Gary Blok

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Confirm Domain Join during OSD (garytown.com)
I've got a small group in my TS that double checks the domain join status, then exit with an error

code if the OSD process didn't join the domain properly. Basically, I'm using PowerShell to do a couple of lookups and writing the information to variables, which I then use to trigger an exit command.

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By: Gary Blok submitted:Aug 16 2024

Dell Command Update – Install & Manage via PowerShell (garytown.com)
So if you haven't read my last post yet, Dell Command Update - pulling back the curtains - GARYTOWN

ConfigMgr Blog, you should, as I go into how Dell Command Update (DCU) gets it's feed of information under the hood. That is the basis for a lot of things I'll be doing. In this post, ... Read more

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By: Gary Blok submitted:Nov 1 2024

Grabbing Info via PowerShell (garytown.com)
Simple Post to start collecting things I often forget but use enough that I need to know.
By: Gary Blok submitted:Jun 16 2022

Low Space on EFI (System) Partition – Clean up (garytown.com)
Hey folks, this seems like a topic that keeps coming up, despite the fact I had assumed everyone was

creating large EFI volumes (984MB) by now, but I keep finding folks who have 100MB and run into issues.

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By: Gary Blok submitted:Jul 12 2024

Powershell Invoke-WebRequest Fails with SSL/TLS Secure Channel (garytown.com)
TLDR make sure your system time is correct in Windows & BIOS Ok, this has been well documented

around the internet, and the typical answer is: Powershell Invoke-WebRequest Fails with SSL/TLS Secure Channel - Stack Overflow However today I was really annoyed because that was already built into my script

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By: Gary Blok submitted:Aug 30 2024

Secure Wipe with SDELETE revisited (garytown.com)
So many years ago I blogged about using sdelete to run a secure wipe task task squence. Since then,

I've updated it a bit, and I'm reposting and uploading the Task Sequence. There are no packages associated with it, all content it needs ... Read more

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By: Gary Blok submitted:May 19 2023

Projects, Scripts, and Modules

BuildM365Apps.ps1 (github.com)
Set up #M365 Apps with a single script
By: Gary Blok submitted:Jun 16 2022

Gathering Battery Information via PowerShell & WMI (garytown.com)
TLDR: GitHub Script: garytown/BatteryInfo.ps1 If you have an HP Device, there is a nifty utility

called HP Power Manager, in which it tells you the health and status of your battery. Related Posts: This is pretty useful, but sometimes you need to access this information via PowerShell or WMI for scripting or Inventory. I'm going ... Read more

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By: Gary Blok submitted:Apr 21 2023

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