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All ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 ICP's available
21 January 2010 17:23

Great news, the ICP's (International Client Packs) for ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 are both available Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 International Client Packs are now available International Client Packs (ICPs) contain international-language clients to use with System Center Configuration Manager (SC Config Mgr) 2007 SP2. ICP downloads contain... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, ICP1, ICP2

How It Works: Automatic Client Approval in Configuration Manager 2007
21 January 2010 17:20

EXCELLENT write up on client approval on the ConfigMgr Support Team Blog (these guys turn out gold regularly!) How It Works: Automatic Client Approval in Configuration Manager 2007 Purpose: This post is intended to explain how client approval works when a Mixed Mode Configuration Manager 2007 site is configured to automatically approve clients in trusted domains... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Client

Recent SMS2003/ConfigMgr 2007 KB Articles
08 January 2010 14:05

Round of of recent KB articles (courtesy of the ConfigMgr Support Team Blog) KB976073 - The Windows Deployment Service stops responding when you use a PXE service point on a computer that is running a System Center Configuration Managr 2007 SP1 site server KB978021 - The Distribution Manager that is in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 does not honor... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS2003, ConfigMgr 2007, KB Articles

ConfigMgr Support Team Blog: Solution: Unable to connect to a ConfigMgr 2007 Secondary Site server from Service Manager unless you use a domain admin account
08 January 2010 13:57

Over at the ConfigMgr Support Team Blog, interesting write-up on failure encountered when using the ConfigMgr Service Manager to connect to Secondary Site servers ... Here's a unique issue I came across the other day that I thought you might like hearing about. In this case, we were unable to connect to a ConfigMgr 2007 Secondary Site server from Tools =>... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, ConfigMgr Service Manager, Secondary Site server

January 2010 Microsoft Security Bulletins
08 January 2010 12:41

The Gods have blessed us! Well, actually no, Microsoft just decided to release one security update this patch cycle! Bulletin ID Maximum Severity Rating Vulnerability Impact Restart Requirement Affected Software* Bulletin 1 Critical Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Microsoft Patch, January 2010

OpMgr Logging - Authoring Resource Kit Tools
07 January 2010 14:48

Steve helps us ConfigMgr folk appreciate the value of the ConfigMgr logging capabilities by talking about logging and process flow in OpMgr. Although it sounds painful living without many log files, they do seem to have some cool debug\troubleshooting tools which Steve covers off quite well. Three Cheers for the Authoring Resource Kit Tools! Part I - The Workflow... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Logging, Opmgr 2007

ConfigMgr Service Pack installation guide
06 January 2010 13:17

Useful tips on issues that can surface when installing a (latest) ConfigMgr Service Pack This document was created to help in troubleshooting Configuration Manager Service Pack 2 (SP2) install failures. This document is not entirely specific to Service Pack 2 and can apply to Service Pack 1 installs, upgrades from SMS 2003 to SCCM, and future service pack or... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Service Pack

MVP – Awarded again for ConfigMgr 2007
03 January 2010 12:19

Fortunate I am indeed to get renewed as part of the ConfigMgr MVP programme for a second time: Dear Rob Marshall, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2010 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, MVP, 2010

Supernets in A/D Sites used as Site Boundaries
30 December 2009 13:54

Interesting read on the ConfigMgr Team blog about Supernets in Active Directory Sites being used as site boundaries ... Known Issue: Supernets in Active Directory Sites Used as Site Boundaries We have recently updated the Configuration Manager Documentation Library regarding site boundary configurations. This change was made to clarify the use of supernets, which... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Active Directory, Supernet, Site Boundaries

Software Distribution package won't be accepted by site server
21 December 2009 16:35

I had to rebuild a few Secondary Site servers recently (over 10) and each had to use a different server name but same sitecode. This is beyond normal, as we usually expect the server name and site code to be reused. After rebuilding, copying the SMSPKG folder (and SMSSIG which is probably what did this?!) and then preloading we found that some packages would... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Distribution Manager

ConfigMgr 2007 Documentation Library - Downloadable quarterly update for December 2009
18 December 2009 13:55

Keep those ConfigMgr 2007 local help files up to date with the downloadable Documentation Library updates for December 2009 The Configuration Manager doc team just announced the December 2009 Documentation Library update over on the ConfigMgr product team blog: The Configuration Manager documentation library ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680651... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Documentation Library

How to properly set up a Task Sequence to deploy Windows 7 images captured via an SCCM 2007 Capture CD
18 December 2009 13:53

Over on the ConfigMgr Support team blog they have a write up on how to setup a TS to deploy Win7 images When a Task Sequence is created via the "Create New Task Sequence Wizard", the Task Sequence may fail if the Windows OS being deployed is Windows 7 and the reference Windows 7 WIM image being deployed was manually created and then captured using the... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Windows 7, OSD, Task Sequence

ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 MP for OpMgr 2007 R2
17 December 2009 11:12

Now the ConfigMgr MP for OpMgr 2007 R2 supports ConfigMgr SP2 ... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=a8443173-46c2-4581-b3b8-ce67160f627b&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+(Microsoft+Download+Center ) Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Management Pack, OpMgr 2007 R2

December 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletins
09 December 2009 15:37

Very small patch cycle for me this month, keep in mind that I'm only covering the Security Updates in these monthly blog reports. There was a re-release of MS08-037 (KB951749). Also, if you held off from deploying the MS09-056 patches that broke OCS you may want to include them this month after making sure you've deployed OCSASNFIX.EXE ( refer here for... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Microsoft Patch, December 2009

ConfigMgr 2007 Documentation Library - Downloadable quarterly update for October 2009
08 December 2009 15:18

Keep those local help files up to date with the downloadable Documentation Library updates for October 2009 http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/archive/2009/11/06/configuration-manager-2007-documentation-library-downloadable-quarterly-update-for-october-2009.aspx Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: ConfigMgr 2007, Documentation Library