September, 2009

Here’s an issue I ran into when I was trying to deploy Adobe Flash Player update 9.0.246.0. and since I didn’t see it documented anywhere I thought I’d post it here. The Adobe patch APSB09-10 for Adobe Flash Player 9.0.246.0 was failing to install...

I get asked about this every once in a while so I thought I would post it here in case it’s something you might find helpful as well.  This report will contain the last login time on a particular computer along with the user who logged in to it as...

Window 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are now supported on ConfigMgr 2007 SP1 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 now supports the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems for client installation. Configuration Manager consoles...

In case you missed the grand announcement over on the System Center Team blog, today they announced their plan to release System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3.  This new release of ConfigMgr 2007 is packed with some extremely cool features...

We published one new Knowledge Base article on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 last week.  This one is about a hotfix for an issue where the SMS_Executive service process (Smsexec.exe) may consume high CPU resources on a Microsoft System...

We published a new KB article last week that describes an update rollup package that enables Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to support clients that are running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7: KB974236 - Update...

In System Center Configuration Manager 2007, when you run the Discover Management Controllers Task on AMT Enabled Devices you may find that a .rpl file gets created and does not process out on Secondary site servers. Errors like the following occur: ...

We focus on automating Windows 7 operating system deployments using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager in this webcast. First, we cover how to automate hardware and software inventory using Asset Intelligence to determine what applications...

If you’re using ConfigMgr 2007 SP1 and have already moved to Windows 7 and/or Windows Server 2008 R2 you’ve probably noticed that they’re not listed as supported platforms.  Well that all changes today as we just released a new update that enables...

Have you ever wanted to learn more about how Active Management Technology (AMT) and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 work together?  If so our very own Steve Rachui posted some great flowcharts that should help explain how all the pieces...

Over on the System Center blog Jeff Wettlaufer just posted a great piece that clears up some of the apparent confusion that exists surrounding our recent announcements concerning Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 and Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 support...

Just an FYI that the Configuration Manager documentation library ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680651.aspx ) has been updated on the Web and the latest content has Updated: August 1, 2009 at the top of the topic. The Configuration Team...