dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /all /Source:D:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess D:\ in this case is the path to the Windows Server 2012 installation media.

The following collection query will list all clients that are part of the following AD groups: "APP-1" and "APP-2". select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup...

If you get a HTTP 500 error when trying to watch a report e.g "History - Specific task sequence advertisements run on a specific computer" With show friendly HTTP error messages enabled in IE: The website cannot display the page HTTP 500 This error...

Install Windows Deployment Services (WDS) Start Administrative Tools \ Windows PowerShell Modules (Run as Administrator) > Add-WindowsFeature WDS > WDSUTIL /initialize-server /reminst:<X>:\Remoteinstall If WDS is running on the...

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SMSAdmins local group to run console Read on site instance/class Read on reports class.

Add a new column to the settings table (can be done with SQL Management Studio) Give it a name and specify a datatype Run the following stored procedure against the MDT database EXECUTE sp_refreshview '[dbo].[ComputerSettings]' EXECUTE sp_refreshview...

To enable detect HAL on a VHD file: Attach the image and assign it a drive letter e.g. R: Run “BCDEDIT /STORE R:\BOOT\BCD /SET {default} DETECTHAL ON” from a command prompt Detach the image Done

To get the serial number from a computer run the following PowerShell command: gwmi win32_bios | fl SerialNumber To get more information e.g. bios version and manufacturer just run: gwmi win32_bios

At last. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3318741a-c038-4ab1-852a-e9c13f8a8140

By using Get-WmiObject in powershell it’s possible to perform WMI queries in WQL One example: gwmi -Query "SELECT * from Win32_DiskPartition WHERE Bootable = TRUE"

If a package gets stuck in the "Install Retrying" state at a BITS-enabled ditribution point. And you see the following error message logged in the Microsoft Configuration Manager\Logs\distmgr.log on the server: "ERROR ExecMethod(): Failed to execute AppCreate2...

To find out which version you are running just go to Site Management under your site database. RTM is 4.00.5931.0000 and SP1 is 4.00.6221.1000. Update 1: SP2 eval is 4.00.6468.2001 Update 2: SP2 retail is 4.00.6487.2000 To see if R2 is installed right...