I sometimes need to have access to the latest version of VMware tools or to a version matching a specific ESX version. This is for example the case when packaging the tools for use in a SCCM task sequence. VMware provides all the versions here: http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html You will be able
Last week I had a remote SCCM distribution point with PXE where the WDS service could not start. The event log showed this error: All other Distribution points with PXE support was working as expected. The reason behind the error showed out to be a missing Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable
Cumulative Update 3 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 has been released http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2882125 After upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 CU3, you will be able to identify the update as shown here. First let us take a look at the console, after the update the console reports
This is an update I have personally been looking forward to for a very long time. When using Java in an enterprise environment the automatic Expiration Date has been a very big issue for many. Now with Java 7 Update 40 it looks like this warning can finally be disabled.
Microsoft has released an update for the System Center Endpoint protection client. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2865173/en-us?sd=rss&spid=1060 This updates actually includes two updates, apparently both has to be installed but I haven’t been able to find this in any documentation. To update the existing clients you can use Automatic Client Upgrade found under Site
This is one of the old ones, I have never had the time to blog. I some situations you might find you self in so big trouble that you would like to recreate the original Domain and Domain Controllers policies. This is possible with the command DCGPOFIX http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh875588(v=ws.10).aspx As an
When deploying Windows I sometimes need to change the default search provider to Google for all deployed computers. While this can be done in many ways I prefer to use unattend.xml because users can then change it if they want. An alternative could be to use GPP but it
One way to set a environment system variable during a MDT or SCCM Task Sequence is to use the SETX command. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755104(v=ws.10).aspx This command SETX LLVAR TEST /M will set the variable LLVAR to the value TEST If we take a closer look at the System variables after this step,
I sometimes need a quick overview of the latest SQL server builds, while the information is available on different sites I have found this particular site to be very helpful. http://sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com/ You might also be able to use this resource in your daily work
After publishing a RemoteApp and defining certificates you may still se this information warning: A website is trying to run a RemoteApp program. make sure that you trust the publisher before you connect to run the program. The certificate used is trusted but the message is still shown. On
If you do not like that newly created computers in Active Directory goes into the folder Computers, you can change this with the command redircmp http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770619(v=ws.10).aspx First create the desired OU in Active Directory where you want your computers to go, here MyComputers: Then change the default location to this
In Windows 2012 you don’t need to use PowerShell to enable the recycle Bin, but please note that you can not disable it when first enabled. PowerShell is of course still possible to use In Server Manager, select the Tools menu, and click Active Directory Administrative Center. In Active Directory
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