How to create offline or standalone USB media for OS Deployment in ConfigMgr...
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...
View ArticleConfigMgr 2007 Basic User Driven Installation Task Sequence Step by Step
I recently encountered a question from a customer who wanted to be able to set the computer name, and also be able to have their Desktop Technicians select software to be installed during an Operating...
View ArticleConfigMgr 2007 Application Mapping With a User Driven Installation Task Sequence
After creating the article ConfigMgr 2007 Basic User Driven Installation Task Sequence Step by Step, I wanted to follow up with another article covering the Application Discovery and Mapping features...
View ArticleAn incorrect Windows 7 Locale setting is configured after OS Deployment with...
Here’s another new KB article we published today. This one involves the locale setting in Windows 7 when deployed with ConfigMgr 2007:=====SymptomsWhen deploying a Windows 7 image using System Center...
View ArticleNo Assigned Task Sequence when initiating deployments caused by duplicate...
This article is regarding an issue we originally blogged about over at The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog regarding issues with PXE booting caused by duplicate SMBIOS GUIDs.. At the time that...
View ArticleHow To Remediate An Incorrectly Deployed OSD Task Sequence In System Center...
The below article outlines the steps that should be taken if a Task Sequence is deployed to an incorrect set of computers. Since mistargeting a Task Sequence could result in total data loss on the...
View ArticleFix: ConfigMgr 2007 OSD deployments fail with error: 0x800700B7 in loadstate.log
Hi everyone, David Smith here. I’m a Senior Support Engineer here on the ConfigMgr team and I recently came across an interesting issue that I thought might be worth a mention here on our blog. In...
View ArticleWhen deploying Windows Server 2008 using a Configuration Manager OSD Task...
The below article was first published over The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog site. However we recently discovered that the method described in the article would only work when deploying from...
View ArticleKB2509007 does not install correctly when installed at the same time as...
We recently discovered an issue that KB2509007 would not install properly if installed at the same time as either KB977203 or KB977384 via the PATCH= option in the " Setup Windows and ConfigMgr " task....
View ArticleKB: When using prestaged media in Configuration Manager 2007, the partition...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published this morning. This one discusses an issue where the partition name is set to the ID of the user who created it when using prestaged media in System...
View ArticleHow To Change Logging Options For SMSTS.log in System Center Configuration...
As the first post in the Configuration Manager OSD Support Team Blog, I am going to go over something that affects us a lot in CSS - increasing the size of the SMSTS.log and specifying how many times...
View ArticleKB: No IUSR account access after you install the ConfigMgr client on a server...
When the Configuration Manager client is installed on, or uninstalled from, a server that’s running a multicast distribution point (DP), the IUSR account permission is removed from CCM/SMS_CCM folder....
View ArticleKB: "System.InvalidOperationException" error when you create a configuration...
When you try to create a configuration item for a mobile device in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager current branch, you may encounter a System.InvalidOperationException error. This issue...
View ArticleUpdate for authentication certificate in System Center Configuration Manager...
A new update is available for the Asset Intelligence (AI) authentication certificate in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager...
View ArticleImportant note on Deploying Down Level Windows Updates with Microsoft...
As you’re probably already aware, in October we announced a new simplified servicing model, where on the 2ndTuesday of each month you will see a new Security Monthly Quality Rollup as well as a new...
View ArticleUpdate 2 for System Center Configuration Manager version 1610, early wave is...
Administrators who opted in to the early wave deployment for System Center Configuration Manager current branch, version 1610, have an update available in the Updates and Servicing node of the...
View ArticleKB: Client piloting package fails after site expansion in Configuration Manager
Consider the following scenario: You’re running Configuration Manager current branch, version 1511 through 1606, or version 1610 LTSB. Your old primary site was being used for client piloting. You...
View ArticleUpdate 1612 for the Tech Preview Branch of Microsoft System Center...
We are happy to announce that that update 1612 for the Technical Preview Branch of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager has been released. Technical Preview Branch releases give you an...
View ArticleSummary of changes in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager current...
Version 1610 of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (ConfigMgr 1610) contains many changes that are intended to prevent issues and improve features. A list of these changes and fixes is...
View ArticleKB: Software Metering Agent fails with "Software Metering failed to start...
After you install the Convenience rollup update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (3125574) and the System Center Configuration Manager client, the Software Metering Agent fails, and the...
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