Brigg Angus
Articles
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Create a Dynamic Collection to Gather Windows Service Information
Purpose: You wish to show which machines have a particular service, the status of that service, and the Startup Type of that service. For this example, we want to know which machines have the Windo...
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Deploy Desktop Shortcut with Custom Icon File
Overview You wish to deploy a shortcut (URL, UNC path, local path) with a custom icon (.ico) file to all users. Methods Powershell 1. Create a .ps1 file called LinkMaker.ps1 (Or whatever you want. ...
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LAPS Integration with PDQ Inventory and PDQ Deploy
This article aims to provide some general guidance on using the Local Administrator Password Solution. As of April 2023, Microsoft has released a new version of LAPS distributed via the monthly ...
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Create Packages for Air-gap/Offline (No-Internet Networks)
Purpose: You wish to move PDQ Deploy packages from an internet-enabled network to you offline/air-gap network. Resolution: There are a few ways to do this, but all of them center on moving data fro...
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Firewall Ports and External Exceptions
Purpose PDQ Deploy and PDQ Inventory require both console and target computers to have certain firewall ports open. In addition, use of the Central Server feature will require an additional open po...
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Can't access ADMIN$ share using a local user or LAPS account
Purpose When supplying the appropriate user credentials that have local administrator access, you attempt to access a Windows 8x, Windows 10, Server 2012/2012 R2, or Server 2016 computer and receiv...
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CPU/GPU Utilization and PDQ Animation Tuning
PDQ Deploy and Inventory will attempt to detect if hardware acceleration is available and set the frame rate for animations accordingly. In certain cases, this is insufficient. You can either disab...
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Recommended Antivirus/Antimalware Exclusions for PDQ Products
Purpose: You wish to exclude PDQ working directories, programs, and other PDQ data from real-time (on-access) scanning by antivirus or antimalware software. Resolution: Real-time scanning performed...
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Package Failed Authenticode Verification
Purpose When attempting to download a package (automatically or manually) from the Package Library in PDQ Deploy you receive the following error, or similar, "Package Failed Authenticode Verificati...
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Create Event Viewer Log Files to Filter PDQ Events
Overview You would like to create a filtered Event Viewer file with specific PDQ information, include Event Viewer files (.EVTX) with your support ticket, or would like to filter PDQ events in Even...