What if the device refuses to boot via USB?
With physical access to the computer and a USB to SATA adapter, I decided to remove the hard drive from the computer, and boot my laptop with an Ubuntu Linux USB stick. From there I installed chntpw (https://www.chntpw.com), cleared the password on the offline copy of Windows 10 and exited. From there I reconnected the hard drive to the original system and booted the system. With no password assigned to the account, the system logged in automatically.
While my friend will be happy, and I have done everything with her permission, this is a great example of why maintaining physical control of your computer is so important.
]]>The book tells the fictional story of a company called DecisionTech working through a major leadership change due a to lack of competitive results. Kathryn the new CEO, begins to walk the leadership team through understanding that the company’s challenges are not simply about individual departmental issues which can commonly be found at any company but the lack of a healthy team dynamic and interaction for the leadership team itself. These dysfunctions are discussed as,
The first half to two-thirds of the book is solidly written in terms of a narrative that I could imagine watching as a fly on the wall in many different boardrooms throughout the country. The characters were understandable and people relatable. In many ways this book runs down a similar path as Gordon MacDonald’s “Who Stole My Church?: What to do When The Church You Love Tries to Enter the 21st Century” in terms of a group walking through major changes.
My main struggle with “Five Leadership Dysfunctions of a Team” is that “Who Stole My Church?” tended to be more more diagnostic in the course of narrative. The “Five Leadership Dysfunctions of a Team” does the diagnostics starting at page 185 with an overview of the Team Health Model, Assessment, and then an Understanding and Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions. If you are halfway through the book and wondering is this book worth it, push forward to the back half of the book to peek at the tools and then come back to finish up the fable.
Having finished the book, it will definitely go on my list of book recommendations. I can already see some areas to work on both personally and professionally.
Ready to read the book? You can order it here https://www.tablegroup.com/product/dysfunctions/
Here are some additional PDF resources released by the publisher, The Table Group.
]]>As such installing Microsoft Teams from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app will only install Microsoft Teams for that specific user. The installer would have be rerun if a different user logged into the machine and wants to use Teams.
If the Machine-wide Installer is used from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/msi-deployment then a login task is deployed each team a new user logs in or a returning user logs in to install or update Microsoft Teams as appropiate automatically.
If a specific user decides to uninstall Teams from their machine a registry entry is made at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Teams\PreventInstallationFromMsi which the login task will check before attempting to install Teams and stop.
Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/msi-deployment
]]>Working at Bethel I was responsible for 150+ employees and 150+ devices and numerous processes in a mixed Mac OS, and Windows environment. Unfortunately I fell into the trap of doing almost everything by hand, instead of automating with extreme prejudice. Now at Meier I have had the chance to start working through John Savill’s Power Shell Masterclass which I highly recommend for solid depth while being readily accessible.
Check out my take on a Do-Nothing Script implemented in PowerShell.
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