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Quick Machine Recovery: Built-In Resilience for Windows 24H2
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Quick Machine Recovery: Built-In Resilience for Windows 24H2
This blog is about a new kind of silent recovery built into Windows 24h2 (KB5062660). It’s not about Safe Mode or Startup Repair, but something more powerful! Something that can quietly bring all...
Rudy Ooms
Windows Autopilot 8018000a Error Caused by the BeyondTrust Client.
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BeyondTrust Breaking Autopilot: 8018000a
This blog will discuss a strange Windows Autopilot failure that appeared on newly installed Windows 11 24H2 devices that had been updated with the July update. Even after a clean install and update,...
Rudy Ooms
Remove Default Microsoft Store Apps: How the Apps Are Removed
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Remove Default Microsoft Store Apps: How the Apps Are Removed
This blog will be about what actually happens when you enable the new “Remove Default Microsoft Store Packages” and how this policy ensures that those Microsoft Store Apps are removed...
Rudy Ooms
Microsoft Graph API July Update: No Action Needed with Patch My PC
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Microsoft Graph API July Update: No Action Needed with Patch My PC
Microsoft has announced that starting July 31, 2025, several Microsoft Graph beta API endpoints related to device management scripts will require new application permissions. This change affects how...
Brian Hall
Intune, vTPM, and MDM Enrollment Version 6.0 What You Need to Know!
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Intune, vTPM, and MDM Enrollment Version 6.0: What You Need to Know!
This blog will cover the latest features in MDM Enrollment Version 6.0 and explain their significance for device attestation, virtual TPMs, and Intune. We’ll break down how this enrollment version...
Rudy Ooms
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Patch My PC Summit 2025: Advancing Together
Patch My PC started as a fully remote company in 2011, long before remote work became mainstream. As we grew, we knew that building and fostering connections across time zones and continents would...
Marie Chalfant
A Native Way to Remove Default Microsoft Store Packages
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A Native Way to Remove Default Microsoft Store Packages
This blog will focus on the new Windows 11 25h2 feature, “Remove Default Microsoft Store Packages.” It’s a long-awaited Group Policy and (eventually) Policy CSP setting that finally lets you...
Rudy Ooms
How The IME cleans up the IMECache folder
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How the IME Cleans up the IMECache folder
This blog explains how the Intune Management Extension (IME) handles the cleanup of the IMECache folder after it has finished installing a Win32App. We will also examine what happens when cleanup...
Rudy Ooms
Autopilot Unexpected Reboot What Really Triggers a Device Restart
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Autopilot Unexpected Reboot: What Really Triggers a Device Restart (and How to Fix It)
If you’ve ever run into an Autopilot Unexpected Reboot right after Device setup, before the account setup even starts, you’re not alone. This post explains why it happens, how Windows...
Rudy Ooms
Windows Update Client Policies showing error code -2016281112
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Windows Update Policies showing error code -2016281112
This blog covers a weird issue where Windows Update client policies deployed through Intune began to fail after devices were upgraded to Windows 11 24H2. As soon as the upgrade finished and the...
Rudy Ooms