Short demo of msi2sccm creating 4 Packages, 8 Programs, 12 Collections, 12 Advertisements and 4 Active Directory Security Groups. Time comparison importing a MSI package into Configuration Manager using MSI2SCCM and the Configuration Manager Console. A lot of details were pasted into the Configuration Manager Console and added quickly, normally Read more…
You see error -2146232060 when attempting to configure your ACT database using the following steps: In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System Center Configuration Manager / Site Database / Computer Management / Application Compatibility Toolkit Connector/ Application Compatibility Toolkit Server To open the properties of the ACT server right-click Read more…
Service Pack 2 for Configuration Manager 2007 delivers new platform support for Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. After installing SP2 you will need to create collections for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 and possibly Windows Vista and Server 2008 if you Read more…
Had a blue screen of death and wondered which driver caused the error before you had chance to write down the stop code and parameters? Normally I would load up the dump file in the Debugging Tools for Windows to find the culprit until I found this great utility by Read more…
Logon on to a virtual Machine and insert integration service setup disk. If you do not have a virtual machine up and running you can mount %windir%system32vmguest.iso Extract the drivers by performing an admin install on the msi packages. msiexec /a d:supportamd64Windows5.x-HyperVIntegrationServices-x64.msi TARGETDIR=C:AIPx64 msiexec /a d:supportx86Windows5.x-HyperVIntegrationServices-x86.msi TARGETDIR=C:AIPx86 rename C:AIPx64Hyper-V Integration Read more…
Network Level Authentication is an authentication method that can be used to enhance Remote Desktop Services Session Host server security by requiring that the user be authenticated to the RD Session Host server before a session is created. Remote Desktop Connection Network Level Authentication completes user authentication before you establish Read more…
Internal Consistency Evaluators Internal consistency evaluators also called ICE’s are custom actions written in VBScript, JScript or as a DLL or EXE. When these custom actions are executed, they scan the database for entries in database records that are valid when examined individually but that may cause incorrect behavior in Read more…
Example of Creating an Internal Consistency Evaluator (ICE) using Orca Whilst the ICE list is pretty comprehensive there will be a point where you need to validate information that is not covered by the standard ICE unit tests, to do this you will need to add your own Internal Consistency Read more…
How to prevent users from connecting USB storage devices To stop users connecting USB storage devices The following items must be carried out to ensure that the USB storage driver cannot be accessed, in cases where the USB storage driver has been installed the services should be disabled. Deny Access Read more…
MSI2SMS tool imports MSI and MST packages into Systems Management Server 2003 creating Package, Programs, Advertisement and desired settings without the need to use SMS console, the information is extracted directly from the MSI Package. The MSI2SMS import tool not only saves time and effort it also ensures that a Read more…