Making IT Happen
I have had a few requests lately about how to turn off the automatic updates for the Java client on users machines. There are a number of ways you can do this if you are pushing it out via Configuration Manager (or making it available via your Software Catalog) but my personal preference is to use an old Microsoft MSI …
Microsoft Orca MSI File Read MoreI’ve recently started to use Orchestrator in our live environment to conduct a number of actions but mainly to solve the issue of lack of email alerts within Configuration Manager. At the moment, we are not using Service Manager so finding an alternative to what that offers has become a task of mine. Using Orchestrator and a mixture of Powershell …
Orchestrator & SCCM OSD Task Sequence Failed Email Notification Read MoreMicrosoft have now released CU1 for SCCM 2012 SP1 which fixes a number of issues. It also includes an automated package creation to update your servers, clients and console installations, there is also a cab file for importing as a Windows Update. The download and further technical information is available from here: SCCM 2012 SP1 CU1 Hot Fix Download I …
SCCM 2012 SP1 CU1 Released Read MoreWe have recently had a large amount of Nokia Lumia phones appearing in the business and as you may know, they do not support mass storage, so you cannot just plug in a USB cable for them and copy videos and photos to a computer. Due to this, more and more people are asking to have Zune installed and as …
Zune Unattended Install for SCCM Software Catalog 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 MoreSince I upgraded our SCCM 2012 environment to Service Pack 1 everything seemed to be working fine. But, after checking the client health monitoring, I noticed that some (a very small percentage) clients were coming back as unhealthy for various different reasons. So, I started off by looking at a few individual machines that were reporting as unhealthy and the …
SCCM 2012 SP1 Unhealthy Upgraded Clients – UAC Setting 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 More
