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UPDATE : Get WMI Query v1.6 Now Released You can use WMI for various things but one of its uses is for identifying the model name of a machine so that it can be later used for Configuration Manager OSD or maybe even for Group Policy WMI security. To find out the model name of a … Read more
A recurring issue that I have is the old Active Desktop in Windows XP. No matter how many times you click the Restore button, you still get the script error. To fix this, you can do the following: Click Start then click Run, type “regedit” and press enter Browse to “HCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerDesktopSafeModeComponents” Double click the value DeskHtmlVersion … Read more
We have been looking into getting our OSD process to automatically change the computer name to what we want it to be for a while now but never really had much luck with it. Reading various forums and blogs, many people have said to use WSNAME and many others saying use scripts, all of which … Read more
If you get an issue when trying to load a task sequence and you get the message that a package associated to the task sequence cannot be found, even when it looks like all packages are fully distributed, then you need to check out the SMSTSLog.log file that is on the machine that you are … Read more
I’ve had a number of requests about how I created our email notification for requests for software made via our ConfigMgr software catalog. The solution is very simple and very basic, but until I get our Service Manager up and running (which does the job much better..), this is working for us so hopefully will … Read more
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 … Read more
As 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 … Read more
How to deploy java updates using WSUS and Windows Updates
Once 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 … Read more
This video will show you how to customise one particular handsets’ ring tone using the MAC address of the phone:
This video will show you how to customise the ring tone on all models in your business:
Finding out who has API licences in your Shoretel system can be tricky as there is no way of doing it in the Director apart from going through every single user account and checking the tick box. If you are like me and have 1000’s of users – this really isn’t possible. But, there is … Read more