SCCM Client Stuck in Provisioning Mode
After a failed OS Upgrade Task Sequence, the client may become stuck in Provisioning Mode (set during an OS upgrade to prevent other deployments from running during the upgrade process). To release the client from provisioning mode manually, use the powershell command below. Invoke-WmiMethod -Namespace root\CCM -Class SMS_Client -Name SetClientProvisioningMode…
Migrate Windows Shares to new Server
First, backup the Windows shares from the registry by following the steps outlined in the Microsoft article. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/troubleshoot/windows-client/networking/saving-restoring-existing-windows-shares – Disable Backup Jobs – Copy registry export to share – Before Migration, check if all files on shares are closed – Shutdown old Fileserver – Apply old Fileserver Name and IP…
Windows Keyboard Error Code 19
Fresh install of Windows 10 22H2 on a Lenovo T14 Gen 4 notebook. Inside Windows, the built-in keyboard doesn’t work nor does any external keyboard. Keyboards work fine in BIOS and during post. Windows Device Manager shows the error: Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in…
Delete Windows Recovery Partition
Open an elevated Command Prompt Type “diskpart” and press Enter Type “list disk” and press Enter. The list of physical drives will be displayed. Type “select disk #” where # is the number of the disk you want to work with. Press Enter. Type “list partition” and press Enter. The…
iSCSI Configuration on Server Core
To launch the iSCSI Initiator Configuration on Windows Server Core, at the command prompt run: iscsicpl
ORA-10873: file 1 needs to be either taken out of backup mode or media recovered
We had an Oracle database that would not start up. Database users could not log on, receiving the error “ORA-01033 ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress”. When attempting to start the database we received the error “ORA-10873: file 1 needs to be either taken out of backup mode or media…
Windows Activation Error Code 0xC004E015
Resolve Windows activation error code 0xC004E015.
Windows 10 dotNET 3.5 Install Fix for Domain PCs
Open RegEdit and navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU folder. DoubleClick on UseWUServer(UseWindowsUpdateServer) and change the value to 0. Restart the Windows Update service. Now open the appwiz.cpl and add the dotNET 3.5 feature using Microsoft Update as source.
Enable or Disable Group Policy Preference Items
It is possible to enable or disable specific settings or entire tabs within a Group Policy Preference item. This can be very useful if you only need to force a few specific settings on a tab with many available settings. For instance disabling depreciated SSL versions in Internet Explorer and…
Add .NET Framework 3.5 Feature to Windows 10
To support applications requiring the .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 10 clients, the framework must be added manually. The Windows 10 Add/Remove Features snap in will allow you to manually add the .NET 3.5 Framework to your system, but it requires a connection to Windows Update. If your clients aren’t…