Having used plex for Synology for many years, I switched to Plex for Windows for 4k transcoding and the execution is not great. Plex for Synology would rarely go down. With Plex for Windows the Plex Media Server process is regularly not running and needs a user account to install Continue Reading
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iPhone Developer Profiles
I was recently implementing WPA3 on a Unifi WiFi network and selected the WPA2/WPA3 option to allow WPA3 capable clients to use WPA3 and legacy clients will revert to WPA2. Once I had it configured I wanted to test it through Unifi Network, however, there is no visibility of what Continue Reading
ConfigMgr Verbose Client Logging
When attempting to troubleshoot ConfigMgr client issues sometimes standard logging may not cut the mustard. To enable verbose logging for the ConfigMgr Client run the following Powershell cmdlets: This will set a few regkeys to enable verbose loggingas per Microsoft Docs About log files – Configuration Manager | Microsoft Docs. Continue Reading
ConfigMgr Task Sequence editing Error
CONFIGMGR ERROR OBJECT: INSTANCE OF SMS_EXTENDEDSTATUS I have seen many blog posts that talk about integration with MDT etc. for this error. I have seen this error occur when attempting to edit a task sequence in ConfigMgr. Copy the TS works fine and editing it. To fix being able to Continue Reading
O365 Logs for ConfigMgr
When Troubleshooting logs on ConfigMgr Top level Hierarchy for O365 Updates refer to this log for a status update C:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\?\patchdownloader.log The file is usually in a numbered folder. the number varies. This will inform you why your patches are not downloading from the office CDNs.
Zoom, Virtual Background Error
If you have Zoom installed and you are unable to get virtual backgrounds working…there is a solution… Computer doesn’t meet system requirements…You cant deselect “I have a green screen”? Well If you look at the Requirements for Virtual background https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360043484511-System-requirements-for-Virtual-Background you will see that a common integrated GPU has issues. Continue Reading
Windows Update Debugging
Troubleshooting SCCM Configuration Manager and Windows Update may require you to view the C:\windows\WindowsUpdate.log. Often there isnt enough detail for example if searching for software evaluation. You may need to enable verbose logging by adding the following reg keys. HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate Create the key Trace Create the following 32-bit dword: Flags Continue Reading
Test-NetConnection for older Operating Systems
The Test-NetConnection Powershell cmdlet can be used to test ports on remote hosts which is great for firewall Troubleshooting but for for older operating systems an alternative can be used. For 2008 the following Powershell cmdlet can be used (new-object system.net.sockets.tcpclient).connect(“IP”,”PORT”)
SCCM/Windows Update
Recently I was faced with an issue where a windows 10 computer was unable to get the SUP servername from local Policy and write it to the WUServer registry key as designed. I removed all the policies refering to Windows Updates and made sure that no registry settings were being Continue Reading