September, 2010

When a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 OSD Task Sequence completes, the ConfigMgr client may not seem to pull down policy.  Inspecting the ConfigMgr client on the affected PC reveals that under the " Advanced " tab the client is...

Symptoms A System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site fails to upgrade to Service Pack 2 and reports SQL Error: The server service principal name already exists.  You may also see the following in the Configmgrsetup.log file: <MM-DD-YYYY HH...

When attempting to install a Configuration Manager 2007 Management Point (MP) on Windows Server 2008, the install may fail with the following errors: MPMSI.LOG [13:52:07] Enabling BITS [13:52:08] @@ERR:25006 MSI (s) (DC!FC) [13:52:08:085]: Product: SMS...

Symptoms When modifying Multicast settings in the properties of a Distribution Point, the values for " MultiCast address ", " UDP port range ", and " Transfer rate " can all be modified under the " Multicast " tab...

You may notice that an unusually large number of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 status messages are generated causing significant growth in database size.  Further investigation also shows a large number of these entries repeating over...

When building a Windows Vista or newer reference image (Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2), to create a custom Default User profile based on modifications done on the local Administrator profile normally the CopyProfile option is...

Symptoms System Center Configuration Manager 2007 clients may fail to load policy with error 80040217 in the PolicyEvaluator.log: Failed to load policies from XML. Unknown error (Error: 80040217; Source: Unknown) Bad policy dumped to C:\Windows\SysWOW64...

We posted this solution a while back but it's proven to be so popular that it was converted to an official Knowledge Base article.  You can find our original post here but the test of the KB is below: ===== Symptoms When attempting to install a System...

Just a quick heads up that our very own System Center Configuration Manager Support Engineer Vinay Pamnani recently published a great post about how to add a known/unknown computer to a specified collection during OS Deployment.  If you haven't seen...

The Client Installation and Assignment SuperFlow is a dynamic, interactive content model that provides you with detailed steps that you can use to prepare for and install the Configuration Manager 2007 client. This SuperFlow also provides you with the...

Our pals over on the Nexus SC blog posted some great info on migrating users to Windows 7 while keeping the users previous Windows XP (or newer) environment available to them in the new OS.  It's like having your cake and eating it too: Hey everyone...

Hey everyone, a few weeks ago we released a beta of the new P2V tool for OS Deployment.  We are really pleased to update that information with a beta refresh, Beta 2.   The P2V Migration for Software Assurance can now be implemented using...

This release of the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (VMST) 3.0 completely replaces the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool version 2.1. VMST 3.0 helps customers reduce IT costs by making it easier to update their offline virtual machines, templates...