Author: jbmurphy
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Thawte: The state name can not be abbreviated. Gets me every time.
Note to self: When generating a CSR for Thawte: The State Name in the CSR cannot be abbreviated Gets me every time.
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BASH script to change the Security Keys and SALTs in a wp-config.php file
I wanted to automatically change the Security Keys/SALTS when provisioning a new WordPress site. WordPress.com has a service that spits back random values. (https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/). The script below CURLs the values and then modifies a wp-config.php file with the new random values. Don’t remember where I got the pieces of this, but here it is, I…
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Windows 10 PinToTaskbar does not work
More Windows 10 fun. Trying to get a nice customized image for deployment. In the past I have used the verb “taskbarpin” and a RunOnce script to put icons on the users Task Bar. For example: Well, with the current build/set of patches, it no longer works. That was a waste of a day! Here…
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Windows 10 ignores Internet Explorer when using Import-Startlayout
More Windows 10 inconsistencies. Clearly, I have Internet Explorer in my start screen layout xml (Line 10): And when I log in for the first time, I.E. isn’t in the start menu. Others are having this issue too!
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Using PowerShell to unpin the AppStore in Windows 10 – Workaround
I can’t find a way to unpin the AppStore in Windows 10. So I wen’t about it another way. I reset the taskbar to have nothing and then I added everything back that I wanted. I am using this in my OSD/RunOnce PowerShell script to customize the user’s desktop. First of all I am using…
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SCCM 2012 OSD task sequence, windows 10 drivers missing
Still having problems getting my Windows 10 OSD up and running. Working with a Dell Latitude E7450 and the updated SCCM driver pack, but the drivers weren’t being installed. Ends up that you have to update your WINPE version from 8.1 to windows 10. Here is the article that I followed to update the WINPE…
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Re-imaging a machine, with SCCM 2012 fails with error 0x80070570
I have been working on building a new Windows 10 image. I was testing on a laptop and all of the sudden the OSD Task Sequence started failing, before anything even started! I had only made a minor change to the TaskSequence, so I was pulling my hair out. If you are impatient like me,…
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A better jQuery selector to hide a row in a SharePoint 2010 Edit Form
In the past, I had used this code to hide a row in a SharePoint Edit Form (EditForm.aspx): The problem with this is that if you have two fields that contain the text “Attendees” (For example “NewAttendees” & “OldAttendees”), then it matches both of them (this always seems to to be an issue for us).…
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Using jQuery to change to the Items tab in a SharePoint 2010 list.
In my last post, I showed how to use a query string parameter to start a user out on the items tab of a SharePoint list. This is well documented, I just can’t seem to remember it (that is why I posted it!). I wanted to take it a step further and use jQuery to…
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How to default to the Items tab in a SharePoint 2010 List
I wanted users to see the “Items” tab when the landed on a SharePoint 2010 list, rather than the “Browse tab”. The quick solution was to modify the link that points to the list, and append: