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I'm Rob Marshall, a consultant who specialises in the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager product. I like to share, i do so by blogging and helping out when I can in the MS SMS newsgroups and participating in the ConfigMgr MVP program.

I was awarded and joined the program in 2009. It'd be an understatement to say it has to be one of the best experiences an IT engineer can have, if they really enjoy specialising in a product.

My biggest weapon for troubleshooting is, my formidable knowledge, no, only joking, you, the community. I find if I cannot answer a question, then I can usually find the answer from using Bing\Google, pouring over the documentation, and if that doesn't work, tinkering in mine or someone elses virtual lab.

The blogs pretty much about ConfigMgr, but it is also a platform for me to express my random urges to display something I've stumbled across, and that I imagine would entertain you or what not as equally as it did me.

 

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  • ConfigMgr: Site backup task failing due to VSS - SMS Writer issue

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 1 Comments
    Had a problem pop up on a down-level ConfigMgr Primary site server yesterday ... the backup was failing to complete successfully. To drill in to this problem, first I got SMSBKUP.LOG in to trace and tracked through the most recent backup until I could...

  • WMUG Event - 19th of March (London, UK)

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 2 Comments
    The WMUG team have brought together the next event, and it's set for the 19th of March at Cardinal Place, London. Split in to the usual two session format, with a talk on System Centre Data Protection Manager by Stephen Porter (Storage Partner...

  • UK ConfigMgr Contractors

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    I personally know it can be hard to line up the next contract, and sometimes you can sit on the sidelines for several weeks\months while waiting for something to come along. So, if you are a contracting SMS\ConfigMgr admin, with a good track record...

  • Windows Mobile 6.5 coming to a hand near you

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 1 Comments
    I've not seen it yet, just reading stuff on the world wide wait ... Microsoft on Monday made its latest bid to stem share loses in the mobile sector with a new version of its Windows Mobile software that includes an online store for third-party...

  • Microsoft retail stores ...

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Bit of news on the Microsoft Retail Stores that will start springing up on the high street. And, a bit of tongue in cheek humour at how it will all work

  • Example of tracing a Collection Evaluator error

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Every working day, first thing in the morning, I have to deal with a bucket load of hierarchy checks to make sure all is well. Sometimes you turn away from SMS and when you look back, its pretending to be dead! So, regular daily checks bring good Karma...

  • Happy Valentines weekend

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Well, its quickly approaching ... Have a happy Valentines weekend folks! Noticed on the way in to work that the price of roses has almost quadrupled!

  • Purple since 1998

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Any of you seen www.purple.com in your travels around the internet? Visit it for a laugh, it's safe for work, and it's something I like to show folks once in a while as they just don't get it initially ... The Internet Archives way back...

  • Microsoft: Conficker hacker, wanted Dead or Alive - Preferably alive, or you'll end up in court!

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Microsoft are fronting some $$$ to anyone that can point out who the Conficker worm creator is. Don't think bounty hunters around the world are going to rise to this, but maybe that one from the states, you know, Duane Chapman AKA The Dog could...

  • Apple OS patch release on the 12th of Feb filled in some Arbitrary code execution holes

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    On the 12th of Feb 2009 Apple released a slew of patches . Dotted in amongst the list are patches for issues that look very similiar to Windows bugs, such as "arbitrary code execution". I only blog about this to add another pebble to the...

  • Windows 7 up for release at the end of 2009?

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    It looks like Windows 7 will RTM this side of Xmas! No one has officially said this, but Mark Russinovich dropped a huge hint in a webcast he did recently in reference to the technical aspects (Kernel ...) of Windows 7. Do hope the OS does go RTM...

  • ConfigMgr KB's for Jan 2009

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 1 Comments
    Here's the list of KB's that were released in Jan 2009 for ConfigMgr The SMS_Executive service process crashes on a Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 site server when you use Intel WS-MAN Translator to provision computers that are equipped...

  • Most users only have 2 applications open?

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Microsoft is preparing us for the Slice and Dice of Windows 7 ... Here's some chatter about the Starter Edition, sigh! Obviously Windows 7 is going to get the same treatment as Vista, whereby they (MS) slice up the product in to different versions...

  • A politically blurred line on drug use in the UK ...

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Here's an article with the catchy title: Alcohol our favourite drug A quick sound bite from that site "Alcohol is our favourite drug. Most of us use it for enjoyment, but for some of us, drinking can become a serious problem. In fact, alcohol...

  • A Windows 7 Experience on MONSTER

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 5 Comments
    A few weeks back I invested in a new machine for home use. It's called Monster. I thought the name was appropriate considering that it's not made by a box-shifter (Dell, HP, IBM Et al, AlienWare), but by me using some of the latest...

  • Microsoft fix-it button spreads across the Microsoft web domain

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 2 Comments
    Interesting tool from Microsoft: Common Windows problems could soon be solved by clicking a "Fix It" button. Microsoft has started putting the button on its web-based support pages that detail the most common problems hitting PC and Windows...

  • Microsoft Surface and iPhone mashup

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    Stimulant has created an interesting mashup between the iPhone and the Microsoft Surface , though the technology works with any phone. Source: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/cool-video-iphone-and-microsoft-surface-mashup.ars I love...

  • Replacing Notepad for collecting those temporary snippets of info

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 1 Comments
    I've been using Notepad for many a task over the years, one of which is a place to dump bits of info I collect across the day, or while i'm performing a task. Now, I've never used this replacement before, and am truely gobsmacked at how...

  • Snowing in London!

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Rob Marshall - MVP Rob
    • 0 Comments
    When I woke this morning, there was an unusual silence in the air, no cars or buses passing by my house, streets almost empty of people, no birds singing ... Da Daaaah! The 3 inch snow-o-death had settled overnight, you know, the type of destructive...