Powershell: Create a new local admin user

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Graeme Lewis

I recently needed some code to create a quick local admin user on a Windows 10 machine. Here’s the Powershell code I used…

VMUG Advantage

Posted on March 17, 2021May 1, 2021 by tech-e.admin

There is lots that can be learnt from attending one of VMware’s user group meetings (VMUGs). I’ve attended a few now and learnt…

BitLocker Recovery Key Location

Posted on May 15, 2020May 3, 2021 by Graeme Lewis

Just recently I needed to boot a users laptop into Safe Mode so I could uninstall some drivers. However when it restarted it…

vCenter boots into emergency mode on startup

Posted on April 13, 2020May 12, 2021 by Graeme Lewis

I started up my virtual lab today and got the following error on my vCenter server: “Generating “/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt”Entering emergency mode. Exit the…

Preventing overwriting of extra partitions in an MDT task sequence

Posted on March 9, 2020May 3, 2021 by Graeme Lewis

The other day one of our users used our MDT\WDS process to rebuild his laptop. He’d partitioned his hard drive so that he…

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