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We now recommend using a new way of collecting Autodesk serial numbers, please see a full guide on the new method by clicking the link below: Autodesk Serial Number Collection using SCCM You may have seen a previous post of mine on how to report on AutoCAD serial numbers using SCCM 2012 here: Step by Step Guide to Reporting AutoCAD …
AutoCAD Serial Number Reporting – Updated Scripts up to 2013 Read MoreI’ve been working for Windows language pack lately, particularly in the OSD part of SCCM. So part of that is knowing what the language pack codes are for various languages. The Windows language pack codes are very useful for dictating which language packs get installed during the deployment phase of your task sequence. 2024 Update Included in this latest up-to-date …
Windows Language Pack Codes Read MoreWith System Center Endpoint Protection now having been updated to Service Pack 1 along with the rest of the System Center products, there are a few more exclusions that you should consider adding for your ConfigMgr servers. If you are using Operating System Deployment (OSD) then you should add these: This should help with offline servicing of images and the …
Endpoint Virus Exclusion Updates for Service Pack 1 (SP1) Read MoreI thought it was time I started to test Windows 8, I’ll keep my opinions to myself on it for now but one of the many things that does not seem to work very well on it is the Windows Activation. Every time I tried to activate Windows it failed and I couldn’t find a way of inputting my own …
Problems activating or Changing the Windows 8 Product Key Read MoreI’ve been using ConfigMgr for many years now and I’ve used OSD in every version I’ve been involved with, however, for some reason, I’ve never used USMT before. In most cases this is simply because I didn’t need to use it as my only need was for bare metal deployments but, our environment is changing and I need to deploy …
User State Migration Tool (USMT) during OSD Task Sequence SCCM 2012 SP1 Read MoreThis is a guide on upgrading System Center Configuration Manager 2012 to Service Pack 1 in a lab environment. Your setup may be slightly different so remember this is a guide, so if you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of this post. Note that I am using the following setup: Domain Controller …
How to upgrade System Center Configuration Manager 2012 to SP1 Read MoreThis query for SCCM will tell you the devices that have been discovered by Configuration Manager in the last 24 hours. This query can be amended to change the amount of days you wish to look back at for newly discovered devices by changing the last digit in the code. SQL Query More Queries Our full range of SQL and …
SCCM – SQL Query for newly discovered devices in last 24 hours Read MoreI’ve been asked a lot of questions about the various ways of using queries and there are almost no limits to what you can do with a query and of course, you can then go on and use these queries for creating collections or just to supply you with the information you require. I have created some very basic queries …
Find last logged on user by NetBIOS name – SCCM Query Read MoreIf you are looking for a query that will display all machines and their last logged on user, the below will do this for you without any prompts. This allows you to search on the data to find what you would like across the information provided by the query. The query below is the full code to bring back all …
SCCM – Last logged on user query – All Systems Read MoreWe have been asked on a number of occasions how to create Configuration Manager Collections for machines on x86 or x64 Windows Operating Systems. To do this, you should use the two collection queries as below: Instructions Query to create collection for x86 machines Query to create collection for x64 machines More Queries Our full range of SQL and WQL …
SCCM Query to create collection for x86 & x64 machines Read MoreIn previous blog posts I’ve put together a guide to automatically create the computer name in your OSD task sequences using MDT (see the link below..): Automatically generate computer name during SCCM OSD However, there is also a slightly more manual way of inputting your computer name during an OSD TS using a pop-up prompt. To do this, complete the …
Prompt for Computer Name during SCCM OSD Read MoreThis guide details how to add Products into the General Licence Statement to match up licence usages using Asset Intelligence. What this means is that you can then use Asset Intelligence reports to see what your corporate software licence usages are against what you actually have purchased. Instructions Open the Configuration Manager console. Go into the Asset and Compliance Workspace …
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