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System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit

Microsoft has released an updated version of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit. The Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit contains fifteen downloadable tools to help you manage and troubleshoot Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit The new version

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Windows 10 1511 feature upgrade and WSUS

Microsoft has released an update for WSUS on Windows 2012 and 2012 R2 server. This update is required to support deployment of the Windows 10 1511 upgrade by WSUS or the upcoming Configuration Manager (vNext). Update to enable WSUS support for Windows 10 feature upgrades Before installing this hotfix on

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Licensing grace period

When playing around with RDS in your LAB, you might run in to the problem that you have exceeded your grace period. The RDS server will show the message: Remote desktop licensing mode is not configured. Remote desktop Services will stop working because this computer is past its licensing grace

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Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10

Microsoft has now released ADMX files from Windows 10 Update 1511 as a downloadable file. Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 When I compare the downloaded ADMX files with my previous downloaded files, the following ADMX files are deleted microsoft-windows-geolocation-wlpadm.admx (see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3077013) parentalcontrols.admx These ADMX files are changed: avsvalidationgp.admx biometrics.admx

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Has SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 CU2 been installed?

Cumulative Update 2 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 has been released https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3100144 So once again it’s time to take a closer look at how to determine the installation status of this cumulative update, this time for SP1 CU2. Remember that you will only see the prompt about

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Windows 10 Domain Admin problems

You might discover that you are not able to fully administrate your domain joined Windows 10 computer using a domain administrator account. Just as an example when you click on Change product key nothing happens: Clicking Get Started (Get Insider Builds) again nothing happens: In a local policy (gpedit.msc) or

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Install Software Updates fails in OSD

You might see this error when deploying Windows with SCCM 2012 R2 SP1, Task Sequence has failed with the error code (0x80004005) When you look at the Installation Progress you will notice the the task sequence is installing updates and last status is Detecting Updates: In smsts.log you will see

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Where to download Makecert.exe or Certmgr.exe?

You may need Makecert.exe or Certmgr.exe to deal with certificates, but where to download? There are more than one way to get your hands on these files, but one way is to start a virtual Windows 8.1 client and install Windows Software Development KIT (SDK). Go to the address https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/bg162891.aspx

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MDT 2013 Update 1 re-released (build 8298)

It is no secret that MDT 2013 Update 1 had more than one problem: MDT 2013 Update 1 Release Notes and Known Issues Microsoft has now updated MDT 2013 Update 1 to build 8298 and fixed some of the problem but as you can read here there are still known

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