There was a question on Technet forum a couple of weeks ago so I thought I would post it here as well. It can in some scenarios be useful to set the computers AD description during SCCM OS deployment. I use a script for this which can be used to set the AD description using…
Prevent the monitor to enter power save during OSD
When you have a task sequence in SCCM with many steps the monitor goes into power save mode before the installation is complete. In some cases the end-user can believe that the computer installation is finished and closes the lid on the laptop and goes home and the OS installation fails. It is also really…
SCCM Summit 2012
Last week on the 17-18 of January the SCCM Summit 2012 event arranged by Cornerstone took place in Stockholm Sweden. A great event focusing on System Center 2012: Configuration Manager for 1 1/2 days. The event hosted speakers like Johan Arwidmark, Anders Ahl, Niall Brady and Peter Frodin. I had the great opportunity to deliver…
Unattended installation of SCCM 2007 Admin Console including R3
I wrote a post a year ago or more about how to install the SCCM 2007 Admin Console including R2, this is something I use a lot in my projects as it is more and more to install when installing the Admin Console. In the example below I install the Admin Console, the required hotfix(kb977384)…
SCCM 2007 Report: Windows 7 computers without SP1
Hi, Answered a question on Technet forum this morning and about a report to list all Windows 7 computers without Service Pack 1 installed. I modified it slightly for this post to include the possibility to filter on a specific collectionID. When creating the report create a prompt in the report called varcollection Report Query: Select…
Installing the SCCM client using vbscript
In some scenarios you need to install the SCCM client using another Software Distribution tool than Configuration Manager, yes I know it sounds strange 😉 If you have tried this you know that the Ccmsetup.exe installs a service and the exits in the user context so that control is returned to the vbscript, cmd file…
Forefront Endpoint protection and Locally Removed
In Forefront Endpoint protection 2010 there is no possibility to password protect the uninstallation of the FEP client. This makes it possible for instance for local admins to remove the FEP Client. I started testing to advertise the FEP client to the “Locally Removed” collection where the client will end up if the FEP client…
SCCM Summit 2012!
I have great honor to be doing two sessions at the SCCM Summit 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden 17-18/1 – 2012. http://www.cornerstone.se/sv/Event/sccm2012/ SCCM Summit 2012 will be 1 1/2 day focusing on all the great new features in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager(in Swedish). The sessions I will deliver is: Application Management in two parts(double session),…