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SCCM – SQL Server service running account error

When installing SCCM 2012 R2 you might see an error like this in the Prerequisite Check. SQL Server service running account The logon account for the SQL Server service cannot be a local user account, NT SERVICE<sql service name> or LOCAL SERVICE.  You must configure the SQL Server service to

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Prerequisites installation and SCCM Client

In some situations, you want the Configuration manger Client not to install prerequisites like Silverlight and DotNet4. Perhaps you want to install a newer versions or you simply don’t need for example Silverlight. The client will per default install Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile and Silverlight, but this can

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Detect if PowerShell remoting is enabled

In some scenarios I need to now if PowerShell remoting is enabled on the local host, this can be done in many different ways, but this is an easy way to do it: Start PowerShell on the local machine and enter the command Enter-PSSession -ComputerName localhost If PowerShell remoting is

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SCCM SQL database not using right Collation

When installing SCCM 2012 R2 you might see this error: Required SQL Server Collation Configuration Manager requires that you configure your SQL Server instance and Configuration Manager site database (if already present) to use the SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS collation, unless you are using a Chinese operating system and require GB18030 support.  For

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Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 KMS keys

Still working with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Not that long ago I needed the KMS keys for Windows 2008 R2, but realized that I only had posted the keys for Windows 2012 and Windows 8.1 on this blog. http://larslohmann.blogspot.dk/2013/10/windows-81-and-windows-2012-r2-kms-keys.html Time to change this. The default KMS keys used

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Hotfixes that breaks OSD – March 2015

And once again were have new updates breaking OSD http://larslohmann.blogspot.dk/2014/11/hotfixes-that-breaks-osd.html Microsoft has updated the support case: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2894518 The new problematic updates are: 3036493 MS15-030: Description of the security update for Remote Desktop protocol: March 10, 2015 3039976 MS15-030: Vulnerability in Remote Desktop protocol could allow denial of service: March 10,

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System Center Endpoint Protection 4.7.209.0 Update

Microsoft has released a new update for the System Center Endpoint Protection client. Revised February 2015 anti-malware platform update Endpoint Protection clients The update are available from Windows update ad explained here: Anti-malware platform updates for Forefront Endpoint Protection/System Center Endpoint Protection will be released to Microsoft Update. Newly deployed

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Identify VMM RU5 installation

Update Please note this update released after RU 5 Hotfix for known issues in Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Original Post Microsoft has release Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Description of the security update for Update Rollup 5

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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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