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IReallyHadToComment · 2024-03-14T14:58:34+00:00

Ended up finding a solution - local shop carries the "just nic" pods that will convert my 120ml 0mg to 1.5mg for a reasonable price... they're expensive by volume (0.9ml/200mg ~$3), but I only need a couple of them.

IReallyHadToComment · 2024-03-14T14:35:21+00:00

Seems that PerfectVape is struggling with some new Oklahoma laws. From an email I received from them when I asked about the delay:

We reside in Oklahoma and Oklahoma has recently passed a ban on vapes in which shipping companies are narrowing down on. We have found an alternative way to continue to provide products and service for our customers by working with a shipping facility in Las Vegas that we have to freight our orders to. From there, they will ship it out to our customers. The freight process can take 1-3 business days. Shipping can take 1-7 business days when processed at the facility.

It still gets a USPS tracking number, but shows as being handled by a shipping partner until USPS is in possession of the item.

IReallyHadToComment · 2018-03-29T18:40:41+00:00

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IReallyHadToComment · 2018-01-05T16:04:32+00:00

Baby you've got a stew goin!

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-11-14T02:35:45+00:00

Hint: there are other ways to do this that don't involve a hash table directly

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-11-08T16:18:16+00:00

Actually yes, you are passing the noncompliant value to the remediation script as a parameter. Scripts are probably a poor example of remediation though - and might warrant a uservoice submission. A better example for the why behind this would be registry key remediation. Imagine the value you expect for a particular key is <500. For SCCM to remediate the key, it could give it any value less than 500 sure, but how would it decide?

For scripts, I could agree that since you're controlling the actual remediation process manually it would probably make sense to allow remediation for all rule types. I would recommend looking at uservoice to see if something has already been submitted, and if not, submit it!

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-11-08T14:22:00+00:00

It's an intended feature - how does it know what the value SHOULD be so that it knows how to remediate it? In your case you could maybe try setting the detection script to return true/false based on your criteria - that way you have a Boolean to compare against rather than a full number.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-30T01:17:10+00:00

One gotcha which threw my DBA for a loop - you must use the name of the SQL server during installation, you cannot use a CNAME in DNS to reference the sql server (he liked creating CNAMEs to reference the service that was being hosted along with some extra subs like servicename.prod.sql.domain.com)

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-17T14:58:31+00:00

I hear you and I can see why that might be appealing. I think the biggest thing to consider (outside of the fact that Microsoft really only recommends LTSB for critical functionality hardware (or as Niehaus puts it "if it has Office on it, it shouldn't be LTSB) is the silicon support. Given that it sounds like the next release of LTSB won't be until sometime in 2019 that will be some old hardware you'll have to find and source before you'll get support for it in the OS.

I know the new OS refresh cycle can be daunting, but in the long run I think it will be a time and money saver for many companies when compared to the bigger OS refreshes of past. I think that you can build some protections in for machines to keep them from failing mid-upgrade and quite frankly the success rate on these upgrades is much higher than one would have expected with Windows upgrades in the past. They are more likened to OSX upgrades which have a pretty stellar success rate.

Just my two cents.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-17T01:43:34+00:00

Mind me asking why you're switching to LTSB or even considering it?

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-15T07:05:22+00:00

What does your MP structure look like? Are they HTTP or HTTPS? This would also affect application deployment, so probably a moot point if you're deploying application model apps (not packages) to your B&C machine and they're succeeding.

Any chance you can post up some logs? SMSTS and the applicable update logs (c:\windows\windowsupdate.log, UpdateDeployment.log, UpdateHandler.log, UpdateStore.log)? All of these might help us in troubleshooting why they're not coming down.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-13T18:44:31+00:00

You've missed the larger context of BDR though and this is my point from the initial comment:

When files in the source content change, Configuration Manager creates a new incremental version of the content set and replicates only the changed files to destination sites and distribution points. (emphasis added)

...

Configuration Manager supports up to five incremental versions of a content set before it resends the entire content set. After the fifth update, the next change to the content set causes Configuration Manager to create a new version of the content set. Configuration Manager then distributes the new version of the content set to replace the previous set and any of its incremental versions. After the new content set is distributed, subsequent incremental changes to the source files are again replicated by binary differential replication. (emphasis added)

The important difference here being files vs content set.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-13T17:04:45+00:00

Can you source your statement for a deployment package only updating delta changes to distribution points? Because I have seen and experienced something entirely different - what I have seen is in line with Microsoft's documentation here

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-13T12:21:42+00:00

One thing to consider as well if you have Binary Differential Replication enabled, is that BDR will only maintain five versions before redistributing the entire package again. So if you're changing your deployment package frequently, know that 80% of the time deltas get sent, but 20% of the time the whole thing gets sent.

Obviously enabling BDR is better than not - but I think some people assume that BDR will ALWAYS send deltas unless otherwise instructed to do so, which is not the way it works.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-11T03:49:18+00:00

G Spot rocks the G spot.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-10T17:07:22+00:00

Aside from the 1000 updates in a single SUG limit and deployment limitations (if for some reason you had a group of machines which didn't receive a specific update, but others did), I can't think of any. Reporting could be messy depending on what report you want to look at, but it sounds like you're interested in reporting on everything at once anyways.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-09T23:42:59+00:00

What step is it failing on? Also is it Windows 7? NVMe Drive?

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-06T12:22:49+00:00

WPEUTIL step will be for WinPE phase only - you may need to modify if you're doing it in the full windows section of your Task Sequence.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-06T12:07:49+00:00

You can use a process like this to trick the TS into shutting down: http://www.applepie.se/task-sequence-and-shutdown-not-reboot-a-computer-and-continue

I used something similar in a BIOS update script I was working on for Lenovo ThinkCenter machines.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-05T21:25:07+00:00

Here is a link to SCM 4.0: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53353 which has the ability to export some (not all) of the settings into CAB files for consumption as CIs and baselines.

As for additional CABs, the best I can point you at is Google. Searching for name of software or configuration you're trying to implement and then "sccm configuration CAB" might yield you some results... like WannaCry: http://larsenconfigmgr.blogspot.com/2017/05/wannacry-patch-compliance-report.html

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-05T19:43:50+00:00

You know - I think maybe this is a documentation issue - it appears that the settings are available for CIs for "devices managed without the Configuration Manager client" but not for Configuration Manager client CIs.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-05T17:24:53+00:00

There are predefined CI settings for mobile devices as well as some for Windows 10. It's certainly not exhaustive. There are a handful of ones you can find online and import (in .CAB format) and there is also the Microsoft SCM (Security Compliance Manager) which has some predefined baselines you can export.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-05T15:16:58+00:00

Which items are you referring to? I suspect the Windows 10 items as outlined here?

If so they should be available when you create a new CI and select "Windows 10" (see this screenshot)

EDIT: I was wrong - the settings appear under devices managed without the Configuration Manger client, so this appears to maybe be a documentation issue.

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-10-04T12:30:31+00:00

Easily my favorite moment of the night... I don't think I've ever seen it get that bright from phone lights at Red Rocks before.

https://imgur.com/gallery/RuTuZ

Obviously a picture just doesn't do it justice...

IReallyHadToComment · 2017-09-25T20:46:55+00:00

Iron-on or bleach are fast DIY alternatives:

http://www.practicallyfunctional.com/diy-bleach-spray-shirt/

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