Browse by Tags

Important: SMS2003 ITMU Patch issue for April 2010 patch set
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 9:29 AM

Defo one to watch out for if you're using SMS2003 + ITMU to deploy the April 2010 patch set The ConfigMgr support team blog: We've been getting some calls about this one so I thought it deserved a mention here. If you're having some ITMU related issues with the April 2010 security patch install then you'll want to take a quick read of this one... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS2003, Patching, ITMU, April 2010

SMS2003 support (almost) comes to an end ... Come on, time to upgrade!
Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:48 AM

Bless her cotton socks, good old SMS2003 moves out of mainstream support at the end of January 12th of Jan 2010, and it's site on the microsoft domain has had a refresh and has now become more of a portal to assist in migrating from SMS2003 to ConfigMgr. This doesn't mean it is no longer supported by MS, just means it moves from mainstream support to... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS2003, Support, Mainstream, Extended

Recent SMS2003/ConfigMgr 2007 KB Articles
Friday, January 08, 2010 2:05 PM

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

SMS2003 - How to easily create reports - For reporting first-timers and the like
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 3:14 PM

I was pondering (like you do) how accessible report creation is in SMS2003. It requires a few skills to be under-your-belt (SQL, SQL tools, areas in SMS) before you can master this subject enough to produce quality reports. And, well I was taught (back when I was a padawan, I eventually killed my master in true Star Wars Sith Lord fashion while he slept after... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: SMS2003, Reporting

SMS2003, creating an Advertisement with a single assignment
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:40 PM

A collegue of mine spent hours researching how to create a simple advertisement assignment. He was using the SDK in VBScript and was frustrated at the lack of easy-to-digest information out there. He'd arrived at MSDN, Technet, poured over the SMS2003 SDK help file and even googled around. He almost had the problem solved when he came across references (via... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: Scripting, SMS2003

SMS2003: Script to change SDK Site Control File Delta on remote SMS Site server
Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:11 PM

Folks, Wrote another little VBScript , this one to change the SDK Site Control File delta value on a remote SMS Site server. This script affects the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\COMPONENTS\SMS_SITE_CONTROL_MANAGER\Sites section of the Registry on the remote SMS Site server. I'd recommend reading up on this subject before you get this tool out... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: Scripting, SMS2003

SnowSoftware - Snow License Manager for SMS
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:44 PM

Rod Trent over at MyITForum blogged about this , looks like quite a cool tool so wanted to reblog here. Snow License Manager automatically combines infrastructure information provided by Microsoft SMS® with information such as software contracts, purchased licenses, ownership, and prices. Snow License Manager ensures central control of all your contracts and... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | with no comments

Filed under: General, Technology, SMS2003

Failure to install SMS2003 Management Point
Thursday, November 22, 2007 1:45 PM

Ok finally figured out the solution to a problem with installing MP's that's been bugging me the last couple of days. Essentially It revolves around the SMS2003 Advanced Client not behaving itself. I've got a couple of SMS2003 RTM sites that have problems reinstalling their MP. The MP was installed first followed by the SMS2003 Advanced Client. Initially... Read More...

by Rob - MVP | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Technology, SMS2003