Get BitLocker Keys Using PowerShell
Microsoft is increasingly pushing BitLocker encryption onto new devices. Do you know your BitLocker recovery passwords (keys)?
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SentinelOne Blocks VSS Shadow Deletion–Access is Denied
I had a Windows 10 to 11 upgrade fail today. SetupDiag makes it sound like the problem was removing System Restore (VSS) checkpoints:
An A.I. Test
After reading a New York Times article about how Artificial Intelligence degenerates when it gets its input from A.I., I posted some thoughts in a private forum. A colleague replied …
INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE
It seems that more often than not, when I restore a computer, I encounter stop code 7B or worse, just a white-on-black message that no OS was found.
Migrate from CA certificate to Self-Signed Certificate
I manage a few small networks where there is a single server for the company. Last year, on one of those networks, I set up Server 2022 with a new …
Re-Join a Windows Client to a Domain
A customer has a Windows Server 2016 Essentials machine with several Windows 10 clients. As those clients upgrade to Windows 11, the Windows Server Essentials connector sometimes fails to connect. …
MicroSIP Rejects Call if Headset in Cradle
I’ve been testing the MicroSIP softphone version 3.21.4 on a Windows 10 computer. I could not figure out why MicroSIP would ring for half a second, then hang up (Decline) …
Ninite Could Not Verify Installation of Zoom 1603 – 3620
Occasionally, Ninite Pro and/or the Windows Installer gets confused and cannot update a program. In this case, the message was “Zoom : Install failed – Could not verify installation (2), …
Windows 11 Start Menu Error
I upgraded several machines from Windows 11 22H2 to 23H2 using an RMM tool. On most machines, after I log as an admin, I see this a blue popup:
Disabling CoPilot on Windows 11
After updating Window 11 Pro to 23H2 on some domain-joined computers, I I found that a CoPilot Preview suddenly started appearing in the lower right corner: