Tag: sccm
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Get ConfigMgr Management points and Distribution points working with CIS
CIS sets the Network access: Remotely accessible registry paths group policy. Adjust to include SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS ie;System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions, System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Server Applications, Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion, SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS
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Remove PXE from HyperV Boot order
My VMs flood the network when PXE boots. Not sure of why, but to keep security happy I have removed the network boot via powershell.
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SCCM Right click script to get current IP Addresses.. because you know DNS
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Slow Software Center search results
Currently Software Center will use WMI to query all available software for the computer, then it will ask the management point for user assigned apps. If your computer is a bit slow/old the wait time checking WMI can be painful. You can check this on the client log SCNotify_MONASH@%username%_1.log Please vote for my Uservoice – https://configurationmanager.uservoice.com/forums/300492-ideas/suggestions/39082435-speed-up-software-centre-searches-by-returning-use…
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Apply Operating System: Download() failed. 80072efe
If you get this error try adding this command line to your task sequence cmd.exe /c Wpeutil disablefirewall let me know if this workaround helps.
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Task Sequence can’t find a dependency that doesn’t exit
When I see ‘Failed to run Task Sequence – This task sequence cannot be run because the program files for XXXXXXX cannot be locataed on a distribution point’ I go to Monitoring \ Distribution Status \ Content Status. It’s the quickest way to search all package objects. Today the search came up with no results.…
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Deploying Office 2019 VL
Office 2019 now uses click-to-run technology instead of ‘setup /admin’ there are a few changes, probably for the best in the long run. Create Config Files First you need to download to Office Deployment tool This is a self extracting file that spits out setup.exe and 2 sample config files – one for 32-bit and…
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SCCM client = None after deploying an operating system
In an environment where you use certificates this can happen. CLientIDManagerStartup.log will mention Regtask: Failed to refresh MP. Error: 0x80004005 alot of times… Below I have the 2 fixes! Fix 1 is to take advantage of the TS Variable SMSTSPostAction to restart the computer once completed with the value ‘shutdown /r /t 0 /f’ This should ensure…
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Setting the Client Status Settings for Client Activity based on AD logon
SCCM will mark a computer inactive if none of the activity checks happen Client policy request Heartbeat discovery Hardware Inventory Software Inventory Status messages sent See technet The default settings are 7 days for each of these settings which can be fine for a lot of businesses. If there are many devices that don’t often…
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SCCM Component Manager
SCCM Component manager is a quick way to start/stop/pause SCCM components that you would normally control using the Service Manager. The reason the Service manager is so slow is because it has to connect to every site system’s registry and gather information. SCCM Component manager only connects to the server that you select so…