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Remotely Acquire the Serial Number of a Machine

2012-09-13 Command Prompt, Microsoft, PowerShell, Scripts Harry Caskey 0

Awhile ago I needed to find the Serial Number of a remote machine so I could pull the drivers, traveling to see that machine became very tedious and took time. So I did some searching and came accross this command that you can run via-command line with either powershell or by remotely connecting to the […]

Check and Fix SCCM Cache Size

2012-08-03 PowerShell, SCCM, Scripts Harry Caskey 3

I’ve run into issues where an SCCM client will get repaired and the cache size automatically goes back to 5120MB. This causes a problem if you have applications that you are advertising that are bigger than 5GB. So my solution was to created a PowerShell script that first checks to see what the current cache […]

Using Disk Part

2012-07-29 Command Prompt, DiskPart Harry Caskey 0

If you ever need to do some ole school disk formatting. This quick run should help! From the recovery console or setup menu in windows open a command line and follow these instructions. CMD> diskpart DISKPART> list disk DISKPART> select disk (ID #) DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly DISKPART> clean DISKPART> convert MBR (or GPT) […]

Disable Autodesk Customer Involvement Program (CIP)

2012-06-25 64-bit (x64), Autodesk, Customer Involvement Program (CIP), Windows 7 Harry Caskey 3

When you install any Autodesk product they automatically allow the CIP popup to occur on a fresh install. If you are running a multi-user environment this could be very annoying. Luckily you can disable this very easily. Just modify the following registry key and CIP will be disabled. Start > Run > regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\MC3 Change the following […]

How to run sysprep more than 3 times

2012-06-25 Microsoft, Operating Systems, Registry, Repair, SCCM, sysprep, Windows 7 Harry Caskey 4

By default Windows only allows you to run sysprep on an image 3 times. Then Microsoft’s solution is to re-install and start a new image. Well what happens if you need to update your image or make a change without having to go through the hassle of making your image exactly what you want? Follow these steps: Start […]