21H2

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Enterprise Software Catalog

The Enterprise Software Catalog (ESC) was developed as an attempt to simplify advertising common software to the computers of end users. This is done by leveraging Active Directory groups populated with user-objects, which are used as the target for query-populated, Enterprise-supported Device Collections in MECM. When a user is added to a software group, their computers will receive an Available …

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Repairing WMI Invalid Class

  • For unknown reasons, Windows 10/11 computers can have their WMI corrupted, resulting in many features on Windows computers not functioning properly.
  • When WMI becomes corrupt, management software that use WMI scanning (such as BigFix and MECM) cannot properly scan computers. This can cause many issues and false positives in reports.
  • One common side effect of a corrupt WMI is that …

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20H2

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Windows 10: Feature Update Enterprise Deployment

The Enterprise Feature Update Deployment plan for Windows 10 launched with the 20H2 Feature Update for Windows 10 in 2021 and is being revamped for the deployment of Windows 10 22H2 in 2023 The plan will help USGS to shorten the window of time required to move between Windows 10 Feature Update versions and help to standardize annual feature …

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Windows 10 1803 Upgrade Failure to Boot Recovery

The purpose of this document is to assist SysAdmins who have computers that are experiencing a failure to boot after applying the Windows 10 1803 Upgrade.

Please pay close attention to the issue type and the corrective action.

Step 1: Identify the particular error that you are seeing.

  • Type 1 Error: Machine is getting either a Blue Screen of …

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NOTICE – OSD Template update to 2018 Q4-1803

OSD Template update to 2018 Q4-1803:

The USGS has developed a Operating System Deployment Template for SCCM.  This OSD template contains the approved OS images and Applications that are offered at an Enterprise level.  This OSD template has been updated to reflect the new 1803 2018-Q4 OS image, ADK 1709 Boot Image (This is meant to be a …

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DO NOT RUN InPlace upgrades from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10 build 1709 on encrypted systems

We have received reports that upgrading McAfee encrypted Windows 7 or 8.1 Enterprise systems to Windows 10 Enterprise build 1709 using the SCCM DOI-Windows 10 1709 Upgrade Applications may cause blue screens and also installs the Windows 10 Professional Edition instead of Enterprise.

The SCCM DOI-Windows 10 1709 Upgrade Application has been filtered to only allow Windows 10 to Windows …

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