Admin Who

Admin Who

Remote Desktop fun (macOS to Windows)

Remote Desktop fun (macOS to Windows)

Had to dig a bit for this one as it was not immediately clear to me. When you are trying to remote from a Mac to an AzureAD (or Entra ID) joined Windows device using Microsoft's Remote Desktop app, you have to use a special username. You need to use:

Intune Win32 App Installation using PowerShell Script

Intune Win32 App Installation using PowerShell Script

Change your Install and uninstall command line to specifically call for the 64-bit powershell.exe.

Windows LPR Printer

Windows LPR Printer

First off, you probably shouldn't be doing this, LPR/LPD has been deprecated in Windows since Server 2012. However, it is still useful in a mixed environment. On-prem Windows Print Servers and macOS clients are going to want to use LPD (if you don't want to use IPP and installing

Import Updates from Catalog to WSUS

Import Updates from Catalog to WSUS

There are some Windows Updates that are only available in the Microsoft Update Catalog. You can import them into WSUS (and thus be able to import them to SCCM) via an ActiveX applet using Internet Explorer as noted in this Microsoft Docs. However, when I tried to load this applet

QuickTime 7 for Windows

QuickTime 7 for Windows

I know what you're thinking, QuickTime 7 for Windows is outdated and should be uninstalled. I agree with you. However, there are still some apps out there that depends on AVFoundation and aren't using native Windows 10 codecs (Looking at you Avid). So you just gotta deploy that really old

File Versions in Windows (with PowerShell)

File Versions in Windows (with PowerShell)

In an everlasting remediation with Cisco AnyConnect on Windows where 4.5.xxxxx doesn't upgrade properly by just installing a newer version of the product. Cisco has a workaround with 4.6.x but your 4.5 installation is still fucked because a) it's uninstalled in Apps & Feature (Add/Remove

Setaid.ini for SEP installs

Setaid.ini for SEP installs

I had such a hard time finding what some of the variables do in Setaid.ini because I don't have access to the deployment package part of SEMP (I know, most reasons are red tape in my case). I'll keep this updated when I gather more. Their support page also

State Migration Point

State Migration Point

Hello! It's been awhile. Doing many things at work now-a-days. Here's something I've been working on in SCCM. We are migrating folks from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (it works with 8 and 8.1 as well), but we have to switch folks to UEFI & Secure Boot & enable TPM for

SCCM testdbupgrade

SCCM testdbupgrade

When you are trying to run setup /testdbupgrade and you get an error asking for a native client (because you're running the command outside of your DB site or just doesn't have this particular cli that SCCM db test is looking for), you should grab the sqlncli.msi (x64) [http:

SCCM Task Sequence Missing Package

SCCM Task Sequence Missing Package

If you work in with SCCM imaging, you've probably seen where your task sequence bombs out saying you're missing a package. Most of the time, it will tell you which package is missing. That didn't happen today. It just said that I was missing a package but didn't say which.

SSD Fan Control

SSD Fan Control

If you ever replaced a HDD in an iMac (pre-flat, and post white kinds), you've probably had a very loud fan and found iStat Menus [https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/] or SSD Fan Control [https://exirion.net/ssdfanctrl/] to fix the noise because you didn't want/need/know about getting

find Command

In an attempt to remove .DS_Store files that Finder creates on network shares, I learned about the -exec option in the find command. Sometimes find can feel overwhelming, especially when you've been spoiled by Spotlight or Google, but basically it's formatted this way: find [options] [path] [expression] Back to

Using Munki to manage Profiles from Profile Manager

Sometimes, you want to use a profile to enforce some OS X settings. Whether you're moving away from MCX or Profile Manager is isn't delivering your profiles, you can use Munki to push it out. You will still need Profile Manager to make profiles, or you can use MCX to

Creating User Records with dscl

Creating User Records with dscl

I was decomissioning an Xserve from serving MCX (I was turning off Open Directory) to keep it from serving some transitional MCX. Long story short, I deleted the OD. However, the Xserve was still running a print server for Linux boxes and now, root was gone! Could not sudo or

God made a SysAdmin

Video: God made a SysAdmin Enjoy!

What's my name?

What's my name?

At my current job, we name our computers the same name as their DNS names. I needed a way to set my Macs' HostName, LocalHostName, and ComputerName the same as the DNS name so that puppet is happy, ARD is happy, and other network things. I had been trying to

MunkiWebAdmin + MySQL on OS X 10.8.5 Server

MunkiWebAdmin + MySQL on OS X 10.8.5 Server

Using the combined guides and suggested setup, this is how I had to set up my MunkiWebAdmin with MySQL on OS X 10.8.5 Server(.app's Web server). Thank you authors of these guides, it's been very helpful. Guides: MunkiWebAdminOSXSetup, Fluffy Quickness (MWA on OS X 10.8 Server)