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We came across an issue today where the capture media (ISO) that we use to capture our newly created images would not load when running the TSMBAUTORUN.exe file from an explorer box. This was even more strange as it works fine for x86 versions of Windows. After some digging around, its to do with the autorun feature in x64 being …
SCCM Capture media in Windows x64 not working – FIX Read MoreI’ve been asked about deploying and registering OCX files, well this is how we do ours… Copy the INF and OCX files to a readily available location on the network. Also create two batch files (give the extension name of .cmd) with the following in each: Batch file 1 (File Copy): xcopy LOCATION_OF_FILES*.* “c:WindowsDownloaded Program Files” /e /c /i /g …
Deploying and registering OCX files using ConfigMgr 2012 Read MoreAs per previous posts on the blog for custom updates using WSUS, you have to make sure that your environment is set up correctly to allow these custom (local) updates to install on client machines. To make this work, you need to export your WSUS/SCUP self-signed certificate and make sure it is applied to all machines using Group Policy. There …
How to deploy certificates for custom WSUS updates to client machines Read MoreHow to deploy java updates using WSUS and Windows Updates
Deploy Java Updates using WSUS and Windows Updates Read MoreThis step by step guide will show you how to setup your System Center 2012 Configuration Manager to report to you the Autodesk software that is installed on your clients machines but will also give you the serial numbers for the software and what software package is installed. (If you find the pictures hard to see, you can click on …
AutoCAD & AutoDesk serial number reporting using SCCM 2012 Read MoreOnce you have downloaded and extracted your exe file for Cisco VPN Client, you will notice that there is a MSI file in there, this means that we can use this in SCCM 2007 as a package, or as a catalog item in ConfigMgr 2012. Just package up all the extracted files and use the below MSI install script to …
Cisco VPN Client Silent Installation for SCCM 2007 & 2012 Distribution Read MoreAfter really wanting to get Java updates pushed through our WSUS but never really having the time to look into it, last week I decided it was time to get it done after endless complaints from our users (they dont have admin rights so when they get the automatic Java updates they fail – and to our users this is …
Java Updates to Client Machines using Windows Updates Read MoreWell we now have our new 2012 ConfigMgr up and running both in the lab and now in production – have to say that it was a very easy install and migration process and we’ve not really hit any problems. All the basics are in and working so we are now moving onto making the system do the custom items …
Our Configuration Manager 2012 Installation Update Read MoreI’ve now been working on getting my ConfigMgr 2012 server up and running and it was actually really easy to do. All configured and working within a day without any major issues. Going to start doing some fancy things with it from here on in so if you have any questions, feel free to ask and I’ll look into it …
ConfigMgr 2012 – a new era! Read MoreLike most other businesses, we have had the issue with users installing Google Earth on their work machines as they dont need local admin to install it. I’ve been looking into various ways of removing Google Earth using SCCM but most failed. I’ve found the simplest way to do this is to run the following command and advertise it to …
Remove Google Earth 6 using SCCM Read MoreIn the second part of my blogs about capturing serial numbers using SCCM, in this one I’m going to go through how to report on Autodesk products which of course includes AutoCAD full version and LT versions. Update Please note that we do now recommend a new way of collecting Autodesk serial number information. So please click the link below …
SCCM report to retrieve Autodesk serial numbers Read MoreThis video will show you how to customise one particular handsets’ ring tone using the MAC address of the phone:
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