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I’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 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 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 MoreIf you are looking for a query that will display all machines and their last logged on user, the below will do this for you without any prompts. This allows you to search on the data to find what you would like across the information provided by the query. The query below is the full code to bring back all …
SCCM – Last logged on user query – All Systems Read MoreThis guide details how to add Products into the General Licence Statement to match up licence usages using Asset Intelligence. What this means is that you can then use Asset Intelligence reports to see what your corporate software licence usages are against what you actually have purchased. Instructions Open the Configuration Manager console. Go into the Asset and Compliance Workspace …
SCCM Asset Intelligence & Software Licensing Usage Read MoreUPDATE Although the below does help, the issue I had was actually with the WCF 3.0 Windows Update. It was this that messed up our MPs, having applied the MS “fix” (or reg hack quick fix as it really is) we have not had an issue since. I’ve had an issue for the last few days where my clients were …
SCCM Management Points not working – SMS Agent Host Service Read MoreYou may have noticed when setting up task sequence deployments for your OSD‘s or when setting up packages for the Software Catalog that you cannot run the task or program directly from the distribution point as the only option is to download the files and run from the local cache. Well, there is a setting that you can change to …
Run Packages and Task Sequences directly from Distribution Point in SCCM Read MoreWe have been building a number of collections within SCCM lately so we thought we would start to build up a reference here of various collections, some simple, some more complex. We will be adding to this when we can so make sure you come back and check for updates. Computers with certain prefixes – % being a wildcard select …
SCCM Collection Queries Read MoreIf you are using an Exchange system and have self signed certificates, every year you will have to renew the certificate. An expired certificate may cause problems such as connectivity to web services, SMTP transport and Outlook prompting certificate security warnings which is extremely annoying for users and also can cause problems with Out of Office settings. To do this is very simple and can be done …
Renew a Self Signed Certificate on an Exchange Server 2007 Read MoreIf you have a requirement to add any Office 2010 language packs to your SCCM 2012 Software Catalog then you may find that it is not the simplest of tasks. I’ve spent some time working on different methods of doing this and although creating the packs as an application and pushing them out is fairly simple, to offer them through …
Office 2010 Language Pack Deployment in the Software Catalog for SCCM 2012 Read More
