MSI Files These are generally easy as 3.14. If the vendor has adhered to MS standards then it should just be a case of running the MSI with: MSIEXEC /i setup.msi /qn Parameter Meaning MSIEXEC is the install engine. /i means install. /qn means quiet, no dialogue. Try: run “msiexec” in cmd to see the options. Things get a little more complicated when vendors start adding custom dialogues to the setup process, e....

If you don’t know what the setup file’s silent install switches are, there are a few ways to find out. (Also, you will want the silent/unattended uninstall commands too.) RT*M Check the vendor documentation. Sometimes they’ll provide the info needed to silently install their product. Even better if they actually provide step by step instructions on how to install via Config Manager! (But don’t get your hopes up…) Just Bing it!...

Error When trying to git clone or git push I would get the following error: git@github.com: Permission denied (public key). fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. To fix this, you need github to trust the machine. On your machine, run: ssh-keygen Keep it simple by just pressing Enter, Enter, Enter. grunt@debian:~/dotfiles$ ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair....

Quick one. We have some remote DPs that are rate limited during business hours, but if an App or Package is set to High, then it’ll distribute regardless. I wanted to see which apps and driver packages I had previously set to High priority for distribution and no longer need to be. However, MECM doesn’t show this in any columns I could find. So I went to PowerShell. Unfortuntely, the Get-CMApplications cmdlet doesn’t include any properties for ‘Priority’ so, that was a bust....

Recently when deploying 3rd Party Updates for Adobe Reader with Config Manager, I came across a bizarre error. After a quick search online, one post suggested deleting the \\machine\admin$\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Registry.pol I don’t like deleting registry things, so it’s better to rename it. But why? What has group policy got to do with Updates Deployments since Config Manager Client sets the Windows Update settings in Registry. Lets look at the facts The POL file date is 2 months old....