Patch My PC Blog

Get expert insights, how-to guides, product updates, and best practices for streamlining patch management, improving endpoint security, and optimizing IT operations.

blog category feature image
The Secure Boot Report Where the Secure Boot Info comes from
Blog
Secure Boot Status Report Explained: Where the Data Is Sent From
The new Secure Boot Status report in Intune finally provides visibility into Secure Boot state across all of your devices. This new Secure Boot Status Report will become the first place to look once...
Rudy Ooms
Autopilot Hybrid Join Failure 80004005 and a Malformed id_token
Blog
Autopilot Hybrid Join Failure: 80004005 and a Malformed ID Token

this blog shows why Autopilot Hybrid can fail right after sign-in with 80004005, even when everything looks healthy in Intune, and we traced it back to the id_token OtaDJ receives during OOBE, which turns out to be malformed and breaks the MDM enrollment URL handoff.

Rudy Ooms
The Secure Boot Status Report Coming soon to Intune
Blog
Secure Boot Status Report: The Report Behind Secure Boot Readiness
Most admins already found the Secure Boot policy in Intune. That’s not the problem. The problem is what happens after you assign it… and Intune tells you nothing useful. No progress view. No...
Rudy Ooms
Local Autopilot Reset blocked by “Deny network logon”
Blog
Local Autopilot Reset blocked by “Deny network logon”

Local Autopilot Reset looks simple until a baseline blocks it. The credential provider validates admin creds using LsaLogonUser with LogonType 3, so “Deny network logon” stops the reset before it starts.

Rudy Ooms
Policy is rejected by licensing Error Code 0x82B00006
Blog
Policy is rejected by licensing: Error Code 0x82B00006

This article explains where that policy is rejected by licensing is made and why documentation is not always the final authority

Rudy Ooms
Entra Join Shows No Password Prompt The User Realm Issue
Blog
Entra Join Shows No Password Prompt: The User Realm Issue

A device kept failing Entra Join in the strangest way: type UPN, press Enter, brief loading animation, and suddenly back to the username box with zero errors. No logs. No password page. The fix came from the last place anyone would look, the User Realm response.

Rudy Ooms
Intune Firewall Rules Breaking After Changes IT1214934
Blog
Intune Firewall Rules Breaking After Changes: IT1214934
If you recently changed or added firewall rules in Intune and the outcome felt unpredictable, you are not imagining things. Microsoft has published a service health message (IT1214934)...
Rudy Ooms
What Really Happens When You Press Remote Sync in Intune
Blog
What Really Happens When You Press Remote Sync in Intune

This blog explains why Remote Sync is not an instant action, but a push signal that Windows records through WNF before deviceenroller decides when the real OMA DM policy sync starts revealing why delays occur even when the process is working exactly as designed.

Rudy Ooms
LocalNetworkAccessAllowedForUrls The Policy You Never Deployed
Blog
The Local Network Access Allowed For Urls policy you never deployed

Local Network Access Allowed For Urls suddenly appeared as a managed policy. This explains what triggered it and what OneDrive was protecting.

Rudy Ooms
How Intune Syncs Work PowerShell and Win32 App Delivery vs Policy Delivery
Blog
How Intune Syncs Work: PowerShell and Win32 App Delivery vs Policy Delivery

Intune Sync: Win32Apps vs Policies. This blog explains how IME handles Win32 Apps and PowerShell, while OMA-DM delivers policies.

Rudy Ooms