@BRRABill said in Can't Revert to Normal Startup - MSCONFIG:

@scottalanmiller said in Can't Revert to Normal Startup - MSCONFIG:

This thread has gone bananas.

bananas and peanut butter sandwiches

I was trying to figure out a way to incorporate that into the thread...

@travisdh1 said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

@scottalanmiller said in Getting Windows 10 License Upgrade on Linux Mint Laptop:

I'm about to do a full bare metal install 😞

Did you say goodbye to the rest of the family for the night?

The wife is off on a three day sorority bender... I mean retreat, for the weekend already.

@JaredBusch said in Windows 7 Pro Media for HP Folio 13:

@scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 Pro Media for HP Folio 13:

@JaredBusch said in Windows 7 Pro Media for HP Folio 13:

@scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 Pro Media for HP Folio 13:

Sadly...

Do you know/have the Windows 7 key? On devices that old, they were not always embedded yet.

If so, just install Windows 10 R1511 and enter the key. It should activate.

Oh really? That's way better. Thanks. Will try that right away. Yes, I have the real key on a sticker, thankfully.

YOu can also grab the GenuineTicket.xml from inside Windows 7 and activate the upgrade rights that way

Open the Windows 10 ISO inside Windows 7. Navigate to sources folder. Copy gatherosstate.exe to your desktop run it as admin copy the resulting GenuineTicket.xml to a USB drive or something. Install Windows 10 clean. After getting logged in the first time, copy the xml file to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\ClipSVC\GenuineTicket Reboot. Windows 10 will be activated with the digital entitlement.

@Grey said in Firefox continually crashing out in VDI:

I installed Firefox Portable and removed standard FireFox. Something between v32 and v42 changed the way that profiles are handled and they can't deal with data that's copied/imaged in the way that Personas/View handles %appdata%.

Odd. I haven't run into this yet, I'd knock on wood, but it's all fake plastic around me right now.

Just a note that the rollup breaks some VMware networking, specifically VMXNet3 adapters.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/vmware_says_windows_7_update_breaks_networking_tool/

Most of mine don't give away either, they sell, granted for next to nothing, but it's still sold.

or it's off to the recycler.

@Dashrender said:

@coliver said:

@Dashrender said:

Folders in that list that don't have the double folder within a folder icon are not OUs. As such GPO's don't apply to objects in them.

learned this the hard way a long time ago.

I guess I don't understand what this means. What icon are you talking about?

Missed this.

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Ok thanks, that makes more sense.

@Breffni-Potter said:

If you don't own the PC why do you have local admin.

I think that you'll find that if you have the local admin... you do own the PC 😉

I'm confused - You're using folder redirection, so the local copy of the data is only there for speed or network connectivity loss. So there should be nearly zero data loss if you delete the profile after the user logs out.

I'm not sure if there is a reg key on Windows Workstation OS, but there definitely is on Server OS for Remote Desktop Services.

This was something I've seen often turned on to keep the local storage needs of the RDS server from ballooning out of control from left over profiles.

User logs into RDS, downloads profile, user logs out - copy is pushed to the server and local directory is deleted.

Pretty standard practice.

I'd be surprised if this wasn't available on say Windows 7, etc.

@Dashrender said:

to bad you didn't have the Win 7 VL code they used to have (I'm assuming you can't find it on the VL website under their account?)

because if you can, I'd just use that, again calling if it won't activate with an MAK.

@Veet said in System Fonts: Installing when not an Admin:

@scottalanmiller

These vendors know, that over a period of time, the client becomes totally dependent on their product, that they (vendors) can dish out any bullshit, and be rest assured that the client would HAVE to lap it up .. To an extent, the client himself is to be blamed for this..

What's amazing, though, is that customers accept this crap the first time. Once the vendor "owns" them, sure, they feel trapped. But at some point, this insanity goes on and people make themselves trapped voluntarily!

@scottalanmiller said:

Isn't this a client who was fired? Problem fixed!

Yup... unfortuneatley the client refused to put in the hardware and required all updates to all machines be shut off, and requested all machines be rolled back from 10 that he hated....

@gjacobse said:

@travisdh1

No - User accounts are 'left' so that is connection to the AD / DC is lost, then the user can still log on.

That's not totally true, all profiles files are left, that doesn't mean you can still login to it necessarily. There's no process for AD to talk to the local computer to tell it the user was removed. It is just a directory service, The local computer has to request to login to the account. There is no method AD to tell computers anything changed without them requesting.

Just putting it out there for the sake of it.

You can run the User State Migration Tool...
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824873.aspx

@mlnews I downloaded it in a VM, scanned it with 3 different tools, opened it and scanned through it with mark1 eyeball, then cautiously tested it on a fully backed up system. ❤ VBScript.

@Lakshmana said:

Yeah.I have moved the folder from E to F drive by creating new folder in the F drive now

But E is the empty drive. That's not what you were supposed to be testing. Try copying the files again, not the empty folder.

Easier question to ask - did any computers loose power at all? If the answer is yes, then ask, was it all or just some? If some, then possibly you had a 3 phase power related issue. If not, then this is not an issue.

The key...if you're into functional GPO's (vs. monolithic) is having an effective and meaningful OU structure. Otherwise, half of your time will be creating security filters or specific targeting which can get very confusing very quickly.

The performance impact of processing GPO's in general is negligible, but it does depend on what that GPO is doing (i.e. deploying software in general or printers over slow links? Have a seat and grab a cup of coffee). I would be more concerned if you have slow links at your sites - if this is the case, you need to ensure that you have Sites and Services configured appropriately and a RODC at your remote site to facilitate speedy logins.

Being aware of GPO enforcement (which you should try to avoid) and LSDO ordering will help you tons.

There's really no right or wrong way to deploy GPO's as it is more about what you're doing with them, how they are deploying, and what you're deploying them to.

Personally, my preference is to break my GPO's out to functional objects - i.e. this one is for security, this one is for desktop preferences, this one is for drive mappings, etc.

@Dashrender Eons ago... http://sillydog.org/narchive/full4.php

It was actually pretty good too...

Aww... I'm not trying to use WSUS - I'm trying good ol' MS update servers here.