Monthly Archives: September 2011

Create standalone Media in Windows 7 fails if USB media is greater than 32gb ?

I’ve seen this time and time again and the only solution that worked for us was to create this media on a Configmgr console installed on a Windows XP computer. Today however I tried to create another key (64GB) in … Continue reading

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using SCCM 2012 beta 2 in a LAB – Part 12. Test Deploying Windows 8 Developer Preview

Side Note: This is a break from the normal LAB we’ve been doing. As the Build version of Windows 8 Developer Preview was released yesteday I wanted to test Deploying it, I will use the same Build and Capture Method … Continue reading

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using SCCM 2012 beta 2 in a LAB – Part 11. Deploying Software Updates

In Part 1. of this series we Installed SCCM 2012, in Part 2 we started to configure it. In Part 3, we configured Beta 2 some more by enabling Active Directory discovery methods, adding some site system roles, configuring the … Continue reading

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using SCCM 2012 beta 2 in a LAB – Part 10. Synchronizing Software Updates

In Part 1. of this series we Installed SCCM 2012, in Part 2 we started to configure it. In Part 3, we configured Beta 2 some more by enabling Active Directory discovery methods, adding some site system roles, configuring the … Continue reading

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How can I retrieve my BitLocker recovery key from MBAM in Windows PE

If you are using MDOP and BitLocker then you are more than likely aware of MBAM. Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) is a tool used amongst other things, for storing the BitLocker keys used in your Enterprise. This means … Continue reading

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How can I determine if there’s a TPM chip on my Lenovo system for BitLocker ?

If you haven’t don’e so already check out my similar post on verifying if there’s a TPM present for Dell systems here. Using similar logic (it works after all :-)) I’ve changed the script to look for the Lenovo programmed … Continue reading

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