Note: There is an updated version of this guide over at the Configuration Manager OSD Support Team Blog . For the latest version, please visit the below article: Troubleshooting the PXE Service Point and WDS in Configuration Manager 2007 ===== ...

I get a lot of requests for information about how to do software update deployments in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 so I thought I would put together a quick guide explaining the process. It turned out to be quite large so I broke it into...

Although the steps required to deploy an OS using Configuration Manager 2007 are available in many places, I decided to create a simple, concise step by step procedure for OSD deployment using SCCM that will hopefully come in handy if you are trying to...

Sometimes the most challenging part of the Configuration Manager 2007/SMS 2003 deployment phase can be ensuring that the client successfully reports to the site server. We occasionally see these issues here in support, typically either as cases for clients...

I originally posted this a few months back but there was some confusion on some of the steps and why they needed to be taken so I’ve clarified and added additional information and instructions here.  At first I thought I could just update the original...

When you experience issues with your Windows Server 2008 Web Server (IIS) role, including 401, 403, or 500 errors in the IIS logs and MPControl.log, a Configuration Manager 2007 site system relying on the IIS system may also experience issues due to the...

Note: There is an updated version of this article over at the Configuration Manager OSD Support Team Blog . For the latest version, please visit the below article: No Assigned Task Sequence when initiating deployments caused by duplicate SMBIOS GUIDs...

Suppose you want to use the USMT 4 feature of hardlinking in a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Task Sequence, but you notice that the " Capture User State "/" Capture User Files and Settings " and " Restore User State "/" Restore User Files and...

When deploying Windows 7 via OSD in SCCM 2007 SP2, upon rebooting from the WinPE stage to Windows 7 Mini-Setup, Windows may not start and the following error occurs instead: Status: 0xc0000001 Info: An unexpected error has occurred. Examining the following...

When using the Preload Package Tool (PreloadPkgOnSite.exe) to preinstall a package on a DP on a child site, the tool may not work as expected and the package may not show as being installed on the remote DP where the tool was used. The instructions on...

When a Task Sequence is created via the "Create New Task Sequence Wizard", the Task Sequence may fail if the Windows OS being deployed is Windows 7 and the reference Windows 7 WIM image being deployed was manually created and then captured using...

This document was created to help in troubleshooting Configuration Manager Service Pack 2 (SP2) install failures. This document is not entirely specific to Service Pack 2 and can apply to Service Pack 1 installs, upgrades from SMS 2003 to SCCM, and future...

I was having trouble finding this post on the old SMSandMOM blog without a direct link, and saw this question asked on an alias so I thought it would be worth posting again on the new blog site for ConfigMgr 2007. This post describes how to move the Site...

Back on Monday I posted Part 1 of my Guide to Software Updates Deployment in Configuration Manager 2007 and below you will find the conclusion, Part 2: Deployments Configuration Manager 2007 no longer uses advertisements for delivering software updates...

Purpose: This post is intended to explain how client approval works when a Mixed Mode Configuration Manager 2007 site is configured to automatically approve clients in trusted domains and to offer insight into how to troubleshoot scenarios where this...

We’ve seen this issue come up a couple times so I wanted to give it a mention here just in case you run into it.  The problem is that you may notice Software Deployments are not working for a small percentage of your Configuration Manager clients...

Operating System Deployment (OSD) in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 offers several options for deploying images to target systems. One option includes support for imaging systems that are completely disconnected from the network using stand...

Please review all of the information in this post specific to your systems for any antivirus scan issues and workarounds. Important: Some of the steps defined herein may increase your security risk. These steps may also make your computer or your network...

Updated May 3 rd 2010 by chughes... This article seeks to offer a more complete solution on not only how to capture various registry settings from a client into the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 database, but to also demo how to build a sample...

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...

When deploying a WIM file that contains both a Windows OS image and a Data image in the WIM file, the deployment may fail when using an SCCM 2007 OSD Task Sequence with the following logged in the SMSTS.LOG file: Opening image file C:\_SMSTaskSequence...

Here's another ConfigMgr 2007 OSD tip from Frank Rojas out in Charlotte, North Carolina. If you have a Task Sequence that fails almost immediately after it boots into WinPE with an 0x80004005 error then you'll want to check this one out: ======== ...

Here's a ConfigMgr 2007 issue I had recently that was caused by an known issue with IIS.  I wanted to publicize this here so that it might help others who run into this problem. Issue: Configuration Manager 2007 clients may fail to download packages...

If you are using IIS 7 or IIS 6 with Kerberos Authentication, you may see an increase in network traffic and overall slow performance when pushing out large packages to your System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Distributions Points. This can happen...

By now I'm sure you all heard about the false positive detection of w32/wecorl.a in 5958 DAT issue with McAfee and how it can cause a no-boot situation in Windows XP SP3. McAfee themselves as well as some of our colleagues on the Windows team have a resolution...