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SCCM – WQL Query for MAC Address Prompt

If you would like to search for a machine based upon its MAC address, you can use a WQL query to do this. The WQL query that you should use for this is below: select distinct SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.MACAddresses from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.MACAddresses = ##PRM:SMS_R_System.MACAddresses## order by SMS_R_System.MACAddresses More Queries Our full range of SQL and WQL Collection queries are available here. …

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SCCM – Query for devices in a specific Active Directory Organisational Unit (OU)

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If you are looking for a SCCM query query that will return all machines that are in a specified organisational unit (OU), then you can use this one below. All you need to do is change the demo OU below to your own required OU. Organisational Unit TECHYGEEKSHOME/LAB/COMPUTERS/WINDOWS 10 Query Script SELECT distinct * FROM SMS_R_System WHERE SMS_R_System.SystemOUName = “TECHYGEEKSHOME/LAB/COMPUTERS/WINDOWS 7” …

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SCCM – SQL Query for ConfigMgr clients not upgraded to CM2012 (v5)

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This is a query for ConfigMgr 2012 and it will return the machines that do not have the 2012 client installed on them. This is useful if you have gone through an upgrade from 2007 to 2012 and need to know if or where machines have not fully upgraded themselves so that you can take remedial action on them. This …

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Remove IE MSI

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We are pleased to announce the release of our RemoveIE software in an MSI format. This will allow you to distribute the application to a large number of computers using tools such as Group Policy or SCCM. The MSI program is a free download and this does allow you to distribute the software within your own environment to as many …

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Powershell error when running scripts – scripts disabled

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If you are trying to run a Powershell script, you may find sometimes that you get this following error message: Cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system. There is a very simple fix for this, all you have to do is ensure that you run your Powershell program as administrator to give it elevated …

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Server Information SQL Query for SCCM

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The below SQL query can be used against your SCCM database to return information about your servers. You can edit this query to bring back different information and also use it to create a report using SSRS. This query by default brings back the following information: Query More Queries Our full range of SQL and WQL Collection queries are available here. …

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Uninstalling Google Earth using SCCM

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Most users in organisations believe that Google Earth is a great tool for their work and freely install it on their work machines and think nothing of it. Well, Google Earth is NOT free for commercial use and if business users want to use Google Earth for work purposes on work machines, then a licence for Google Earth Pro must …

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SCCM – WQL Query for devices with Google Earth installed

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If you want to identify machines with Google Earth software installed, you can utilise the Add/Remove Programs software inventory to do this by using this query. This WQL query can then be used as part of an import function to create a device collection within SCCM. More Queries Our full range of SQL and WQL Collection queries are available here. Feedback …

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Problem Steps Recorder (PSR) in Windows

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You can use Problem Steps Recorder to automatically capture the steps you take on a computer, including a text description of where you clicked and a picture of the screen during each click. Once you capture these steps, you can save them to a file that can be used by a support professional or someone else helping you with a …

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Xbox One – Need for Speed – Rivals – Car will not move!

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We have had reports of people purchasing Need for Speed: Rivals for their Xbox One and installing the game, starting the tutorial at the beginning and then finding that the car does not move!! A quick fix for this is to completely power off your Xbox One console and start up the game again – this should now work fully …

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Nitro PDF Serial Number Collection using SCCM

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Sorry but we have been forced to remove this page as NitroPDF believe that we are giving out serial numbers illegally. Although this is just a tutorial for how to gather your OWN PAID FOR serial numbers using SCCM, it seems this is not good enough for NitroPDF or Google. So, we have had to remove the content. Feel free …

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Using SCCM to collect Autodesk serial numbers

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In the past we have released SCCM Configuration Item VBScripts to collect Autodesk serial numbers and then inject this information in to the WMI to be collected by the next hardware inventory. After much researching and testing, we have now made a decision that this is not the best way to collect this source of information from user machines. We …