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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...

Recently I have been working on quite a few problems with SMS 2003 management points, below I have listed the log files that are management point related. Log File Name Role MPfdm.log Moves client files to the corresponding SMS\INBOXES folder.  Review the log when validating problems with file permissions...

select SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.SMSAssignedSites, SMS_R_System.IPAddresses, SMS_R_System.IPSubnets, SMS_R_System.OperatingSystemNameandVersion, SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_System.LastLogonUserDomain, SMS_R_System.LastLogonUserName, SMS_R_System.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_System...

Most of my posts seem to come about because someone asks me how to do something, so yet again some one asked me if I knew a way to 'control' SMS / SCCM from the command line. This got me thinking. Most of the scripts I write or use manipulate WMI in some way, either on the site server or on...

Q. The other day I was asked about why (in a single forest, multiple domain environment with separate SMS hierarchies in each domain) does a SMS client get assigned to an SMS site in the wrong domain. A. If you have multiple domains in your forest, and multiple independent SMS hierarchies, although...

I have been asked this question a few times now, so thought I would blog the answer... The following accounts should always be deleted because they are never used for Configuration Manager 2007. SMS Service account CCM Boot Loader (DC) (SMS#_dc) CCM Boot Loader (Non-DC)( SMSCCMBootAcct&) Client...