Lars Lohmann

Office 2013 and OCT update

I know that this is for some old news, but I still see customers struggling with this problem. When you use the ISO Office Professional Plus 2013 with Service Pack 1 or Lync 2013 with Service Pack 1 from the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC), and customize installation with a

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Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10

Microsoft has now released ADMX files from Windows 10 as a downloadable file. Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 When I compare the downloaded ADMX files with my Windows 10, the following files are changed a bit: settingsync.admx PreviousVersions.admx And these are brand new: DeliveryOptimization.admx fileservervssagent.admx gamedvr.admx grouppolicypreferences.admx grouppolicy-server.admx mmcsnapins2.admx

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Has SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 CU1 been installed?

Cumulative Update 1 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 has been released https://support.microsoft.com/da-dk/kb/3074857 So once again it’s time to take a closer look at how to determine the installation status of this cumulative update, this time for SP1 CU1. After upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2

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VSphere client unable to connect to vCenter 6

You might be unable to connect from your vSphere client to your new vCenter 6.0 server: The vSphere Client could not connect to xxxx. Connecting to Virtual Center is not supported by this client. You can use it to connect only to ESX server. But wait a moment we know

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Group Policy settings in Windows 10

Microsoft has released new Excel spreadsheet with information’s about the Group Policy settings in Windows 10. You can filter settings so you are able to see only new policies or for example only Microsoft Edge settings. Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server These spreadsheets list the policy

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WinPE versions

Ok we are booting into Windows PE but how do we determine / identify the version. First of all we need command support in the WIM file (F8), then in the command prompt we can use the command ver From Windows 10 PE (10): From Windows 8.1 PE (5.0): But

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Windows 10 KMS keys and KMS Server update

The default KMS keys used for volume licensing editions of Windows 10 has been published: KMS Client Setup Keys Operating system edition KMS Client Setup Key Windows 8.1 Professional GCRJD-8NW9H-F2CDX-CCM8D-9D6T9 Windows 8.1 Professional N HMCNV-VVBFX-7HMBH-CTY9B-B4FXY Windows 8.1 Enterprise MHF9N-XY6XB-WVXMC-BTDCT-MKKG7 Windows 8.1 Enterprise N TT4HM-HN7YT-62K67-RGRQJ-JFFXW Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Standard

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Windows Profile versions

When using roaming profiles and Windows 10 you will notice that it creates V5 (version 5) profiles by default (.V5 extension) You might ask why version 5 but there is a good explanation: Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 could create V3 and V4 if a hotfix were used and a

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Task Sequence environment not found

Update 05-08-2015 Unfortunately Cumulative Update 1 still have this problem: Description of Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 2 Original Post I have written before about the problem with software updates that require multiple restarts:

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System Center Endpoint Protection 4.8.204.0 Update

Microsoft has released an update for the System Center Endpoint Protection client. May 2015 antimalware platform update for Endpoint Protection clients The update are available from Windows update as explained here: Anti-malware platform updates for Forefront Endpoint Protection/System Center Endpoint Protection will be released to Microsoft Update. Newly deployed clients

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Problem with driver import and SCCM 2012 R2 SP1

I saw a new problem today with a driver for a Fujitsu Esprimo E700. The driver in question had a size of 215 MB before importing to SCCM. First thing to notice is that Validate Driver Information takes very long time: And there are lots of INF files in this

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Hotfix that breaks OSD

Just a fast warning: Yet another hotfix released that breaks SCCM OSD https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3069762 Microsoft has updated the article that explains the problem with multiple reboots: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2894518 Luckily if you have upgraded to SCCM 2012 SP2 or SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 you are able to fix this issue using the option

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Has SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 been installed?

Service Pack 1 for  System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 has been released for some time now see more here Announcing the availability of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2 Also note that it can be a little bit of a problem

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Acrobat Reader add-on gets disabled periodically in Internet Explorer

I have started to see sporadic problems whit the Adobe reader plug-in in Internet Explorer 11. The problem is that the plug-in will at some point in time be added to a registry key blocking the plug-in: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExtSettings{CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000} Deleting the key or if the user disables and then enables the

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Downgrade SQL server from Evaluation to Standard

This time lets take a closer look at how we change our SCCM SQL 2012 server from an evaluation version to a standard version (ignoring downgrade warning). Identifying if SCCM is running on SQL evaluation version Why standard you may ask, that’s because its free when you are correctly licensed

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Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.3

Citrix has released a new version of Citrix Receiver for Windows, new version is 4.3.0.5014 At last this version includes ADMX support files (still need some improvements ) Download installation file: https://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-receiver/windows/receiver-for-windows-43.html Changes is this version: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX138197 And finally documentation: http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/receiver/windows/4-3.html

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Task Sequence: has failed with the error code (0x80220005)

You might see this error when you try to deploy Windows from SCCM. Task Sequence: has failed with the error code (0x80220005) The step running when failing is Apply Windows Settings: SMSTS.log will further more show this information: Failed to open the Task Sequencing Environment. Code 0x80220005. Please ensure you

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Skipping task sequence because it is not active yet

After upgrading System Center Configuration manager 2012 R2 to SP1 (or 2012 SP2), you might see this problem. When deploying a OSD Task Sequence and not selecting when the deployment will be available (meaning now): SCCM will auto select Schedule when this deployment will become available and setting the date

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Move SCCM database to another drive

Lets try to move our SCCM database to another drive. Always make sure you have a good backup and a rollback plan if something goes wrong And make sure you have system administrator permission. First start an administrative command prompt and stop all SCCM services. You can use the command

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Task Sequence installs Windows to wrong drive

When deploying install.wim (from DVD) using System Center Configuration Manager 2012, you will see that the installation is done on drive D: instead of the expected drive C:. Even though the Task Sequence reported that the installation was done on C: You will be able to use different methods around

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Update SCCM client with latest RollUp in a Task Sequence

Microsoft release Rollup update for System Center Configuration manager and they will normally also include a client update. But if you do nothing and just use a standard task sequence your client version will be the one released together with SCCM 2012 R2. As shown her (all versions are 5.00.7958.1000):

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Has SCCM 2012 R2 CU5 been installed?

Cumulative Update 5 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 has been released https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3054451 Note that ConfigMgr 2012 R2 SP1 is expected next week, so you might just wait for that one instead of installing CU5. So once again it’s time to take a closer look at how to determine

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Identify VMM RU6 installation (Update Rollup 6)

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager If you manually download the update packages from the Microsoft Update Catalog and install them by double-clicking the packages, you have to install the Virtual

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