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Lenovo BIOS Update Return Codes

Lenovo BIOS Update Return Codes [0-10]

I have recently been working on updating BIOS’s for a fleet of various Lenovo models and I started getting all sorts of different return codes from them. They were not standard SCCM codes so I had to lookup what these return codes were. Below is a table to show all the return codes you get
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VMWare vSphere HA Failover Error

VMWare vSphere HA Failover Error

VMware vSphere HA (High Availability) is a feature that provides automated failover capabilities for virtual machines running on VMware vSphere hosts. When a host failure occurs, HA will detect it and restart the affected virtual machines on another available host in the cluster. If you are experiencing a failover error with VMware vSphere HA, there
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Windows Installer Media

Windows Installer Media (also known as Windows Installation Media) is a tool provided by Microsoft that allows users to create a bootable installation media for Windows operating systems. It can be used to install or upgrade Windows on a computer or device, and can also be used to troubleshoot and repair issues with an existing
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Export Powershell to CSV

Export Powershell to CSV

To export PowerShell to CSV file, you can use the Export-Csv cmdlet. Here’s an example: This command gets a list of all running processes, selects the process name, ID, and CPU usage, and sorts the list by CPU usage in descending order. This command exports the data to a CSV file named “processes.csv” in the
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How to recover unsaved word document

How to recover unsaved word document

If you have accidentally closed a Word document without saving it, or if Word has unexpectedly crashed or shut down, there are several ways you can try to recover an unsaved Word document: Look for auto-recovery files By default, Word saves a copy of your document every 10 minutes while you are working on it.
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MSI Installer Download Links

Having spent many years working with SCCM and looking for MSI installers to use for software deployment, I eventually wrote the MSI Downloader tool to help out others with getting hold of MSI installers. However, keeping the MSI versions up to date is a bit of a nightmare, and a lot of people, I know,
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vpn

What is a VPN?

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a secure network that is created over a public network (the internet) by using encryption and other security mechanisms to ensure that only authorized users can access the network and the information transmitted over it. A VPN allows users to securely access a private network and share data remotely
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SCCM Collection Query for Devices with specific software installed and version or below

SCCM Collection Query for Devices with specific software installed and version or below

If you need to identify machines with specific software installed on a device but would also like to know whether they have a certain version of the stated software or below, then you can use the below query. This can help with software upgrades to identify machines that have not yet been upgraded. SCCM Collection
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