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Are you having issues logging into Windows 10 after completing an in-place upgrade from Windows 7 or 8.1? If so, keep reading. You may have already discovered that you are able to log in with an admin user successfully and the problem appears to only effect non-admin users. Open the registry (Regedit.exe) and check the […]
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September 11, 2018 - 8:09 am
Thanks for this post! This was my exact issue.
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September 11, 2018 - 9:07 am
Great! It’s good to hear it helped you out!
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I am in the process of certifying several new Dell laptops (5480, 5580 and 7280) and have run into a BitLocker encryption issue with Windows 7. The laptops image successfully using our current ConfigMgr task sequence with BitLocker. However, if you plug in a USB-C/Thunderbolt NIC or docking station it will prompt for a BitLocker recovery […]
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August 31, 2017 - 4:39 pm
Hmmmm, we followed the same guidelines as dell and imported a local policy setting during the task sequence waaaay before BitLocker (which is our last step). We verified that the registry values match in that key (“2″=dword:00000000) and still we get the error when plugging in the “docking station”. Anything else we should be looking for in this?
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September 1, 2017 - 10:43 am
Are you pre-provisioning BitLocker in your task sequence? The registry value needs to be set prior to this…which means to continue to pre-provision you must set the value directly in your WIM. If you’re not using pre-provision I would add a pause in your task sequence just before enabling BitLocker and confirm the registry setting is set properly. You could also try setting the registry value with a REG ADD command instead of importing local policy.
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If you are trying to use the Excel 2016 Power Maps add-in and get a message saying all online content in Office is blocked, you should first check the setting under Options>Trust Center>Trust Center Settings>Privacy Options>>Let Office connect to online services from Microsoft. It should be enabled. If this does not resolve the problem, there […]

We have all been there…you receive a software update and continue to postpone the reboot as long as possible. When the reboot deadline hits you are still not ready to reboot. This leaves you with 2 options. You can either let the scheduled reboot take you to wonderland or follow these instructions and stop the reboot […]
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December 26, 2017 - 7:35 am
Huzzah! Life-saver!
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February 26, 2018 - 4:32 am
Thank you Bro!
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February 26, 2018 - 7:58 am
you got it!
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June 2, 2018 - 11:43 pm
Great…works like a charm
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June 16, 2018 - 3:59 am
you saved me my friend.. Thank you
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June 16, 2018 - 8:42 pm
Happy to be of assistance!
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July 27, 2018 - 8:09 am
These are almost the same steps you needed to perform when those millenial viruses tried to restart your pc… good old times *sigh*
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March 29, 2019 - 1:43 pm
You just saved me hoooours of a users 218GB backup!!! It was 80% done when it said he had 10 minutes left. Thank god he called me back!
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March 29, 2019 - 1:51 pm
That’s awesome and a good save for a Friday afternoon!!! Thx for letting me know…makes me smile.
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November 21, 2019 - 3:47 pm
May the gods of Computerdom shine down on you forevermore…
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November 21, 2019 - 5:03 pm
🙂
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December 24, 2019 - 2:59 pm
One of the most useful things I’ve ever found on the internet; no joke…
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December 26, 2019 - 4:34 pm
lol thanks Jeff!
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January 29, 2020 - 3:14 pm
You saved me about 2 hours worth of work, thanks man!
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January 29, 2020 - 4:52 pm
Excellent! Please use your 2 saved hours for some sort of fun!
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February 7, 2020 - 9:06 am
PERFECT….and it is a top search result. THANK YOU SO MUCH
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February 7, 2020 - 10:28 am
You got it!
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July 20, 2020 - 6:45 am
SAVED MY ASS – YOU ARE A SUPPER HERO
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July 29, 2020 - 6:37 pm
Man you saved my butt in the middle of a board meeting. You rock!
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July 29, 2020 - 7:35 pm
Beautiful! I know that feeling well…happy to be part of your victory! 😁
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March 6, 2021 - 10:00 am
I owe you tons of beers pal!! You saved me 8 hours of my hard work and possible corruption of an app upgrade when this annoying reboot window pop up.
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March 7, 2021 - 1:49 pm
That’s great, glad I could help you out!
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You come into the office Monday morning to find someone deleted your AD machine account. First, it’s no surprise as it is Monday. Rather than logging in locally to re-join the domain, you can use the Restore-ADObject PowerShell cmdlet to quickly restore the account. Verify the machine account exists in the Deleted Objects container: *replace […]
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February 5, 2018 - 8:49 am
You Rock!!!