Scenario - Enroll existing, non-Autopilot enrolled devices to Azure AD and Intune (or 3rd party MDM). This is useful for devices that are currently used by a customer but not enrolled into Autopilot. The benefits are that the customer doesn't need to collect the Autopilot hardware information. This process will use an existing User Driven…
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This post isn't exactly just a Configuration Manager fix for Client Push, however it will help anyone who is trying to connect to an administrative share on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 machine that is having problems with "Access Denied" messages even though you know 100% for a fact that the account you're using…
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I've had a major issue on my personal machine for sometime now where on logon my machine would hang for minutes (15-30 minutes in some cases) before getting to the desktop. When resuming from sleep, this wasn't an issue, however on cold boots or restarts this was a big issue. The fix was http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526870 which fixes…
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For those looking for the ports you need open, this is what I use for a Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 DC. LDAP TCP-in - 389 LDAP UDP in - 389 LDAP for Global Catalog TCP in - 3268 NetBIOS name Resolution UDP in - 138 SAM/LSA TCP in - 445 SAM/LSA UDP in…
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So tonight my hard drive in my home theater PC decided it was a good time to crash during a movie the girlfriend and I were watching. I heard a whirr, some nasty scratching, and a few minutes later the screen just went blank. After taking the machine apart, the drive wouldn't power up, it…
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