Christopher Kibble's Technical Ramblings
  • SCCM SQL Query to Build Uninstaller Batch File

    2017-05-26 ConfigMgr SQL

    I created the follow SQL query to create a batch file that uninstalls all known versions of a piece of software. Feel free to use and tweak as you see fit. You should build the query first to make sure you're only identifying the GUIDs for software you really want to uninstall. You'll need to setup SSMS to output as …

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  • Looping over User Profile Directories

    2014-04-27 AutoIt

    I wrote the following script a few years ago to help me loop over all user profiles to make changes to a configuration file that was stored there. The target systems were all Windows XP and Windows 7 at the time, but I couldn't be certain where the profiles would be (C:\Documents and Settings, C:\Users, D:\Users, etc), …

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  • Troubleshooting Windows Installer Self Heal Issues

    2014-01-17 MSIEXEC

    While there are plenty of benefits to vendors using the Windows Installer, if you've used Windows long enough, and you've installed enough applications, you've probably been plagued by messages such as these: In this post I'm going to talk about why this happens, and steps you can take to resolve it. The primary reason …

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  • Adjusting DCOM Settings via Script

    2009-09-09 AutoIt

    This post was previously released under a different blog and is being republished by me below. That site is no longer available. I am the original author. I was recently tasked with adjusting the DCOM Security Settings (DCOM: Machine Access Restrictions and DCOM: Machine Launch Restrictions) in the local security …

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Chris Kibble

Technologist, PowerShell, Desktop Engineering, SQL.

Recent Posts

  • Setup Google Cloud Certificate Authority - Part 1
  • Standing Up a Microsoft Certificate Authority - Part 7
  • How to Query the SCCM Database With SQL Server Mgmt Studio
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