Category: Windows Installer, Updates, Patching

Download Many ISOs of Windows 10 and 8
article #1429, updated 601 days ago

This is a third-party page which initiates downloads from Microsoft:

tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php

And a very nice one for the very latest build of Windows 10:

www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

And another for Windows 8.1:

www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO

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Run CMD as SYSTEM to get around lots of different installer bugs etcetera
article #1408, updated 814 days ago

If you get PsTools, and do this:

psexec -i -s CMD.exe

you’ll get another CMD box, where the username is SYSTEM, that is to say, the hostname of the machine with a dollar sign on the right end. If the machine is on a domain, it is DOMAIN\hostname$, have not tested it on a non-domain machine yet.

One software installer recently, required that the folder containing its installer package be TAKEOWNed and ICACLSed, as that system user, before it would run to completion, it must have some odd permissions bug in it.

There are likely to be quite a few circumstances in which this special CMD can be useful.

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DISM Cleans Up Windows Updates and Cache
article #1158, updated 821 days ago

To see if there is cleanup to be done:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore

To remove obsolete and unused system files:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

To remove obsolete and unused system files and also service pack uninstallation files:

dism /online /Cleanup-Image /SPSuperseded

To remove obsolete and unused system files and everything prior, making it impossible to reverse any patches:

dism /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase

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Remove All Oracle Java Products Silently
article #1407, updated 821 days ago

This:

wmic product where "name like 'Java%%'" call uninstall /nointeractive

appears to work very well for products whose names start with “Java” which are installed in Windows standard fashion.

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Microsoft Update Health Tools
article #1405, updated 834 days ago

Solves issues with updating Windows 10.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4023057/update-reliability

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Download Windows 10 Build 1909 ISO
article #1402, updated 840 days ago

There are links on this page:

https://www.itechtics.com/windows-10-1909/

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Remove All Mitel Software via Powershell
article #1392, updated 933 days ago

All Mitel software names seem to start with that one word “Mitel”. So this:

( Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object{$_.Name -like 'Mitel*'} ) | ForEach-Object {
	& msiexec /x $_.IdentifyingNumber /quiet /qn /norestart 
}

appears to do the job nicely.

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BCUninstaller, a New Open Source Uninstaller, Very Tech-Friendly
article #1389, updated 946 days ago

Best tool for this I’ve ever seen.

https://www.fosshub.com/Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller.html

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New Windows package manager: OneGet
article #1352, updated 1171 days ago

This seems to be quite the tool. Haven’t tested it yet.

https://github.com/oneget/oneget

Can be installed or updated in 10 with: Install-Module -Name PackageManagement -Force

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Provisioning Packages in Windows 10
article #1333, updated 1266 days ago

These packages bundle configurations, even domain joins, and other items. Native to Windows 10:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/provisioning-packages/provisioning-create-package

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