Tag: troubleshooting
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Ensure the Operating System applys to C: drive not D: drive
This problem will increase more and more as everyone starts to use wim’s instead of the OS media in SCCM. There are a few workarounds for this problem however the best method is to force the new OS the reevaluate Drive Letters with 3 easy steps after applying the OS Create a Run Command Line step…
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Bad Fat mifs in a multiple user environment
If you are getting alot of error 2719 under SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER in a multiple user enviroment such as a lab of computers consider tweaking the data you are collecting. Inventory Data Loader failed to process the file G:Program FilesMicrosoft Configuration Managerinboxesauthdataldr.boxProcessH5CCBXME.MIF because it is larger than the defined maximum allowable size of 5000000. Solution: Increase the…
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Creating Collections to deploy ConfigMgr client updates (the easy way)
Get the Servicing Exstension from Microsoft NOW as it does all the work!!! http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2014/12/09/now-available-microsoft-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-servicing-extension.aspx Once you have this, in the Admin node, there’s a site servicing section -> client targeting. You click ‘Create Query’ and it makes a nice query for your collections. Then you go about creating your collection. click next. Select Add Rule -> Query Rule…
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Format failed (0x80070057) during task sequence.
Update: If this is happening to you I recommend importing the boot wim again creating a new one and only adding the network drivers (in the surface pro 3 case) and test using that boot wim with a copy of your task sequence. Then add existing sata/network drivers you need for other…
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KB: Temporary partition to stage boot wim on UEFI booted devices fails.
When not using the latest version of bootable media and the system is not partitioned SCCM is meant to create a temporary partition to stage the correct boot wim. What actually happens is it just creates 1 big NTFS partition. What actually happens is it just creates 1 big NTFS partition. Then it checks the…
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KB: PXE boots using the wrong wim file.
If you happen to change the source name of a boot wim the pxe point may boot using the old file. To fix rename <Drive Letter>RemoteInstallSMSImages<WIMPkgID>oldbootname.wim to oldbootname.wim.old Next PXE boot it will then use the new boot.wim file.
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Add a Right Click Copy Folder or File path menu option in Windows Explorer
SCCM ConfigMgr doesn’t like quotes around paths when adding packages or Wims, etc so the secret shh shift + right click copy as path isn’t that handy. Here’s a reg file to add a special right click option for ConfigMgr Download
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OSD Black screen of death.
After using a new captured image (Win 7 x64) certain machines were not completing OSD and ending up at a black screen with just a mouse cursor. Dell T1700, E6440, E7240, M4800. This was after the May patching, the only update that has been reported to play up (well with flash?) was KB2926765. We removed…
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Microsoft Configuration Manager Support Center
Have you ever needed someone to collect logs off a machine and came to find that the vital log you wanted wasn’t collected? Lost in the sea of logs? Microsoft feels your pain! Microsoft has released an excellent support tool to assist in troubleshooting ConfigMgr. It can collect logs, policys, wmi, registry etc; from remote…