Windows 10 – Failed to connect to System Event Notification Service

I have been struggling with the error "Failed to connect to System Event Notification Service" for quite a while now on my development build of Windows 10 (1511). This error would pop up in the system tray for the first login if performed by an administrator.The eventual fix was to use DISM and browse to …

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(Bitlocker) MBAM Will Not Prompt For Pin on Windows 10 1511

               Since updating my SCCM TS to Windows v1511 I have spent hours pulling my hair out trying to get MBAM to prompt the user for PIN with no avail, all my previous Windows 10 (pre 1511) worked fine, so i was trying to figure out what had changed. …

Windows 10 Task Sequence – BitLocker with MBAM Steps (HP+Surface)

My main goal from starting off with Windows 10 was to have my entire imaging suite contained within one single Task Sequence, this includes all drivers for all platforms and multiple OS support. One major part of my Task Sequence goal was to enable bitlocker for all supported HP Laptop models along with the Surface …

Building a Clean Windows 10 Reference Image – MDT 2013 U1

In this post i will go through the steps i have taken to build my Windows 10 (Build 1511) Reference image. I have Confimgr 2012 R2Sp1 Cu1 and MDT 2013 Update 1 (Integrated) This post assumes the following:You have Windows ADK 10 Installed - http://blogs.technet.com/b/yongrhee/archive/2015/08/11/download-windows-10-assessment-and-deployment-kit-adk.aspx You have MDT 2013 Update 1 Installed - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48595Follow the steps listed …

List SCCM Collections for PC – Powershell

This script will list all collections a machine is a member of, script should be called like " .\script.ps1 -smartname HOSTNAME" Hostname should be the computers AD object name. You will need to change the following values: $SiteCode = "XXX" $SiteServer = "prodservername" https://gist.github.com/danjpadgett/75e8010ebef99f46f59d.js

Add Group Membership Powershell

This script will add an AD Computer member to groups, script should be called like " .\script.ps1 -smartname HOSTNAME"Hostname should be the computers AD object name.  https://gist.github.com/padgo/a8505459d07ea758c264.js

Installing Raisers Edge with updates SCCM 2012

Important Considerations:Raisers Edge is not supported on Office 2013 32/64 Bit (as of V7.9.3)  The software requires Office 2003 Web Components , support for this is now finished, therefore no security releses will occur for this software - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972129 Deployment :Silent Install Script Steps/Contents:Script will look for existing registry keys and remove them if they …

Install SyncToy and Configure

Source Files:DeploySync.cmdhttps://gist.github.com/padgo/ab54e33e7a273263cd37.jsConfigure_Synctoy.bat (assumes 1st drive is P:)https://gist.github.com/padgo/6e83f74d6d9d28e271f4.js

Install Echo360 Personal Capture

Source dir:Step 1: Obtain the correct installer from your echo server, you will need the specific installer that supports unattended install:Step 2: Create "server-configuration.xml"https://gist.github.com/padgo/520860266b74c90bfb55.jsStep 2: Create "install.cmd"https://gist.github.com/padgo/d873195d7b36871805ec.jsWindows Media EncoderHotfix

QSR Nvivo 10 (Inc SP4) SCCM 2012

How to package QSR Nvivo 10:First create a SCCM package for SQL Express 08;@echo off"%~dp0SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exe" /ACTION=INSTALL /FEATURES=SQLEngine /INSTANCENAME=QSRNVivo10 /SQLCOLLATION=Latin1_General_BIN /SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE=Automatic /SQLSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS" /IAcceptSQLServerLicenseTerms="True" /QexitEnsure the NVivo10 has a dependency to first install SQL Express. Source Dir Contains:Activation.xmlhttps://gist.github.com/padgo/b58bd90e9ca1411416d0.js Install.cmdhttps://gist.github.com/padgo/8787c8fe2886c9793869.js Uninstall:REM DEACVIVATE LICENSE"c:\Program Files\QSR\NVivo 10\NVivo" -deactivateREM REMOVE NVIVOmsiexec /x {49BFDB10-A9AC-4368-9BF1-236D569DD8F0} /qb