a Lenovo PGX (DGX spark clone) was dropped into my lap this week and i've just started working with it, hoping to learn as much as i can about how LLMs are run and trained
i now have qwen running locally & it's starting to come together but this is how i've felt the entire time
TIL (the hard way) that Defender's "Restrict App Execution" prevents targeted endpoints from successfully PXE booting.
Removing the restriction sorts things out in a jiffy.
Makes sense if you think about it, but I had to do quite a bit of thinking before I got there.
"The problem occurs only on [2016] servers where the hostname is exactly 15 characters long. This bug can break administrative tools, scripts, applications and services relying on Active Directory..."
KB5087537, released May 12th, appears to be the culprit.
Windows Server 2016 Bug Affects Domain Controller Lookup dlvr.it/TSmxWW
Mike O'Leary retweeted
I've collated 2400+ Microsoft architecture icons and published them for easy access at msicons.com 💙
For every icon, you can:
• Download the scalable SVG file
• Download the PNG of your desired size
• Embed the icon directly into your website or markdown
• Choose a light, dark or transparent background
You can can even compare different icons together and favourite multiple icons for bulk download!
#Microsoft
"A BitLocker recovery screen may appear on next boot after updating a computer with BIOS updates released in early April 2026."
Scope:
🔵 All HP Commercial Notebooks
🔵 All HP Commercial Desktops
🔵 All HP Workstation Computers
support.hp.com/us-en/documen…
Unfortunate timing with everyone pushing BIOS updates to cater for the secure boot issue, but if you’re updating HP devices, be aware of issues being reported - theregister.com/personal-tec…
#SecureBook #BIOSUpdates #MSIntune #HP
every patch tuesday for me and my helpdesk manager after making the decision to keep the fleet at 23H2 for as long as possible
Windows 11 May 2026 Update Fails With Error 0x800f0922 — Microsoft Confirms Issue on 24H2 and 25H2 PCs thewincentral.com/windows-11… via @TheWinCentral
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Extra Extra Hear All About It - Check out the awesomeness of #MMSMOA 2026 with this Recap. You'll find a summary, attendee quotes, photos, videos, and more! mmsmoa.com/mms2026moa
Thank you to all who made MMS 2026 a huge success. We are now in full swing for #MMSMidway Edition in San Diego from October 25-28.
Register ASAP - mmsmoa.com/mms2026midway
#MSIntune #ITpros #Windows #ConfigMgr #PowerShell #Microsoft
watching the vendors pack up their booths on the last afternoon of #mmsmoa and realizing the end is only a couple of hours away
✅ Planes
❌ Trains
✅ Automobiles
Only one box in my #MMSMOA transportation trifecta remains unchecked and 2026 is the year we're filling it in.
See you all soon!
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May 3-7, 2026
#Microsoft #ITpros #MSIntune #Windows #ConfigMgr #PowerShell
>post neat thing
>immediately stop thinking about it
>receive a confused but very nice reply weeks later
quickly realize:
·repo was synced at the wrong directory level
·most important file was missing as a result
·you wasted the nice people's time
(it's fixed now, i swear)
no time to blog this week, but speedyEnrollment is now ready for prime time:
includes:
• customizable text
• informative defaults
• power management juggling (🚫😴)
• lots of logging
• -speedy switch to accelerate enrollments in sluggish environments (ymmv - a bunch)
🔗⬇️
1. Upload to ConfigMan as a package
2. Add (as late as possible) a "Run Powershell Script" step to your task sequence, select your uploaded package and reference copyAndScheduleTask.ps1
3. All parameters are optional
github.com/cmtrace-dot-exe/s…
top and bottom text fields now parameterized and customizable
left: the default
right: me showing my age
How long do your clients generally take to enroll in co-management post-OSD?
Ours used to take hours↔️days, on occasion
We've got that down to 30↔️90 min with this script
Would this be of value to anyone? I honestly don't know if my org is a crazy outlier or if this is common
Replying to @cmtrace_dot_exe
What I've published today is a V E R Y stripped down version of a script I've had in production for a while called "Speedy Enrollment," which does a number of extremely rude things to various services and caches to prod the co-management enrollment process along.




















