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When you delete packages, applications or images using your Configuration Manager Console, it will then start to process the removal of the files from your distribution points. Depending on how many distribution points you have, this can take some time to complete. We recently had a scenario where we had to remove nearly 100GB of old driver packages, the removal …
ConfigMgr 2012 – Log file to check package deletion progress Read MoreWe had reports from a customer this week about strange issues with their Configuration Manager OSD Task Sequences failing. The OSD seemed to work on most machines but a new batch of refurbished laptops would PXE boot but then would fail after the task sequence had been selected with a generic Microsoft error (you know the type!). We had been …
ConfigMgr OSD – Strange Task Sequence Failures Solved Read MoreWe have just started to update our hardware BIOS’s during the Configuration Manager OSD process taking advantage of the Application model. It works extremely well and is very easy to setup. We used this excellent guide to help us so we thought that we would share this with our visitors for it to help you too. Deploying Dell BIOS Updates …
Deploying Dell BIOS Updates using the Application Model Read MoreIf you use Google Blogger and you have searches or menu items based on labels, you might find that when you click on these you get the below information appear at the top of your posts: This can be extremely annoying when you are trying to make your site look as professional as possible, so we are going to show …
Google Blogger – Remove information when searching on labels Read MoreIf you use Google Blogger and you are fed up of missing out on page hits because of 404 errors, then there is a very simple way that you can redirect any of these page mis-directions to another page of your choosing on your blog. To do this, you should login to your Blogger control panel and click on the …
Google Blogger – 404 Page Error Redirection Read MoreSoftpedia have today reported that Microsoft have released the drivers to use your Xbox One controller with your Windows computer! This is excellent news for gamers and long awaited. See the full article here: Download PC Drivers Now for Xbox One Controller
Download PC Drivers Now for Xbox One Controller Read MoreThere are many uses for Exchange Management Shell and we will be adding various EMS commands over time so to start with we are going to show you how to get your Exchange mailboxes size information. For an overview of your Exchange mailboxes statistics, open your EMS console and type in the following command: Replacing “EXCHANGE-SERVER-NAME” with the name of …
Microsoft Exchange Management Shell Commands – Get Mailbox Size Information Read MoreSkype version 6.16 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. MSI Installer for Distribution Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and the …
Skype 6.16 Released – MSI Installer Read MoreWe are very pleased to announce that we now have over 2 million views on our Google+ profile! This is an extremely high number and probably says more about Google’s search engine than anything else but nevertheless, we are very thankful for your continued support. You can visit our Google+ profile page yourself by clicking the image below.
Over 2 million views on Google+ for TechyGeeksHome! Read MoreWe have recently had to rebuild a number of machines and the main issue that our users bring up is the fact that our first line techs keep forgetting to put users Outlook email signatures back. This, infuriates end users nearly as much as not putting back their 500 desktop shortcuts. Now, we – as Configuration Manager experts, know that …
Outlook Email Signatures Backup and Migration Read MoreYou may have noticed that if you get an error when deploying an image using OSD in Configuration Manager the machine will display that error for 15 minutes and then reboot the machine. If you are running an image at lunch break or even overnight, this is obviously not even time to get the log file and scan through it …
Change OSD Task Sequence Error Message Timeout Setting for Configuration Manager Read MoreIf you want to report on the number of machines per manufacturer that you have 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 The query is below and can be altered to …
Configuration Manager Report Query for Machine Count by Manufacturer Read More
