December, 2008

I was asked a few days ago if ConfigMgr or SMS could inventory mapped drives, and while the answer is yes we don't do it by default. In effect we report the logical disk but not mapped drives. In order to inventory mapped drives we first need to extend...

Here's an issue that Frank Rojas saw the other.  This particular issue involved a Dell E6400 but I thought it was worth a post because the same troubleshooting technique could be used for similar issues with other hardware as well: ======== Issue...

We've received a couple calls on this so I thought a quick post might help just in case you're using Windows SteadyState in your environment.  Anjana Kaku Tyagi wrote up the example below, and while the example is for the SMS client you should be...

Here's another issue you may want to be aware of if you're still using the old SUSFP scan engine to detect updates.  This one is from Clifton Hughes in our Las Colinas, Texas office: ======== Issue: In SMS 2003, if you are using SUSFP you may experience...

Many of us are beginning to pack things up and head out for the holidays so I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I'm doing the same.  I'm going to be out until January 5th so if the posts start to dry up then that's probably why, although...

I'm sure you all noticed a remarkable lack of activity over the past week but I'll be cranking things up again very soon.  I've been out since November 20th on a much needed vacation to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and family but I'm back...

Sorry for the delay in posting the new KB's but I took a couple days for Thanksgiving and I'm just now getting caught back up.  For the week of 11-16 through 11-22 we had eight updated and three new Knowledge Base articles on everything from SMS...

For the week of 11-23 through 11-29 we had four updated and one new Knowledge Base article on SMS 2.0, SMS 2003 and Configuration Manager 2007.  Links and titles are below: ======== Sys Mgmt Svr 2.0 SP2 EN 273476 - SMS: Buffer Overrun Problem in...

Just an FYI that Microsoft User Research is conducting a study focusing on design ideas for the next version of System Center Configuration Manager from January 12 to January 23, 2009 . This is a great opportunity for Configuration Manager Users who have...

For the week of 11-30 through 12-6 we had one new Knowledge Base article.  The link and title is below: ======== http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=956307 Error message when you install the Inventory Tool for Dell Update (ITDU) on an SMS 2003 site...

Here's another neat tip from Clifton Hughes in our Irving, Texas site.  If you're PXE booting machines and they're throwing 0x80072ee7 errors along with getting APIPA addresses then you might try turning on portfast if you're using a Cisco Spanning...

Looks like the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 User Assistance (UA) team has created a set of quizzes to help you assess your understanding of the dependencies and requirements for key features of Configuration Manager 2007.  Once you complete...

Here's one that's probably going to be relatively uncommon but I came across it the other day and thought it would be worth a mention here: ======== Issue: The Transfer Site Settings Wizard in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 fails to transfer...

For the week of 12-7 through 12-13 we had one new Knowledge Base article on ConfigMgr 2007.  The link and title is below: ======== http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=955955 A task sequence that contains many packages may take longer to run after...