Configuration Manager SQL Query for Installed Software Per Machine & Per Collection

If you are using Configuration Manager, you will be aware that you can create a number of custom reports using the SQL data and SSRS to produce the reports. The best way to start to create a custom report is to ensure that you get your SQL query correct first. We have written hundreds of various queries over the years …

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Windows XP Setup Please Wait – Configuration Manager OSD on Dell Laptops

We have recently been tasked with fixing a problem with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 and deploying a fat Windows XP wim image to a Dell Latitude E5510 with the newer generation of Intel processors, in this case the processor was an Intel i3 Processor. The problem was this, the customer had a fat Windows XP wim image with everything loaded …

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Configuration Manager 2012 Powershell Pre-req Commands

If you are building a Configuration Manager 2012 server there are a number of pre-requisites that have to be installed for it to work correctly. It can be quite time consuming installing all of the server features that are required so to help with this process, you can run Powershell cmdlets that will take care of all of the pre-reqs …

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Remote UAC Access Denied Errors – Local Account Token Filter Policy – Remote UAC Fix

Introduction If you are trying to use any remote tools like sysinternals against Windows Vista, 7 or 8.1 machines then you need to have remote UAC elevation privileges to enable you to carry out changes on the machine you are trying to amend. However, you may find that you are still having problems with connecting to remote machines so if …

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