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Category Archives: SCCM
What to do if nothing happens when trying to run reports in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ?
Introduction Running reports is a great way of getting information from Configuration Manager 2012. Anyone who has the appropriate access to run reports can run them from their own computer via a web browser or via the Configuration Manager adminconsole … Continue reading
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How can I remotely control WORKGROUP computers in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ?
Introduction Remotely accessing computers allows you to control those computers from your own desktop with (or in some cases without) the other users consent. System Center 2012 Configuration Manager offers three methods from within the console to remotely control other … Continue reading
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what to check if you receive a message in SMSPXE.log stating PXE provider is not active. Ignoring DHCP discover message on your System Center 2012 Configuration Manager distribution point
Introduction After a PXE boot failure, and after some troubleshooting I wanted to share the reason why it was failing in case others have the same problem. The actual failure message observed in SMSPXE.log is quite descriptive as long as … Continue reading
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How can I pause a task sequence in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ?
Introduction Sometimes things don’t go as planned, you are deploying an operating system to a computer and the task sequence fails. You can use normal troubleshooting methods such as press F8 and review the smsts.log in CMTrace review … Continue reading
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How can I set the DPI setting when deploying Windows 8 to the Microsoft Surface Pro with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1?
Introduction If you’ve followed my previous guide here, you’ll have learned how to Deploy Windows 8 to the Microsoft Surface Pro using Configuration Manager 2012 SP1, however that guide didn’t show you how to set the DPI (dots per inch) … Continue reading
How can I deploy Windows 8.1 using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Introduction AT the build conference in San Francisco yesterday Microsoft unveiled a preview version of Windows called Windows 8.1, and in conjunction with the recent release of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager preview, we have the ability to deploy … Continue reading
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How can I install System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?
Introduction Today at Tech Ed Europe 2013 in Madrid, Brad Anderson announced the availability of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager preview (amongst other things). In this post I will focus on installing the R2 preview release on Configuration … Continue reading
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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 14. Using Compliance Settings
In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading
using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 13. Deploying Windows 8 X64 with custom Start screen
In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading
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When creating a new Task Sequence in Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 the Partition disk step might be hardcoded to 30368MB in size if using a captured image
Introduction Sometimes things don’t go as planned, when creating a new task sequence to deploy Windows 8 on a New Computer with no partitions I got a catastrophic failure after selecting the Task Sequence. The reason was simple but I … Continue reading
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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 12. Connecting PowerShell and Building a reference image of Windows 8 with .Net 3.5
In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading
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when updating PowerShell CMDLets help file for Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 CU1 you receive an error
Introduction Microsoft released Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 and it contains updates to the PowerShell CMDLets in addition to bugfixes. As part of the update you can update the help files for the PowerShell CMDLets … Continue reading
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PXE boot failure after upgrading to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1
Introduction I’ve seen reports about problems with PXE boot specifically related to the boot images not getting properly upgraded during the upgrade to Service Pack 1, and I came across this problem yesterday, the suggested fix’s published by others online … Continue reading
How can I determine what Antimalware Policy is applied to my SCEP 2012 SP1 client ?
Introduction One of the many changes in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 is related to the way the System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) client processes anti malware policy. A new functionality called Client Side Merge is included … Continue reading
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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 11. Upgrading the hierarchy to Service Pack 1
In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading
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