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AutoCAD Installation Failures – Error 1606. Could not access network location.

I’ve been working on getting AutoCAD LT 2014 into our Software Catalog for some time now and I finally cracked it this week which I was delighted about! The idea was that any users that should have AutoCAD can upgrade their software or new starters can install it themselves without our desktop support staff having to spend time manually installing …

System Center / Guide

Autodesk Serial Number Reporting – v3 Release Code

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After the success of our Autodesk serial collection and reporting blog post nearly a year ago now, we have had many requests to update the scripts to include the latest versions of Autodesk products and also include a wider range of Autodesk products like Revit. If you are new to this, it would be worth taking a look at the …

Guide / Communication

Shoretel Batch WAV Converter v2 Released

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We are pleased to announce the release of the Shoretel Batch WAV Converter v2. There have been some improvements to make it more user friendly and to have a much better folder structure. We are working on v3 already which will have a GUI front end so it will be even easier to use and batch convert files, we are …

Gaming

The Simpsons Tapped Out – Free Jebediah Statue Cheat!

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There is a cheat within The Simpsons Tapped Out game where you can get a free Jebediah Statue! All you have to do is tickle Homer 10 times (tap him 10 times!) and he’ll give you the statue which will then be available in your inventory box. You can then place this into your Springfield!

Guide / Microsoft

SCCM capture of Windows 8 fails during Sysprep stage – Fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine

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I’ve recently been trying to create a custom built Windows 8 image for future deployment using SCCM 2012 SP1. I built a clean Windows 8 base image and then installed all the programs that I wanted on the image and then run Windows Update. I made some changes to the Metro front screen and updated, added and removed some apps …

System Center / Guide

SCCM Console not connecting to the database

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We have recently allowed a few more people to utilise some of the functionality that the SCCM Console offers and installed the console onto their machines (albeit with heavily restricted permissions and they have to pass a training session first!!). However, a few of the machines were receiving the error that they could not connect to the SCCM database as …

Guide / System Center

Install System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) During SCCM OSD Task Sequence Process

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As stated in my previous post, I have been asked recently about installing Endpoint Protection (SCEP) during the SCCM OSD process. This is pretty easy to do and the knock on affect is that you also can have SCEP available to install from your Software Catalog. To prepare the SCEP software for deployment in your OSD task sequence and also …

Guide / System Center

Install System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) using the SCCM Software Catalog

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]I’ve had a few requests recently asking whether it is possible to install System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) during the task sequence for an operating system deployment. I’ve also been asked if it is possible to put SCEP into the Software Catalog. Well, the answer to both questions is yes and I’ll be breaking the solution down into two blog …

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How to add an icon to your SCCM Software Catalog Applications

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If you have a Software Center in your SCCM environment, you will want it to look as professional as possible. There are a number of ways to do this, one is to add your corporate name, setup your customise colours, but to top it all off, you can add an icon to each application. There are a few ways that …

System Center

SCCM Global Condition Setup

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I had been given a task to build a Software Catalog application where Outlook must be closed to allow the successful installation of the software. We had previously just packaged the software and made it available to the Software Catalog with a message stating that users must first shut down Outlook before attempting to run the installation. However, like …

Guide / System Center

Email Notification at the end of a SCCM OSD Task Sequence

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I have been working on a method to send our helpdesk an email notification when an OSD task sequence has completed. I started by looking into using the Status Filters and Powershell but this didn’t seem to work well enough for what I wanted to do, which was to create a fancy looking email by using HTML for the outputed …

System Center

SCCM 2012 SP1 CU1 Client Version Queries

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With the release of CU1 for System Center, you will notice that your Configuration Manager clients version will have changed to 5.00.7804.1202 from 5.00.7804.1000 If you would like to identify which of your clients have updated to the new version, you can use the query below: select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType, SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name, SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SMS_ADVANCED_CLIENT_STATE on SMS_G_System_SMS_ADVANCED_CLIENT_STATE.ResourceId …