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Hey HopTechOne readers! It’s FlyswatterThe1 here, your resident tech tinkerer and wiener dog enthusiast. Whew, I’ve been through the ringer with Xfinity recently. What started as a billing inquiry, then a retention group offer to drop my monthly costs, into a multi-day odyssey of dropped speeds, endless support chats, and one hilariously inept “self-heal” process.…
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Hey HopTechOne crew—John here, still shaking off the caffeine crash from a 2AM WordPress war story that turned into an Azure boot camp. If you’ve ever stared at a blank OAuth tab wondering “Why me?”, this one’s for you. I was just trying to wire a simple WPForms contact form on hoptechone.com to ping my…
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Hey, HopTechOne crew—it’s John here, your resident IT grizzled vet. If you’ve been slinging tickets, chasing down network gremlins, and keeping end-users from mutiny for over two decades (guilty as charged), this one’s for you. I just stumbled into “Service Delivery Manager” (SDM) roles while job hunting, and bam—it’s like the universe saying, “Dude, you’ve…
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By John Hopkins | HopTechOne.com | October 2025 In my ongoing TestVM project, I wanted to extend endpoint management beyond the Windows laptop (JH_5440_Laptop) to mobile devices—a key skill for field service engineers and healthcare IT roles where BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is common. This post details setting up an Android tablet as a…
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By John Hopkins | HopTechOne.com | October 2025 As part of my IT up-skilling journey, I decided to dive into virtualization with VMware Workstation (now free for business use) and Kali Linux—a powerful combo for security training and endpoint management labs. With my background in Fresenius IT support and a focus on secure device connectivity,…
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This project taught me Intune policy scoping, registry troubleshooting, DNS propagation, and domain management—skills directly applicable to healthcare IT (e.g., secure PACS access). Key tools: PowerShell, dsregcmd /status, MX Toolbox. Next on the to-do list: Recreate Intune policy and test regedit lockout & NotepadDenyUser policies for Eagle.Talon@HopTechOne.com. Finish AZ-900 Cloud Concepts module on https://learn.microsoft.com. Cost…
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Setup: Enabled guest access in Teams Admin Center; invited external@hotmail.com and external@gmail.com to teams/meetings. Issues: Gmail user needed Microsoft account creation; Hotmail user had empty “My Apps” (normal for guests). Fixes: Guided sign-in, granted SharePoint “Can edit” for file access. Admin: Managed teams/channels, assigned meeting policies, used Entra ID for guest roles. Key Takeaway: Guests…
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To brand the tenant professionally: Result: Emails now from @HopTechOne.com (e.g., JohnHopkins@HopTechOne.com). Registration: Namecheap (~$10/year) with Stellar hosting ($3/month) and free SSL. Verification: Added TXT record (MS=ms????????) in Advanced DNS; fixed CNAME for www. Email: Added MX, CNAME (autodiscover), SPF TXT; set as primary domain. Challenges: Propagation delays (24–48 hours), Namecheap lockout (resolved via support).…
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I created a Settings catalog policy to block regedit for Eagle.Talon: Issues: Policy blocked LocalAdmin unexpectedly (DisableRegistryTools = 2 in HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System). Eagle.Talon wasn’t blocked. Steps: Devices > Configuration > New policy > Settings catalog > “Prevent access to registry editing tools” Enabled, “Disable regedit from running silently” Yes > Assign to “NotepadDenyUsers”. Fixes: Removed legacy…
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The laptop was stuck at AzureAdJoined: NO and WorkplaceJoined: YES, blocking full Intune management. After removing the Workplace Join (dsregcmd /leave as SYSTEM via PsExec), I joined Entra ID: Intune Enrollment: Automatic via MDMUrl (https://enrollment.manage.microsoft.com/); device appeared as Compliant in Intune. GUI Method: Settings > Accounts > Access work or school > Connect > “Join…