by Jonathan Bennett | Jun 20, 2018 (Updated Jun 20, 2018)
Overview This post shows how a script can detect if it is running from inside an SCCM Task Sequence in a way that avoids false positives. The Problem At times it’s useful for a script to detect if it is running from an SCCM Task Sequence so it can alter its...
by Jonathan Bennett | Jun 13, 2018 (Updated Jul 3, 2018)
Overview GImageX v2.2.0 has been released. GImageX is a freeware GUI for working with imaging WIM files providing an alternative to DISM. It can be used to capture, apply, mount, export, split and delete WIM files. GImageX is provided as a 32-bit and 64-bit native...
by Jonathan Bennett | Jul 8, 2015 (Updated Mar 19, 2019)
Overview This post contains a WinPE version list including the WinPE version, the Windows version, and the numeric Windows version string that it was built from. It covers all versions of WinPE from the initial Windows XP versions to the latest Windows 10 versions....
by Jonathan Bennett | Feb 4, 2015 (Updated Jan 30, 2018)
Overview This post shows how to automate the numerous “first-run” dialogs that are shown when a user runs an Office 2013 or Office 365 application for the first time. With a standard local installation of Office 2013 this can be done in two ways. Firstly,...
by Jonathan Bennett | Jan 10, 2014 (Updated Jan 25, 2018)
Overview Recently I came across an issue with System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2012 where a large number of packages and applications had failed to be distributed to a new Distribution Point (DP). There were many thousands of packages in the environment...