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Why Patch Tuesday Turns Into Patch Thursday or Friday or Monday

I used to hate the second Tuesday of every month. I honestly liked it better when patches were released as they were ready. What happens with the scheduled updates is that everyone knows that it is coming and that means that everyone expects their SMS Engineers to have the patches deployed that night...

Posted to The Daily Ramblings of an SMS Engineer (Weblog) by aclendenen on 10-09-2007
Filed under: SMS 2003, et. all, Security, KB Articles, Rants, Packaging, Patching, Reports, SCCM 2007, Funny, SUP, ConfigMgr, Configuration Manager, SCCM
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Podcasts

On the System Center Configuration Manager site there is currently a list of five audiocast or podcasts that you can listen to. They are all fairly short and cover a specific area of ConfigMgr. Wally kicks it off with the best practices for upgrading and setup, and also discusses a few new features and...

Posted to The Daily Ramblings of an SMS Engineer (Weblog) by aclendenen on 10-06-2007
Filed under: Packaging, Patching, System Center, TechNet, Microsoft, SCCM 2007, OSD, SUP, BDD, ConfigMgr, Configuration Manager, SCCM, Podcast
The Deployment Guys : ConfigMgr 2007 and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - Video Walkthrough

ConfigMgr 2007 and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - Video Walkthrough Are you struggling with setting up ConfigMgr 2007 Operating System Deployment and integrating MDT? - download and view the video walkthrough that shows you how to: Setup the server environment for ConfigMgr 2007 OS deployment Configure...

Posted to The Daily Ramblings of an SMS Engineer (Weblog) by aclendenen on 03-20-2008
Filed under: SCCM 2007, OSD, WAIK, Windows PE, BDD, OSD Plus Pack, ConfigMgr, SCCM, Podcast, Microsoft Deployment, 1E, PXELite
Customize the SCCM 2007 console - deep dive - 2

Hi All, Part 1 of our console customizations explained how to add xml-file based actions to the Configmgr admin console, more specifically we looked at the " Executable " class. I promised to continue my console - deep dive posts with the group and report actions, so let's just dive into...

Posted to SCUG (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-12-2008
Filed under: configmgr, sccm, smsv4, SCCM 2007, sms v4, configmgr2007, AdminUi, sccm2007, Configmgr 2007, Adminconsole
SCCM : Software inventory failing due to symantec

Today I was working at a customer that is still using symantec ghost instead of the OSD from SCCM .They are on the way of going from ghost to OSD and SCCM but during the inventory scan we have noticed some issues with software inventory. The culprit for this problem is Symantec Ghost. When imaging a...

Posted to SCUG (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008
Filed under: sccm, smsv4, SCCM 2007, sms v4, configmgr2007, sccm2007, Configmgr 2007, SMS
SCCM : How to enable asset intelligence in SP1

Within SCCM SP1 there is a new branch called "Asset Intelligence". You want this to work within your company , How do we do it . First of all we need to enable the asset intelligence into the inventory : 1.To enable Asset Intelligence, you need to open the SMS_DEF.MOF file. Scroll to the bottom...

Posted to SCUG (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008
Filed under: configmgr, sccm, smsv4, SCCM 2007, sms v4, configmgr2007, sccm2007, Configmgr 2007, SMS
Customize the SCCM 2007 console - deep dive - 3

Hi All, In the first 2 posts of this series on customizing the configmgr admin console we talked about creating the xml to add actions to the console. I quickly skipped over implementing these xml's by stating that you just need to copy them to the <Installfolder> \Microsoft Configuration Manager...

Posted to SCUG (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-01-2008
Filed under: configmgr, sccm, smsv4, SCCM 2007, sms v4, configmgr2007, AdminUi, sccm2007, Configmgr 2007
ConfigMgr 2007: Unable to boot from USB Flash Drive Task Sequence Media

Here's another great tip from the Manageability blog, If you planning on doing a little work with bootable flash drive media you'll want to read this first: Issue: After creating a bootable Task Sequence Media on a USB Flash Drive, the USB Flash Drive does not work and will not boot up on a PC...

Posted to SCUG (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-04-2008
Filed under: configmgr, sccm, smsv4, SCCM 2007, sms v4, configmgr2007, AdminUi, sccm2007, Configmgr 2007, SCOM 2007
SCCM : In place upgrade / Refresh Scenario issues - solutions with tranguid.exe Part 1.

All, It all started with the great idea of a customer of reserving the same SMSGuid for an Inplace upgrade / Refresh scenario that would : - Keep the same hardware - Do an USMT capture of the settings for that machine. - Replace the OS from W2K to XP SP2 or from XP SP2 to XP SP2 - Rename the computer...

Posted to SCUG at myITforum.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-27-2008
Filed under: configmgr, sccm, smsv4, SCCM 2007, sms v4, configmgr2007, sccm2007, Configmgr 2007, migration, script
App-v 4.5 Solution Accelerator is now Available!

Following Microsoft announcement of App-v 4.5 RTM (known previously as "Soft Grid") from the beginning of September, Microsoft just publish the Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) for this version. Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) is a series of planning and design guides created...

Posted to SCUG at myITforum.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2008
Filed under: configmgr, sccm, smsv4, SCCM 2007, sms v4, configmgr2007, sccm2007, Configmgr 2007, AppV

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