Category Archives: Windows 11

Expediting updates using Windows Autopatch

Posted on September 1, 2025 by ncbrady

Introduction In the previous post I showed you what happens when a user or admin reset’s Windows after the August 2025 cumulative update (KB5063875) , basically the reset fails (rolls back). That problem can be fixed by applying an out … Continue reading →

Posted in 22H2, 23H2, Intune, KB5063875, Windows 11, Windows Autopatch, windows autopatch | 2 Comments

August Cumulative update causing Windows reset problems

Posted on August 30, 2025 by ncbrady

Introduction If you use Windows reset via a Self-Service Windows Reset app or built in Windows functionality, or via an action in Microsoft Intune, you or your users may be in for a surprise this month. After attempting a reset, … Continue reading →

Posted in 22H2, 23H2, Intune, KB5063875, Windows 11, Windows Autopatch | 2 Comments

Windows 11 has blank icons on the taskbar ? try this fix

Posted on September 30, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction I’ve had an ongoing issue recently on multiple Windows 11 computers where seemingly random icons pinned to the taskbar no longer show properly and instead are blank. This is pretty annoying so I tweeted about it on Twitter, and … Continue reading →

Posted in 22H2, 23H2, blank icons, known folder move, OneDrive, Windows 11 | 4 Comments

How does Windows Autopatch deal with the WinRE security patch ?

Posted on February 23, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction Previously I blogged about patching my Windows Server 2022 boxes using a PowerShell script from Microsoft in order to install a security patch. You can read all about that here. That fix is a manual one and it applies … Continue reading →

Posted in 21H2, Windows 11, Windows Autopatch | 2 Comments

Windows 10/11 version 21H2 and Windows Server 2022 not updating due to the size of the WinRE partition

Posted on February 22, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction I read a tweet today which reminded me that I’ve seen Windows 11 (version 21H2) and Windows Server 2022 (version 21H2) computers failing to update to a January 2024 Security Update with the following error. There were some problems … Continue reading →

Posted in 21H2, 21H2, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, WinRE | 1 Comment

Problems imaging a Surface Go 4 using Configuration Manager

Posted on November 23, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction I got my hands on a test unit, a Microsoft Surface Go 4, and wanted to see if we could image it via SCCM as we currently are doing for Surface Go 3 models. However, the problems became apparent … Continue reading →

Posted in 22H2, CVE-2023-24932, Surface Go 4, Windows 11, Windows ADK 11 version 22H2 | 1 Comment

Deploying KB5030310 to devices as a Win32 app for Copilot

Posted on October 5, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction In a previous blog post I discussed how you can disable (or enable) Microsoft’s new flagship service called Copilot. Copilot is a very hot topic today as it gives the power of AI to all users of Windows. As … Continue reading →

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Using remediation scripts to automate a setting for Copilot

Posted on October 5, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction In a previous blog post I discussed how you can disable (or enable) Microsoft’s new flagship service called Copilot. Copilot is a very hot topic today as it gives the power of AI to all users of Windows. As … Continue reading →

Posted in 22H2, Copilot, Remediation scripts, Windows 11 | Leave a comment

How can I disable Copilot ?

Posted on September 28, 2023 by ncbrady

This blog is broken down into the following sections Introduction TLDR Available SKUS & Cost Copilot Availability Temporary enterprise feature control Creating policy in Intune Using Copilot Update Recommended reading Introduction Microsoft held an event last week where they talked … Continue reading →

Posted in 22H2, Copilot, Intune, Windows 11 | 1 Comment