If you see a folder named “afterSentDocuments” in your Documents folder it might cause some concern because no human intentionally added that. It turns out that that folder and files are the ‘honey pot’ for excellent corporate security software named SentinelOne. Click to Enlarge After talking to a pile of vendors including Microsoft, SentinalOne told me: They’re our Malware/Ransomware decoys! The SentinelOne Agent Installer installs a number of files on the endpoint. Most of…
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SOVLED: What are afterSentDocuments Folder and Files?
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SOLVED: How To Add Windows Build and Sub-build Numbers To System Center Configuration Manager Report
If you need to track which specific version of Windows 10 you desktops are running, SystemCenter would seem to be a great place to start looking. However, the default reports in SCCM do not provide the level of detail most IT administrators require. This granular detail was not available in older versions of SCCM but it is now. Fortunately, this adding in the Windows build information is now quite easy: Launch System Center Configuration Manager…
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SOLVED: Release Dates & Build Number for Every Version of Windows
Below is a list of every version of Windows: Name / Description Version Build Number Public Release Windows 10, Version 1909 10 18975 11/5/2019 Windows 10, Version 1903 10 18362 5/21/2019 Windows Server 2008, Service Pack 2, Rollup KB4489887 6 6003 3/19/2019 Windows 10, Version 1809 10 17763 10/2/2018 Windows Server 2019, Version 1809 10 17763 10/2/2018 Windows 10, Version 1803 10 17134 4/30/2018 Windows 10, Version 1709 10 16299 10/17/2017 Windows Server 2016, Version…
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SOLVED: What is Flighting in Microsoft Windows 10?
Microsoft changed the release cycle of Windows products from every two or three years to potentially every week. This was part of CEO Satya Nadella‘s plan to modernize Microsoft. The software world had changed to a must faster paced model of releasing new code and new products. Nadella’s recent history at the time was with Azure cloud. Azure developers release changes constantly to give people the latest bug fixes and newest features. Neither developers or consumers…
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SOLVED: Download Windows 10 1909 AutoUnattended Answer File
Click HERE to download our AutoUnattended.xml answer file for Windows 10 1909 (2019H2). WARNING: This answer file will automatically wipe your hard disk clean and setup the required partitions from scratch. This answer file: Wipes the current disk clean and sets up new partitions Sets the PC, Keyboard and User to use US English If you want to change the user to a different region just open the .XML file and change the two <USERLOCALE>…
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SOLVED: How To Remove THIS SETTING IS MANAGED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION
If you find a Windows 10 or Office setting is grayed out and there is a THIS SETTING IS MANAGED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION notice (usually in red) there are ways to get around it. For instance we recently documented Windows Hello PIN ADD Button is Greyed Out – THIS SETTING IS MANAGED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION. But what if none of the fixes work for you? One thing you can do is to remove ALL policies. …
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SOLVED: How to Change WSUS To Download Patches Directly from MS and Not Store Updates Locally
In recent versions of Windows 10, Microsoft has made notable strides in what they call Delivery Optimization. It is to the point now that, if you configure Delivery Optimization correctly, there is little need to have your Window Server Update Services (aka WSUS) store the patches locally. The question is, how to change WSUS from downloading and storing patch files locally to sourcing missing patches directly from Microsoft: Launch WSUS Expand OPTIONS Expand UODATE FILES…
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SOLVED: 16 Ways To Start The SETTINGS App Windows 10
Here are the 16 different ways to launch the SETTINGS app in Windows 10: USE THE START BUTTON TO OPEN THE SETTINGS APP Click on the START button, then the cog icon . START BUTTON CONTEXT MENU DIRECTLY Right click on the START button, select SETTINGS . START BUTTON CONTEXT MENU INDIRECTLY Right click on the START button, select APPS AND FEATURES then click HOME in the APPS AND FEATURES window . DESKTOP PERSONALIZATION MENU…
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SOLVED: Easy Script to Wipe A Hard Disk Fast
If you have a hard disk you need to scrap or sell and you want to remove your data from it, this is the place for you. In our case, we had 700 3TB disks that need to be wiped and resold so we wanted to make sure it would be very difficult for even professionals to get the data off of them. If you know what you are doing but just need the script…
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SOLVED: What Does Print and Document Services Actually Do?
If you have a Windows Server (or even the desktop client), you can add a Role named PRINT AND DOCUMENT SERVICES. The questions are: What does Print and Document Services add? Do I need Print and Document Services to get the Print Management app? Does installing Print and Document Services make printers run better? Do I have to install Print and Document Services on a server that hosts a printer? The short answer is, for…
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SOLVED: How To See & Edit What Is Automatically Starting Up On Windows 10
Over the years more and more products have set themselves to automatically startup. In the mid-2000’s Microsoft decided that these performance sucking startups were getting annoying enough to start exposing them to end users and there have been several built in tools to view and manage start up apps. We are going to explain all of the ways software starts up automatically on a current version of Windows 10: How To See All Programs Starting…
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SOLVED: What is a Windows 10 Enablement Package
Windows 10 was originally supposed to ship new versions (not just patches, but actually new features) 4 or more times per year but that was reduced several times to what we have in 2020 which is two releases: a substantial new version each Spring named after the year and half or the year and the month (ie. Windows 10 20H1 = Windows 10 2004) a major patch with few feature upgrades in the fall again…
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SOLVED: How To Figure Out What Switches a Piece of Software Has
If you have been an administrator for any length of time you have found yourself being unable to script an installation or change software because you don’t know what the switches are for that software. We recently had the same problem and found a very cool solution. We needed to run the new Microsoft Windows Update tool through command line but it is officially unsupported and therefore undocumented… very annoying. The tool is called USOClient.exe…
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SOLVED: 4 Ways To Change Your Password in a Remote Desktop Session
If you work remotely like most of us these days, you will likely need to change your password on your office PC. If you press CNTL ALT DEL while connected to Remote Desktop session, your home computer’s security window will appear (SIGN OUT, LOCK, CHANGE PASSWORD) which does you no good. 4 Ways to Change Your Password In a Remote Desktop 1: CNTL ALT END CNTL ALT DELETE by passes all programs and goes directly…
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SOLVED: VIDEO: How to connect to AzureAD AzureRM & AzureCLI using PowerShell
In this short video we explain and demonstrate how to connect PowerShell to AzureAD AzureRM & AzureCLI: How to Connect to AzureAD? Launch a PowerShell as an administrator Make sure you are running PowerShell 5.0 or newer: $PSVersionTable.PSVersion Install the required module: Install-Module MSOnline Sign into Azure: Connect-MsolService Run your commands: Get-Command -Module MSOnline How to Connect to AzureRM (aka. Azure Resource Manager – ARM)? Launch a PowerShell as an administrator Make sure you are…
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FREE VIDEO: Learn Microsoft Azure In 1 Hour Boot Camp
If you are new to Microsoft Azure and want a crash course, we have what you are looking for. Azure is a giant product from Microsoft that can be used for storing files, databases, security configurations and virtual machines. So to get you started we created a free 6 part video with a total run time of 50 minutes that demonstrates all of the steps required to set up a Windows Server 2019 Domain Controller,…
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SOLVED: How To Configure Chromium Edge IE Compatibility Mode
If you are trying to get rid of Internet Explorer inside your organization, you likely will want to use the new Microsoft Edge (aka. Chromium Edge and CrEdge). The problem is that there are some features inside IE that most companies still can’t live without due to incompatibility. The solution is to set Edge to run Internet Explorer in the background for just those sites. This is called compatibility mode and it is not near…
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SOVLED: Okta – Unable To Sign In
If you are using Okta Verify for two factor authentication and see the following “Unable To Sign In” message you likely have one of three issues. However, before you get too deep, you should check the error log. Okta’s log is very easy to understand and read: log into Okta and click the ADMIN button (top right… assuming you are an administrator) click the REPORTS menu item at the top of the screen click SYSTEM…
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SOLVED: Okta – Your Passcode Doesn’t Match Our Records OR Failed to Send Push Authentication
If you are using Okta Verify for multifactor authentication you may see either: Your Passcode Doesn’t Match Our Records, when using the ENTER CODE option Failed to Send Push Authentication, when using the SEND PUSH option The problem is most likely the clocks are not synchronized. There are three clocks to consider: Your cell phone Generally you will want to set your cell phone to sync automatically to your cell service providers clocks which will…
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SOLVED: VIDEO: Setup a File Share in the Microsoft Azure Cloud Map a Drive Letter, Use Azure Storage Explorer & Azure File Sync
We created this video to provide a full walk through of creating a drive letter mappable network share from Microsoft Azure to your computer. 02:35 Create a STORAGE GROUP 11:20 Create a SHARE 13:30 Access the share by Mapping a Drive Letter 16:50 Access the share using portal.azure.com 17:15 Access the share using Azure Storage Explorer 19:30 Access the share using Azure File Sync (your on-prem servers!) If you want to use NTFS permissions on…
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