Lee Stevens: Technical Blogs

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MDT: Having to change the customsettings or bootstrap

Just a quick blog on MDT, in case anyone else has run into this. One thing to keep in mind is that...

Author: leecstevens Date: 06/01/2017

PS without BS: Managing WSUS

In this blog, I will leave you with some scripting snippets on how to manage WSUS: Block 1: Connect...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/25/2017

Demystification of the ProtectedRoots Registry Key

Well, hopefully some demystification of the key at least. :) Upon looking around, I had a hard time...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/24/2017

Removing a RemoteApp Session Host

Sometimes Windows Server features are not so straightforward, so here's one for those who have...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/24/2017

Troubleshooting SQL Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 5

In moving my dev system, an odd thing came up. This is usually an easy fix, but for those out there...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/23/2017

Don't always blame the security guy

So, this one is for the security guys - the ones always blamed for something breaking. "Disable...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/23/2017

Invalid DeploymentType in MDT 8443

For those who may have updated MDT 2013 Update 2 to the new build, 8443, you may have noticed...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/23/2017

RemoteApp and Smartcard Authentication

For those who use Smartcards to log in, the RemoteApp website, known as RDWeb, can be a pain. But,...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/16/2017

PS without BS: Creating VMs in Hyper-V with PowerShell

Of all the things that sometimes drill me is having to do a web search for PowerShell cmdlets, and...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/16/2017

Overcoming the dreaded 0xc000014c message on start

I had a recent incident with my SCCM server (running Windows Server 2012 R2) in my lab that had an...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/16/2017

Detecting and remediating SMBv1

We have recently issued a Security Update (4013389) for Windows SMB. This does affect all supported...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/11/2017

Supporting Windows 2000 and (other) old operating systems in a lab

Some may ask why on earth I'd be writing a blog to support operating systems we have long since...

Author: leecstevens Date: 05/11/2017

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