February 2009 - Posts

25 February 2009
When Chuck Norris Checks His Gmail The Whole World Waits Until He is Done.
Google users hit by mail blackout GMail is used by more than 113m people worldwide Google has apologised for the outage that hit business and consumer users of its popular e-mail service. The GMail service went offline at 0930 GMT and, Google claims, was unavailable to all for "approximately two... Read More...
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13 February 2009
Stopping Conficker Spread using Group Policy
This will not clean the system of the Conficker malware, it will only stop the spread of the malware. The malware should be cleaned by your anti-virus product, if not, the steps to manually clean the malware in this KB can be followed. Create new policy that will apply to all machines in a specific OU... Read More...
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13 February 2009
New Windows 7 Short Cut Keys
From - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd451012.aspx Windows 7 beta 1 includes some handy new shortcut key combinations that allow you to navigate and manage the Windows workspace more efficiently. Here are 10 new Windows 7 shortcuts that will help you speed up your workflow (“Win” means... Read More...
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11 February 2009
Script to output SMS package name and ID to Excel
Well I had my first WMUG script request, I was asked to write a script that would output the package name and ID from SMS to Excel. Also as requested I have added some remark statements to the script to explain what each part is doing.   'Allow the SiteServer variable to be input from the command... Read More...
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11 February 2009
32-bit (x86) vs 64-bit (x64)
Comparing 64 to 32 bit windows…. This is an excerpt from Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Deployment Scenarios ( http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/64bit/x64/deploy.mspx) This is broken down by the System Type (e.g Database, Application, etc), 32-Bit Pain Points and, 64-Bit Technical/Business... Read More...
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09 February 2009
TechNet Webcast: Managing Virtual Solutions with OpsMgr and ConfigMgr 2007
This looks like another well worth TechNet Webcast Language(s): English. Product(s): Other. Audience(s): IT Professional. Duration: 90 Minutes Start Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Event Overview In the previous webcasts, we looked at how Contoso used the Windows... Read More...
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09 February 2009
TechNet Virtual Lab: Using System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Features
Are you interested in mobile device management? try this lab. You should learn how to deploy policies and software using System Center Mobile Device Manager, use multiple methods of creating device enrolments, using either self-service or pre-enrolment, and actually enrolling devices, and understand... Read More...
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09 February 2009
Alert - Microsoft Security Guidance Published - Conficker
What is the purpose of this alert? This alert is to notify you that Microsoft has published new resources regarding the Conficker Worm on February 6, 2009. These resources aim to help customers by providing consolidated information about Conficker that customers can use to protect their systems and with... Read More...
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05 February 2009
Discover Site Assignment – script
I was asked to day if it is possible to script a way to force a client to rediscover their assigned site, and if so how? So here it is…. The key you are looking for is EnableAutoAssigment, set this to 1 and the next time the SMS Agent Host Service restarts the client will attempt to run auto site assigment... Read More...
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05 February 2009
Need the Latest Configuration Manager 2007 Help File?
All I have to say is about time ! great idea…   Just seen this posted by Jeff Gilbert on the SCCM Team Blog Because the Configuration Manager 2007 documentation library on the Web is updated on a regular basis, the Configuration Manager help file installed with the product can become out of date... Read More...
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04 February 2009
Failed to bind to virtual directory root
I had a problem passed to me today, regarding the updating of packages on a newly created distribution point. The error I was seeing was in the dismgr.log, and is displayed below ERROR CreateVirtualDirectory: Failed to bind to virtual directory root IIS://ServerName/W3svc/1/ROOT. error = Access is denied... Read More...
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04 February 2009
Weekly Insights
  Podcasts Introducing Operations Manager 2007 R2 (Level 300) WMA | MP3 (21 MB)   Virtual Labs TechNet Virtual Lab: System Center Operations Manager 2007- Introduction http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9647236   Downloads Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 VHD This download... Read More...
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