We have seen couple of cases on this issue here in product support recently and since I didn't see the information documented on our site anywhere I thought it would be worth a mention here. Issue: The SMS Site Component Manager fails to install the SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER...

This blog post addresses a common problem customers face during the installation of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 in which the following error appears: “Setup failed to install SMS Provider.” When this error occurs, there are several possible...

One of the components of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM 2007) Operating System Deployment (OSD) is boot images. Boot images in SCCM are really just WinPE images and are used during the operating system deployment process to boot computers...

Coming from the System Center Configuration Manager documentation team is news that the Configuration Manager documentation library ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680651.aspx ) has been updated on the Web with updates from September and...

Consider the following System Center Configuration Manager 2007 scenario: You create a query based collection. You update and refresh that collection and it works correctly. You go to the properties of that collection and edit the query it uses so that...

Looks like the System Center product team just announced the release and availability of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 : Organizations of all sizes use System Center Configuration Manager for better insight and control of their servers,...

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What is a Courier Sender? If you ask this question or if you come across this question yourself the very first thing that comes to your mind is someone who ships your packages to your desired destination at your intended time or at your convenience as...

Symptoms Users may be unable to view and execute the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 reports hosted on SQL Reporting Services. Problem 1: Trying to access http://<SQLServerName>/reports returns blank window.  Problem 2: When trying...