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If you want to create a collection in Configuration Manager to show you all the devices that are not up to a specified version, then you can use the WQL 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 where SMS_R_System.ClientVersion != “5.00.8412.1007” Where “5.00.8412.1007” is the latest version number that you are…

SCCM WQL Query – All Inactive Clients

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago01 mins

If you want to create a Configuration Manager Collection with all inactive devices in it, you can use the following WQL query. You can also change the last “0” to “1” to create a collection of active devices.

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SCCM – How to Create a DCM Item to Detect If the Firewall Is Off

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago01 mins

We recently came across a great guide on how to setup a DCM item to detect if any users machines had the Windows Firewall turned off and how to report on it. So, we thought we would share this guide with our visitors, so head on over to MyITForum to check out how to carry…

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SCCM Task Sequence Error – Can’t find script engine VBScript

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago01 mins

We have recently started to have problems with running a CScript command in one of our SCCM task sequences where we send the local computer description to Active Directory to automatically set the Active Directory computer name description. It has always worked fine but seemed to have stopped working after the latest hotfix. So, after…

WSUS Installation Errors on Microsoft Server 2012

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago06 mins

We have recently been installing WSUS on a rebuilt Microsoft Server 2012 and found that although the role would install without any issue, when we tried to run the configuration wizard we were getting an error and in the log file it stated: “Config file did not contain a value “ContentDirectory”” So, first of all,…

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SCCM – Time Zone Codes

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago06 mins

We have been carrying out some work on various HTA’s for SCCM OSD processes lately and that has included automatically setting time zones. We struggled to find a comprehensive list of the time zone settings so thought that we would share that information here. If you find anything that we may have missed, please let…

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SCCM – Windows 10 1607 Upgrade

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago01 mins

If you are looking at upgrading your user machines up to Windows 10 1607 then you can do this quickly and easily using an inplace task sequence with Configuration Manager. All you need to do is create an operating system upgrade source for Windows 10 1607 and then create the upgrade task sequence and deploy…

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SCCM – Set Active Directory Computer Description

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago84 mins

So you may have seen our previous post on how to set the local computer description during SCCM OSD. Well now, with a little help from a script and MDT, we can take that local computer description and make that the Active Directory computer description. To do this, you first need the required script, which…

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SCCM – Set Local Computer Description during OSD

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago12 mins

If you are using Configuration Manager to deploy your operating systems, then you may want to set the local computer description during the task sequence phase. To do that is a very simple process and you can use a manual method of inputting the computer name on the task sequence step or use a HTA…

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SCCM OSD Fails with Error 80220005 at the “Apply Windows Settings” step

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago01 mins

If you are trying to deploy an operating system using SCCM and you are getting an error 80220005 at the “Apply Windows Settings” step, then there can be two reasons for this. One is that the computer name that you are trying to give to the machine is over 16 characters long and will cause…

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SCCM Distribution Point Pre-Requisite Powershell Script

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago01 mins

If you are setting up some distribution points for Configuration Manager (SCCM) then you will need to ensure that you have all the correct server features installed and also the correct firewall ports opened. To do this, we have created a quick PowerShell script to carry this all out for us. To download this script…

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Microsoft Office 2013 – Skype and OneDrive for Business not installing when using OCT

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago02 mins

If you are deploying Microsoft Office 2013 then you will have used the Microsoft Office Customization Tool (OCT) to tell your installer what parts of Office to actually install. So what if you have setup your installer to carry out the standard Word and Excel installs but you also want Skype for Business (or Lync…

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Deploy Autodesk DWG Trueview 2017 using SCCM

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago123 mins

Autodesk DWG Trueview 2017 was released back in March but we have only just got around to deploying it to our System Center Application Catalog for users to install. The process is pretty simple and the below guide will show you how to add it to your own Application Catalog. Prerequisites First thing you need…

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SCCM – Change Windows 10 Default Internet Browser During OSD

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago03 mins

You should have noticed by now that the default internet browser Microsoft want you to use is their new Edge browser. Well, ok, its fine for home browsing but a lot of companies have legacy programs that still need Internet Explorer 11 to run them. So, how do you get your SCCM Operating System Deployment…

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SCCM – Windows 10 Sysprep Capture Errors

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago02 mins

So today we built a new custom Windows 10 image on a virtual machine and created our new SCCM capture media from the very latest version and every single time we ran the capture it failed at the Sysprep step. Infuriated by this as we have done captures hundreds of times, we started the annoying method…

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Setting Computer Name automatically during OSD Process – SCCM/ConfigMgr 2012

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago95 mins

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…

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Autocad 2017 Serial Number Collection Update

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago32 mins

We have now updated our Autocad 17 serial number collection script to include the recently released AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD LT 2017. The following additions have been made to the script: AutoCAD 2017 – English AutoCAD 2017 – Polish AutoCAD 2017 – Italian AutoCAD 2017 – Hungarian AutoCAD LT 2017 – English AutoCAD LT 2017 –…

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How to Capture Microsoft Office Updates

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago03 mins

This is a guide on how to capture Microsoft Office updates from a machine and then use these captured updates to either streamline a fully updated installation of Microsoft Office, or it can be used with Configuration Manager to ensure that you are pushing out the software fully patched. The reason we started using this…

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SCCM – 52 Operational Collections

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago02 mins

There is an excellent Powershell download available giving you 52 operational collections within SCCM. You should go over to the link below and take a look: 52 SCCM Powershell Collections Full list of collections created using the Powershell script are: All Clients All Clients Active All Client Inactive All Clients R2 CU0 All Clients R2…

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System Center Configuration Manager 1602 Released

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago01 mins

System Center Configuration Manager 1602 has now been released and you can easily upgrade to it by going into your Configuration Manager 1511 console and browsing to: Administration > Cloud Features > Updates and Servicing Then in there you should see the new version available for pre-req checks and installation: To install, simply highlight the update…

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Andrew Armstrong8 years ago4 weeks ago21 mins

Prerequisites This program requires System Center Configuration Manager to be installed and configured in a production environment. Download To download, simply scroll down towards the bottom of this page and you will see the options for this download. Ensure you select the correct one and click the blue Download button as detailed below:

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SCCM – Add Local User to Administrators Group During OSD

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago193 mins

You may have seen our previous post about adding a local user to a machine during SCCM OSD using a “Run Command Line”. Well in this guide we will show you how to add a local user into the Administrators Group on the local machine. This means that you can add a local user and…

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SCCM – Set Time Zone During OSD

Andrew Armstrong8 years ago1 year ago02 mins

If you are using SCCM for your operating system deployments across different countries, then you may want to set the time zone within the task sequence. To do this, you can take advantage of the built in Windows tool call tzutil.exe. In this example we will set the time zone for a computer deployment based…