Automatically Capture Hard Blocker

This was one of Keith S. Garner’s (@keithga1) gifts to me before he parted ways on his new adventure.  I asked him for a script to automatically pull the Hard Blocker from the compatdata XML file created during the Windows 10 compatibility scan.  After I gave him my request, he hit me up on skype about 2 hours later and said he didn’t write a script, he wrote me a 1 liner.  Keith knows how much I like 1 liners.  Why?  Task Sequences!  If I don’t have to have content to accomplish a step, all the better!  I’ve been known to build scripts on the fly using echo >> script.bat then running the script.bat file just so I don’t have to have content.

So what’s this magic 1 line of code?  I’m getting to that.

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Dell Warranty Reporting via ConfigMgr – Dell Warranty API

Update 11/3 – Contact info for Dell API key has changed: (Info directly from Dell API Support team)New process – The customer should create ticket via TechDirect https://techdirect.dell.com;Alternatively they can reach out to us at APIs_TechDirect@Dell.com Update 10/20  – Nickolaj posted his Dell Right Click tool, so if you’ve take then time to get the … Read more

ConfigMgr Report – Software Information by Title by Collection

Files Included in ZIP File (Download HERE: garytown.com/Downloads/MultiSoftwareVersions.zip) Documentation (This File) A Multi Software versions Inventory Report.rdl – MAIN REPORT FILE SoftwareCountsDetailVersion.rdl – SUPPORT REPORT FILE Assumptions, you have MS Report Builder installed, you have access to your CM Report Server, and can Save & Modify reports on your CM Report Server, and some knowledge … Read more