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Creating OSD USB deployment media in System Center Configuration Manager 2007...
Just a heads up on a new ConfigMgr 2007 Knowledge Base article we published today. If you do any work with Operating System Deployment (OSD) then you'll want to check this one out: ===== Symptoms When...
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System Center Updates Publisher downloads fail with error 0x800b0004 in...
Just a heads up on another Configuration Manager KB article we published today. This one involves error 0x800b0004 and System Center Updates Publisher : ===== Symptoms The Microsoft System Center...
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How to easily test your remote SQL connectivity
Microsoft's own Steve Rachui explains how to quickly and easily test remote SQL connectivity using any account you like. This is a neat trick that will surely prove useful when working with a wide...
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Configuration Manager 2007 client downloads hang or take a very long time...
Here's an interesting issue I ran into the other day and I thought I'd post it here in case anyone happened to see it. The issue is one where if you have System Center Configuration Manager 2007...
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Troubleshooting the PXE Service Point and WDS in Configuration Manager 2007
Note: The section titled How To Properly Install And Set Up A New Instance Of WDS And A PXE Service Point was updated with two additional steps (19 and 20) on 1/6/2011. ===== This is a general guide...
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Announcement: SMS Scan Tools Are Being Retired
Looks like the Configuration Manager team announced yesterday that On April 12th, 2011, SMS 2.0 will reach the end of its extended support lifecycle and at that time the Security Update Inventory Tool...
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Configuration Manager 2007 state messaging–in depth
Understanding state messaging in ConfigMgr is important – critical software update data relies on this system – but in v.next of ConfigMgr, understanding state messaging is even more important as more...
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How to stage Task Sequence Prestaged Media on a hard drive in Configuration...
When booting into a PC that has had Task Sequence Prestaged Media staged onto it, the Task Sequence may fail almost immediately with the following error message: Unable to read task sequence...
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Designating a host that is in workgroup fails with error 2912 in System...
Symptoms You are using System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 and you try to designate a host that is in a workgroup and not in a domain. The result is that it fails with the following error: Error...
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What’s New in the Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Transfer Site Settings Wizard
The Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Transfer Site Settings Wizard now has two new options: Power Management Agent and Enable Active Directory Delta Discovery and Delta Discovery Interval. Our very own...
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FEP 2010 - Deploying Client KB981889 Ahead of Time with ConfigMgr 2007
Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 (FEP 2010) clients require the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) rollup package KB981889 on Windows Vista, 2008, 2008 R2, and Windows 7. Installing this package...
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Solution: The Enable BitLocker task fails to run during a ConfigMgr 2007 Task...
When running a Configuration Manager 2007 Task Sequence that has the "Enable BitLocker" task in it, the task fails to run and BitLocker is not enabled on the PC. Examining the SMSTS.log reveals the...
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Hardware Inventory in Configuration Manager 2007 fails and the SMSexec.exe...
Just a heads up on a new ConfigMgr 2007 Knowledge Base article we published today where Hardware Inventory fails and SMSexec.exe has high CPU utilization : ===== Symptom When using system Center...
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System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 has reached the end...
Hi All, I just wanted to send a quick reminder that System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 has reached the end of its service pack support date:...
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The Configuration Manager 2007 Reporting Services point fails with 'SRS root...
Just a heads up on a new ConfigMgr 2007 Knowledge Base article we published today where a Reporting point fails with 'SRS root folder "configmgr_<sitecode>" is not present': ===== Symptoms The...
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FYI: Integration of TechNet Blog User Account with TechNet Forums Profile
For those of you who sign-in to comment on the TechNet Blogs, there is a change coming on January 27th 1:00 pm (PST) regarding user accounts and profiles. Please click here to read about this change....
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Configuring Configuration Manager 2007 Sites for Best Performance
We always seem to get a lot of questions regarding how to configure Configuration Manager 2007 for the best performance and while we've had this information published in TechNet for a while I thought...
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Known Issue: Install Software Updates Action Hangs on Windows 7
The Configuration Manager Sustained Engineering and Customer Support and Services teams are investigating an issue where the Install Software Updates action will hang indefinitely on Windows 7 clients....
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Using Configuration Manager 2007 to change the color depth to 8 bpp does not...
Just a heads up on a new ConfigMgr 2007 Knowledge Base article we published today where using Configuration Manager 2007 to change the color depth to 8 bpp does not work on your Windows 7 clients:...
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Information on error codes in Configuration Manager 2007
Being on the support side of the business, we often get a variety of questions concerning various error codes and what they mean. After all, these codes can be invaluable when troubleshooting an issue...
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