Bo Elam
Ed Tittel
Kari Finn
Toni Fasth
Ed’s Physical Admin Toolkit
September 24, 2020, 0 Comments
I examine my spares, test/replacement gear, and tool, then report on what I find. You might put yourself a similar collection together, to keep ahead of Windows gotchas.
Admin Tools
Defender Gets a Big New Charter
September 23, 2020, 0 Comments
At Ignite 2020, Microsoft expands the Microsoft Defender charter as it organizes products/brands into Microsoft 365 Defender, Azure Defender, and Azure Sentinel portfolios. This is going to take a while to sink completely in . . .
KB4571756 (Temporarily) Kills Internet Dongle on X380 Yoga Test PC
September 21, 2020, 0 Comments
After updating one of my Release Preview test PCs to KB4571756 my Lenovo GbE dongle quits working. Quick testing confirms a driver problem, and reverting to the previous driver version quickly fixes things.
SpiceWorld 2020 Ventoy Presentation
September 17, 2020, 0 Comments
OK, then. Today’s the day my pre-recorded presentation about Ventoy — the GitHub project that creates bootable Windows 10 media that can boot into any bootable ISO file in one of its partitions — at the virtual version of this year’s annual SpiceWorld gathering. As promised, I’m providing links to the underlying PowerPoint file and
Samsung Magician V6.2.0 Now Available
September 16, 2020, 2 Comments
A new version of Samsung Magician lets me examine benchmarks from my 3-year-old 950 PRO NVMe and reminds me it’s time to start planning my next PC build to bring current generation speeds into my office.
MS Merges SSU into CU for WSUS
September 12, 2020, 0 Comments
For companies and organizations that manage their own Windows Updates, getting the right Servicing Stack Update (SSU) is crucial before or alongside installing the Latest Cumulative Update (LCU). At a single stroke, MS does away with this requirement.
CU KB4571744 Fixes Disk Defrag/Optimize Issue
September 4, 2020, 0 Comments
Since Version 2004 went public in May, Defragment and Optimize drives has suffered from a bug that caused it to lose its memory of recent actions, checks, and optimizations/defrags. Happily, KB4571744 fixes that properly.
Resolve Win10 Activation Status
September 2, 2020, 0 Comments
SuperFly’s excellent ShowKeyPlus tool can tell users if they’ve upgraded to Windows 10 from a previous version and what kind of license they’ve got. Use slmgr to check activation status at any time, to make sure your license is valid and active.
Making Sense of LCID Language Codes
August 26, 2020, 0 Comments
Ever wondered about those four-letter codes that identify languages in Windows, like en-us for US English and en-gb for UK English? They’re called LCIDs (Language Code Identifiers) and there are a great many of them. Fortunately, I found a good tool to search and sort them, too.
20H2 Enablement Packages Takes Minutes to Install
August 24, 2020, 6 Comments
For those running Version 2004 who don’t want to wait for 20H2 to go public, a very fast enablement package CAB will get them upgraded. My test machine did it in under a minute from start to finish. Amazing!