, 2021

If you tried to integrate MDT with a new installs of ConfigMgr 2103 or later you probably learned that the MDT console extension won't show by default, even after running the Configure ConfigMgr Integration wizard. This is because of a security change Microsoft did for console extensions. To allow for the MDT extensions, open your […]

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Upgrading to Windows 11 using MDT Lite Touch

By Johan Arwidmark / December 2, 2021

TL;DR To use MDT Lite Touch for Windows 11 upgrades you need to add the /eula accept parameter to setup. That's easily done by using the WindowsUpgradeAdditionalOptions task sequence variable in MDT. Continue to read for more details… Background If you try to use MDT Lite Touch to upgrade a Windows 10 machine to Windows […]

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Back to Basics – Custom Computer Naming in MDT

By Johan Arwidmark / November 27, 2021

The rules engine in MDT is one of the most powerful ways of applying settings during OS Deployment. It uses INI files that it parses and converts to task sequence variables. For example, this morning I was tagged in a Tweet where a fellow deployment geek was asking about how to name computers based on […]

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Using Azure Labs for your Home Lab

By Johan Arwidmark / November 24, 2021

For most Home labs you typically want to use a workstation or server with lots of disk and memory. But if you just want a simple lab, that is accessible from anywhere in the world, Azure Labs can be a good option. Obviously running a lab full time in Azure is going to be quite […]

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