AutoCAD 2016 Serial Number Collection Update

We have now updated our Autodesk serial number collection script to include the recently released AutoCAD 2016 and AutoCAD LT 2016. The following additions have been made to the script: AutoCAD 2016 – English AutoCAD 2016 – Polish AutoCAD 2016 – Italian AutoCAD 2016 – Hungarian AutoCAD LT 2016 – English This is an extension of the full script that …

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SQL Reporting Services Error – Maximum request length exceeded

When running or trying to create a large report in SSRS, you may come across an error stating the below: Error 2: There was an exception running the extensions specified in the config file. Maximum request length exceeded. It took us a while to figure this one out but it is actually very simple. After speaking to our SQL and …

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System Center Technical Preview VHD Downloads Available

Microsoft have recently released the System Center Technical Preview Evaluation VHD’s for you to to take a look at and launch using your Hyper-V environment. DOWNLOADS You can download the VHD’s using the links below for the following products: Data Protection Manager Evaluation VHD Operations Manager Evaluation VHD Orchestrator Evaluation VHD Service Manager Evaluation VHD Virtual Machine Manager VHD COMMENTS …

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Configuration Manager 2012 R2 CU3 Released

Microsoft have released Cumulative Update 3 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. The hot fix download is available using the link below: Configuration Manager 2012 R2 CU3 The full details of the update are below: Issues that are fixed Software distribution and application management Content distribution from a Central Administration Site (CAS) to remote distribution points can take longer …

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Configuration Manager – How to Change the Approve/Deny Status of an Application Catalog Request

If you are a Configuration Manager administrator, the chances are that you are using the Application Catalog to allow users to install their own software.A great feature of this is that you can put in specialist or licensed software and add a “Request” button. This means that your end users will only get the software if you approve it. To …

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SCCM Query – Report on Distribution Point Statuses

In Configuration Manager 2012, there is a section under the Monitoring ribbon called Distribution Status. This will give you a lot of information about your distributions and your distribution points. If you look at Distribution Point Configuration Status, this gives you a good understanding of whether your drivers, packages, applications and images have deployed correctly to your local or remote …

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SCCM – Report on Outlook Archive PST files on Devices

If you want to report on machines that have Outlook archive (PST’s) on them, where they are and how big they are, then you can use this guide to create a report that will do this for you using Configuration Manager. First of all, you will need to tell your Software Inventory to look for PST files on machines. To …

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SCCM – WQL Query for Devices with Configuration Manager Client Installed and no System Center Endpoint Protection Installed

We have had a report that one of our WQL queries has not been working correctly, this is the one for devices that have Configuration Manager client installed but do not have System Center Endpoint Protection installed on them. The original post is here: WQL Query for Devices without Endpoint Installed So, we have looked into this and found the …

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Configuration Manager 2012 – How to Capture Task Sequence Error Logs to a Network Share

We have recently been doing some big OSD projects and with testing for such big projects comes the point where some of your testing will fail, so to find out why a test sequence fails, the first thing you should look at is your log files. However, ConfigMgr makes this an annoying process as the log files move about during …

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System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Cumulative Update 5 Released

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Cumulative Update 5 has been released by Microsoft. The issues that have been fixed in this update are as below (source: Microsoft): Task sequences The Continue on error check box is not selected under Task Sequences when an Install Software step and a Virtual Application package are defined as the source. This affects only …

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Failed to validate content hash on ConfigMgr Distribution Points after Content Validation

We have recently had problems with our global distribution points in ConfigMgr after the monthly content validation has happened. On some of our distribution points (not all) we are getting and error stating: “Failed to validate content hash” With our monitoring on the Distribution Point Configuration Status looking like this (click the thumbnails for the larger images): As you can …

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