There have been many scripts and solutions written for cleaning up unnecessary files on Windows computers to free up disk space. I’ve used several over the years, but nothing out on the interwebs fit what I thought was the best
I recently had a nasty issue with my seriously awesome laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad P50 with a Samsung 950 Pro NVMe n.2 SSD). After a full shutdown (hold Shift when shutting down Windows 10) on the next power on I got
The synopsis: Using Windows 10/8.1 Enterprise media, Windows Pro can be upgraded to Enterprise edition while keeping installed apps, personal files, and settings. The story: I ran into an interesting scenario where I needed to run Windows 8.1 Enterprise. Pro
Not long ago I was using MDT 2013 to develop a few images. Deploying from the server, whether booting from PXE, CD/DVD, or a USB drive worked fine. However, when I created a stand-alone ISO and extracted it to a
It’s a good day to not be assigned to a customer… Microsoft released Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9926! I took a moment to download all 4 ISO files (Professional and Enterprise, 32 and 64 bit), inventoried the ISOs to
If you’ve worked in an IT department for a mid-to-large company you may have run across Microsoft Volume Licensing. I think a tome could be written on the intricacies of the subject, but here I’m only going to touch on
If you ever looked into using BranchCache, you’re likely well aware that the Enterprise or Ultimate editions of Windows Workstation are required to get this peer-2-peer caching functionality. That’s a disappointment for many organizations who aren’t spending the extra money
A colleague of mine recently was working on a Windows image with a specific setting for Microsoft Office 2010. However, the registry key simply would not “sick” and would be stripped out at some point before the user could log