This site is now a static archive. No new posts or comments can be made.
Recently, we had an issue where KB4038777 was failing to install on some Windows 2008 R2 servers, but was fine on others. Sometimes, this indicates that the "maximum run time" on a patch has been set ludicrously low (generally 10 minutes) on a specific patch - and the servers that it is failing on, are…
Continue readinghttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034314/smbv1-is-not-installed-by-default-in-windows-10-rs3-and-windows-server As per the link above, SMB 1 will no longer be installed by default in Win 10 1710 (which, given the release date, I’m guess that’s what it will be called) or the next version of Server 2016 (whatever that ends up being called). Considering the recent-ish SMB1 targeted attacks, this isn’t surprising…
Continue readinghttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034314/smbv1-is-not-installed-by-default-in-windows-10-rs3-and-windows-server As per the link above, SMB 1 will no longer be installed by default in Win 10 1710 (which, given the release date, I'm guess that's what it will be called among techs, rather than the exceedingly shitty "fall creators update" name - because calling two different versions "creators update" is logical) or the…
Continue readingI, like many of the readers of this blog, have been getting messages constantly from " www.youracclaim.com " to get "badges" from the Microsoft exams they have sat over the past years. I have ignored these up until recently, but when I went to update my linkedin profile, to include some recent university results, and…
Continue readingAs has been well documented https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/the-processor-is-not-supported-together-with-the-windows-version-that- http://www.intel.com.au/content/www/au/en/support/graphics-drivers/000005526.html http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN304217/microsoft-windows-operating-system-support-for-intel-kaby-lake-processors?lang=EN The newest Intel and AMD processors are not supported when using Windows 7, 8.1, Server 2008R2 and Server 2012 R2... While this has been known for a while, however its always variable how much time the new hardware takes to hit the market. A client recently had…
Continue reading<rant mode: on> Direct Access (or DA) is awesome. Much like TMG before it, it fits into a segment of the market that nothing else covers in quite the same way. DA is fully supported in 2016, but has had no new features added. I read somewhere that while it is still supported, it is…
Continue readingIt is very common to get the following errors in your SCCM component status window for the component "SMS_Inventory_Data_loader" - the most of common of which goes something along the lines of Inventory Data Loader failed to process the file D:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\auth\dataldr.box\Process\H38H6C71.MIF because it is larger than the defined maximum allowable size of…
Continue readingPowershell makes life much easier than vbscript…. however it does have its downsides… signing policy can sometimes be a bit of pain and the modules you need have to be available…. which is an issue in particular for Windows PE. Mick (good aussie name there) was nice enough to write a blog on how to…
Continue readingUser Experience Virtualization (UEV) use to be part of the MDOP packs…. however MDOP’s last update was in 2015…. leaving some of us wondering what was happening to awesome tools contained within. Given Microsoft’s strong movement towards cloud platforms, it seemed likely that these tools were dead. Fortunately for UEV, its now included in Windows…
Continue readingPowershell makes life much easier than vbscript.... however it does have its downsides... signing policy can sometimes be a bit of pain and the modules you need have to be available.... which is an issue in particular for Windows PE. Mick (good aussie name there) was nice enough to write a blog on how to…
Continue reading