Lars Lohmann

System Center Endpoint Protection 4.7.205.0 Update

Please note that there are know issues with this update on Windows 8.1 clients: http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2015/02/19/known-issue-endpoint-protection-blocks-internet-explorer-downloads.aspx Fix: http://larslohmann.blogspot.dk/2015/03/system-center-endpoint-protection.html Original Post: Microsoft has released a new update for the System Center Endpoint Protection client. February 2015 anti-malware platform update for Endpoint Protection Clients The update are available from Windows update ad explained

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Identify Whether SCCM 2012 R2 CU4 has been installed

Cumulative Update 4 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 has been released http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3026739/ 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 CU4. After upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 CU4, you

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Run command in system context

Sometimes I need to test program, scripts and so on running in system context, just to see if its working. For this I always use an old friend from sysinternals PSEXEC. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553 So let start a command prompt as SYSTEM: Use the command: psexec -s cmd.exe First time you start

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How long has this system been running

I often need a quick way to see how long a Windows box has been running, or actually when it was last restarted One way is to use the command net statistics workstation and find Statistics since: And of course PowerShell is nowadays also an option: Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_operatingsystem |

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Changing Windows Login Screen Background

Sometimes I need to change the standard Login Screen background to for example a corporate logo. Windows 7 We can easily do this from a SCCM task sequence during OSD. First we need a jpg file with the image we want to use, this file must not be greater than

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Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.2.0.10

Citrix has released a new version of Citrix Receiver for Windows, new version reported is 4.2.0.10 Download installation file : http://www.citrix.com/go/receiver.html Changes is this version: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX138197 And finally documentation: http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-windows-42/receiver-windows-42-wrapper.html

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Download fails with error 80072ee2

Sometime I have problem with packages not downloading and in smsts.log I get this error. Download() failed, 80072ee2. The only way I have found to fix this when it happen are to use the variables SMSTSDownloadRetryCount = 5 SMSTSDownloadRetryDelay = 15 Set the at the top in your Task Sequence

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Hotfixes that breaks OSD

Once again I have found my self in a situation where a customer had problems with a task Sequence stopping, so now it’s time to do a post about this well known situation You might see your Task Sequence stopping with the following error in smsts.log: Failed to set log

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Identify VMM RU4 installation

Microsoft has release Update Rollup 4 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2992024. Let’s take a look on how we identify the versions installed. First the administrative console, you can see the current version by selecting about in the console: After the RU4 update for the console has

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Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.1.200

Citrix has released a new version of Citrix Receiver for Windows, new version reported is 4.1.200.13 Download installation file : https://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-receiver/windows/receiver-for-windows-41.html Changes is this version: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX138197 And finally documentation: http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-windows-40/receiver-windows-40-wrapper.html This update includes all updates from 4.1 Cumulative Update 1: (4.1.100) http://larslohmann.blogspot.dk/2014/09/citrix-receiver-for-windows-41.html

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Time to Upgrade Windows 10 from build 9860 to 9878

Update 14-11-2014 Build 9879 is available, the update procedure is the same as last time, you just need to change your update pace to fast: This time there the enterprise version is also available as a ISO file, in order to download this go here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-technical-preview-for-enterprise?i=1 Original post Microsoft has

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Email option missing from SCCM 2012 R2 Subscriptions

When creating subscription on a report in SCCM 2012 R2, you might not see the email option in Report delivered by: Start Reporting Services Configuration Manager: Connect  to your SQL server and Report Server Instance: Enter the from address (sender) you want to use (this might be changed if you,

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Identify Whether SCCM 2012 R2 CU3 has been installed

Cumulative Update 3 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 has been released http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2994331 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 CU3. After upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 CU3, you

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Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) installation fails

When you try to install Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) on Windows server 2012 R2 you might get the error The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed. The operation cannot be completed, because the server that you specified requires a restart. Restarting the server does

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Apply Network Settings in a task sequence – Part 4

Links: Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3,  Part 4 OSDAdapter0EnableWINS Set this to True to use WINS for name resolution. Task Sequence example: OSDAdapter0EnableWINS=True OSDAdapter0WINSServerList Comma-delimited list of WINS server IP addresses. This property is ignored unless EnableWINS is set to True. Result in Windows: Task Sequence example: OSDAdapter0WINSServerList=10.10.10.1,10.10.10.2 OSDAdapter0TcpipNetbiosOptions

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Apply Network Settings in a task sequence – Part 3

Links: Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3,  Part 4 OSDAdapter0DNSServerList Comma-delimited list of DNS servers for the adapter. Result in Windows: Task Sequence example: OSDAdapter0DNSServerList=10.10.10.1,10.10.10.2 OSDAdapter0DNSDomain Domain Name System (DNS) domain for the adapter. Result in Windows: Task Sequence example: OSDAdapter0DNSDomain=gt.local OSDAdapter0EnableFullDNSRegistration Set to True to register the IP address

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Apply Network Settings in a task sequence – Part 2

Links: Part 1,  Part 2,  Part 3,  Part 4 OSDAdapter0EnableDHCP Set this to True to enable Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for the adapter (obtain an IP address automatically). Setting it to False will disable DHCP (Use the following IP address). Result in Windows: Task Sequence example: OSDAdapter0EnableDHCP=False OSDAdapter0IPAddressList Comma-delimited

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0x41301 as result of a scheduled task

when running a scheduled task you might get the error 0x41301 This error simply means that the  task is still running, this might indicate that there is a problem with the task and that it never ends, or that you must be a bit more patience.

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Modern Workplace consultant and a Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Mobility.
Modern Workplace consultant and a Microsoft MVP in Windows and Devices for IT.

Infrastructure architect with focus on Modern Workplace and Microsoft 365 security.

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