Hyper-V: Merge snapshot vhdx

If you because of a restore suddenly get stuck with one “disk0.vhdx” and one “disk0-snapshot.vhdx” virtual disk, and you are not able to merge them using Hyper-V Manager? You can merge them with PowerShell Merge-VHD -Path *PathToSnapshotFile*\disk0-snapshot.vhd -DestinationPath *PathToDestinationFile*\disk0.vhd ex: Merge-VHD -Path c:\VM\VM01\Virtual Hard Disks\disk0-snapshot.vhd -DestinationPath c:\VM\VM01\Virtual Hard Disks\disk0.vhd

JAVA: Disable Auto Update

Create the following Registry Item Action: Update Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Key Path: SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy Value name: EnableJavaUpdate Value type: REG_DWORD Value data: 00000000

SCCM: Computer collection based on Computer Name

This will list all computers where the name starts with IT or HQ select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name, SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.Name like “IT%” or SMS_R_System.Name like “HQ%”