Making IT Happen
If you have Windows Server 2012 R2 Core installed but you want to be able to use a Graphical User Interface (GUI) then you can use the following Powershell command to enable it: Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell –Source d:sourcessxs NOTE: you should ensure that your source location is correct and up to date with your Windows Updates. Once this is complete, you …
Powershell – Install Server Core GUI Features Read MorePowershell is becoming more and more important these days and the possibilities for using it are endless. However, there are also a large amount of very basic easy-to-use commands that you should add to your knowledge collection. We all pick up new Powershell commands that help us to do our jobs all the time so from today, we will be …
Powershell Commands Read MoreIf you are using Server 2012 R2 Core and you wish to join it to the domain, then you can use this simple Powershell command to do it. Add-Computer -DomainName YOURDOMAIN.COM -Credentials DOMAINUSERNAME -Restart Note that the -Restart command at the end will automatically restart your server once it has completed the joining process. Also be aware that you should …
Join Server 2012 R2 Core to your Domain Read MoreIf you are using Windows 2012 R2 Core or if you just like using Powershell, then you may want to know how to enable Remote Desktop. To do this, you should go into your Core server where you should see a command box. In here, type in Powershell and press enter. This will open up the Powershell console for you …
How to enable Remote Desktop using Powershell Read MoreWe recently have had issues with our Windows 7 operating system deployments seemingly not completing fully. We were getting the following issues: The ConfigMgr client was not fully installed – it was displaying the Site Mode as “Unknown” The ConfigMgr client was not picking up a certificate – it was displaying as “None” The _SMSTaskSequence folder remained on the largest …
SCCM 2012 Client Stuck in Provisioning Mode Read MoreOn April 8th 2014, Microsoft ended all support for Windows XP. They then released a number of Windows Updates that displays annoying messages on your desktop telling you that your operating system is now at its end of life. This is the Windows message: The second is the Microsoft Security Essentials one: We have been asked a number of times …
Remove Windows XP End of Life Messages Utility Read MoreWe have had a number of people asking us how they can remove the annoying end of life message that Windows XP displays. There are actually two of them, one is a Windows end of life message that looks like this: The other is Microsoft Security Essentials end of life message that looks like this: So what can you do …
Removing the Windows XP End of Life Message Read MoreAs most of you should already know by now, Configuration Manager 2007 in any of its versions is now no longer supported as the mainstream support deadline passed on 8th July 2014. This means that you should now be looking at moving over to 2012 R2 as soon as possible (its a much better system anyway!). If you require any …
Configuration Manager 2007 – Mainstream Support End! Read MoreToday we have had our 1 millionth page view on TechyGeeksHome! As a complete coincidence this post is also our 300th post since we started some two years ago. We find it completely incredible that our little site with its customised guides (usually to our own requirements!) has managed to gain a million page views and we never thought we …
1 million pageviews and 300 posts! Read MoreMicrosoft have released a number of documents to make up a best practice guide for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2. The documents are free to download and although we have not read through them ourselves yet, we are told that they are very good so worth a read. You can download the documents individually from the link below: Download …
Configuration Manager 2012 R2 – Task Sequence Best Practices Documentation Read MoreIf you want to report on the servers that have not had a reboot in the last week within your Configuration Manager environment then you can run this query directly on your SQL database or you can use it to create a report within SSRS. How to create a Configuration Manager Report using SSRS SQL Query The query is below …
Configuration Manager Report Query for Servers not rebooted in the last week Read MoreIf you want to report on the machines that do not have the ConfigMgr client installed within your Configuration Manager environment then you can run this query directly on your SQL database or you can use it to create a report within SSRS. The query is below and can be altered to fit your own needs by adding columns and …
SCCM Report Query for Machines without Client Installed Read More
