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In Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, the issuing certificate that System Center Online uses to validate the bootstrap certificate expires in September 2012. After this date, System Center Online does not recognize the bootstrap certificate. A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft...

Cumulative Update 1 for ConfigMgr 2012 is now available. Below are the issues that are fixed: Administrator Console When a new distribution point is added to a package that contains more than 100 existing distribution points, the new distribution point cannot be added, and you receive the following error...

On a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) client computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2, the Systems Management Server (SMS) Agent Host service (Ccmexec.exe) crashes intermittently. Additionally, the following error is logged in the event log: Log Name: Application Source...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where Security Update MS10-019 may not visible in the Configuration Manager console for some operating systems. ===== Symptoms Security Update MS10-019 (KB979309) is not visible in the System Center Configuration Manager...

Here’s a Knowledge Base article/hotfix we recently published. This one describes an issue where a syntax error occurs when Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 runs store procedures after upgrading to SQL Server 2012. ===== Symptoms Assume that you upgrade Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server...

Here’s a heads up on new Knowledge Base article/Hotfix Rollup Package we published. This hotfix rollup package resolves compatibility issues of Asset Intelligence in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) with other Microsoft volume license products. This hotfix rollup...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published recently. This one is a hotfix for an issue where a ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 task to install a virtual application that is located on an App-V distribution point that has streaming enabled hangs (stops responding): ===== Symptoms Consider the following scenario...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where attempting to install System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr 2007) hotfix 2509007 along with either 977203 or 977384 via the PATCH= option in the " Setup Windows and ConfigMgr " task of...

Here’s a KB article we published today on ConfigMgr 2007. This one describes a hotfix/update we released that addresses an issue where a Task sequence fails with an "0x80004005" error code in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2: ===== Consider the following scenario: You create a prestaged...

Just a quick note to let you know that we just released a new ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 hotfix that addresses and issue where inaccurate software metering reports are generated on a primary System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 site server: The software metering processor on a primary Microsoft Systems...

Consider the following scenario: 1. You deploy many updates to a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) client. 2. You perform an operation that generates the WM_TIMECHANGE message from the client computer. For example, you perform one of the following operations: - You...

Consider the following scenario: - You build a three-tier Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 hierarchy. - The hierarchy has many distribution points. For example, the hierarchy has more than 5,000 distribution points. - You create a package at the central site for software distribution...

We blogged this issue a couple weeks ago but now there’s a hotfix available to resolve the issue: ===== Consider the following scenario: You create a task sequence on a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) site server. You add lots of Install Software steps to the task...

Consider the following scenario: Scenario 1 You have a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) site server. You install hotfix 2213600 on the site server. You use the Import New Driver Wizard to import a set of drivers on to the site server. You specify a category and...

Consider the following two scenarios: Scenario 1 You have a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) site server. You install an Asset Intelligence synchronization point on the site server. In the installation process, the Asset Intelligence synchronization point makes...

Consider the following scenario: You create a deployment package on a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) site server. You create a program in the package. The name of the program contains extended ASCII characters. You create a task sequence, and you add an Install...

Consider the following scenario: You configure a maintenance window for a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) client. You configure an advertisement to run on the client computer within the maintenance window. The client computer starts or awakens from hibernation...

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 existing client. Notice that because the client certificates...

Here's another KB we published this morning.  This one offers a general discussion on hotfix installation in System Center Configuration Manager 2007: ===== Summary A System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr) hotfix will affect one or more separate roles within the distributed environment...

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 and over again in the distmgr.log: Compressed files...

Cumulative Update 1 for Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010 is available for download at the Microsoft Download website. This cumulative update is a rollup of fixes for System Center Service Manager 2010. This cumulative update is also a prerequisite for Service Manager Authoring Tool 1.0 Release...

I know this isn't ConfigMgr specific but since SCE 2010 has some ConfigMgr features I thought I'd post here just as a quick FYI. When you monitor some Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) devices by using System Center Operations Manager or System Center Essentials, the monitoring may stop intermittently...

On a site server that is running System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), the handle count and memory usage for the SMS_Executive service (Smsexec.exe) process keeps increasing. After a while, the available memory resources may be exhausted on the site server. When the operating...

Consider the following scenario: You have a site server that is running System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2). You have some third-party volume shadow copy service (VSS) providers installed on the site server. In this scenario, the Backup ConfigMgr Site Server task...

Consider the following scenario: You have a computer that is running a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) site server. You click the following item in the Configuration Manager console: Computer Management\Operating System Deployment\Computer Association You run the...