February, 2011

According to the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog , if Windows hotfix KB974571 is installed on a Windows 7 reference image, then it is highly likely that you would see the following log entries in smsts.log when deploying this image to an...

Just in case you somehow happened to miss the announcement, we made Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 available to MSDN and TechNet Subscribers as well as Volume License customers yesterday .  I've been running it for a few...

You find that you are unable to provision AMT devices in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 using an external certificate provided by VeriSign.  However, using your Internal CA you find that you can successfully provision new machines. ...

When using the Use Toolkit Package task in a Configuration Manager 2007 task sequence, the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1 files package specified in the Use Toolkit Package task may not download correctly when the Distribution Point is on...

When attempting PXE boots via a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 PXE Service Point, PXE boots will initially work and succeed but then all of a sudden stop working. Examining the server where the PXE Service Point and Windows Deployment Services...

[Today's post is provided by Chaohao Xu .] If Windows hotfix KB974571 is installed on a Windows 7 reference image, then it is highly likely that you would see the following log entries in smsts.log when deploying this image to an existing client. Notice...

[Today's post comes from Jason Lewis ] We made the announcement at MMS 2010 that starting with Adobe Acrobat and Reader X products, their updates will also include System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) catalogs for easy enterprise deployment. Today...

Being on the support side of the business, we often get a variety of questions concerning various error codes and what they mean.  After all, these codes can be invaluable when troubleshooting an issue because with a little research they'll often...

The extensions enable Configuration Manager 2007 to consume Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) data streams, assess systems for compliance, and generate report results in SCAP format by taking advantage of the compliance checking capabilities...

When using a Custom Web Site with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 or SP2 and manually installing Secondary Sites, the Secondary Site installation may not update the following properties in the Sitectrl.ct0 file on the Secondary Site: PROPERTY...

One of the important improvements in Acrobat and Reader X is that it’s easier to manage updates through support for Microsoft’s System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP). Using SCUP catalogs and Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), IT...

Here's a quick tip in case you run into an issue where the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Dashboard ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff369719.aspx ) fails to load data with the following error: No data returned from Data...