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29 December 2009
How do I prevent the System Center Configuration Manager console from downloading the TechCenter home page
When the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 console is running on a server with a connection to the Internet, the top node in the console automatically connects to the Microsoft TechNet site to display the System Center Configuration Manager TechCenter. In Configuration Manager 2007 SP1... Read More...
18 December 2009
Capture CD and SCCM 2007
I have been asked this question a few times now, so thought I would blog the answer. How do I create a capture CD (Capture Media) in Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007 Under Operating System Deployment. Right click on Task Sequence and choose "Create Task Sequence Media". In the wizard... Read More...
15 May 2009
ConfigMgr 2007 Distribution Points Load Testing
Recently I have been looking in to DP load testing, I found this excellent article on a technet blog At Microsoft, we have 280,000+ client machines that are managed worldwide and in our past life we were planning to scale our service to other companies client machines as well. As part of the platform... Read More...
17 April 2009
Upgrade to SCCM fails to remove SMS_SQL_MONITOR service
I was upgrading a SMS 2003 SP3 site server to SCCM SP1 earlier and notice that the SMS_SQL_Monitor service was not removed. This is a know issue when upgrading from SMS 2003 SP2/SP3 to SCCM SP1 (I believe it only occurs in this one instance) The fix is to manually remove the SMS_SQL_Monitor component... Read More...
09 March 2009
Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 beta coming May 2009
Get ready, the proposed date is May 2009, I personally am quite excited about this. ‘ Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is planned for release on the Microsoft Connect site for an open Beta at the end of May 2009. I wanted to reach out to our customers with a sneak peak at what is coming... Read More...
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on the Web is updated on a regular basis, the Configuration Manager help file installed with the product can become out of date...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...
14 January 2009
Today’s little Task – list clients where the ‘McAfee McShield’ service is not running
SELECT GSCS.Name0 as 'Client Name', GSS.DisplayName0 as 'Service', GSS.StartMode0 as 'Startup Type', GSS.State0 as 'Current State' FROM v_GS_SERVICE GSS, v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM GSCS Where GSS.State0 != 'Running' and GSS.ResourceID = GSCS.ResourceID and GSS.DisplayName0... Read More...
30 December 2007
Microsoft TechNet Forums, will it replace news groups?
It seems Microsoft is trying to move away from newsgroups, and move toward using forums more .. I wonder if it will overtake posting in newsgroups? The SCCM forums are here , lets get posting... Read More...