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Comment on about to install Configuration Manager 2012 – check your SQL collation first ! by System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SCCM - Guía completa para cumplir con todos los requisitos de instalación | Soporte Técnico Informático

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:11 +0000

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Comment on How can I deploy a Hidden task sequence in Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 by Hide an OSD Task Sequence from the Software Center | SCCM Tips and Fixes

Hide an OSD Task Sequence from the Software Center | SCCM Tips and Fixes — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:41:33 +0000

[...] This has been addressed in SCCM 2012 SP1. See here. [...]

Comment on using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 13. Deploying Windows 8 X64 with custom Start screen by ncbrady

ncbrady — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:03:25 +0000

I would imagine that what you are seeing is normal, it’s copying the ‘changes’ to the default user profile to the New profile and this happens only once,

Comment on using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 13. Deploying Windows 8 X64 with custom Start screen by fabdub

fabdub — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:59:37 +0000

I have tried so many times to use the AppsFolderLayout method but if I do it, it takes over 2-3mins to login for the 1rst time (only) for every different user!

If I get rid of the AppsFolderLayout file, the login is under a minute.

Have you ever seen this?

thanks!

Comment on How can I retrieve my BitLocker Recovery key ? by faris

faris — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:03:22 +0000

when you want to open command prompt Right click on that and open as administrater hope your adminitrative Rights problem will be solved

Comment on When creating a new Task Sequence in Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 the Partition disk step might be hardcoded to 30368MB in size if using a captured image by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 13. Deploying Windows 8 X64 with custom Start screen | just another windows noob

Sat, 04 May 2013 20:28:15 +0000

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Comment on PXE boot failure after upgrading to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 by TeakWoodKite

TeakWoodKite — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:14:44 +0000

Niall, I wanted thank you for the rescue. I did the upgrade to SP1 and it killed the PXE OSD features which had been working great. I spent the last several weeks coming through all the suggestions for correcting the issue with no resolution. I really appreciate the solution you documented, as it work the first time like a champ and I am now back in the game rolling out the rest of SCCM 2012 SP1. From grateful Kite thanks!

Comment on using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 11. Upgrading the hierarchy to Service Pack 1 by saranrajappa

saranrajappa — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:37:21 +0000

Hi Niall,
Thank you !
It worked like charm !

Comment on How can I retrieve my BitLocker Recovery key ? by avdesignsthetomorrow

avdesignsthetomorrow — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:57:36 +0000

Hi, I am Ashish
I hv got a serious problem with my pendrive

i got a bitlocker encryption on my pendrive, then i tried to decrypt it.
but while decryption, i unplugged my pendrive out from USB port. (The decryption was not complete at that time).
After that, i plugged it back, then it asked me for a password.
i entered the password, but it displayed that “the entered password is incorrect”.
The i chose option and entered the 48 digit recovery key, that i was having in an another drive.

but it displayed that “the Recovery Key is incorrect.”
i matched the Key Identification number also, it was same. But then also it displayed that “the recovery key is incorrect.”

then i used the method given by you ABOVE !,
the ADMINISTRATIVE COMMAND PROMPT says —
” AN ATTEMPT TO ACCESS THEA REQUIRED RESOURCE WAS DENIED.
CHECK THAT YOU HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHTS ON THE COMPUTER. “.

Now what to do????

Please help me out for this situation, i will be thankful to you…
i just want my pendrive decrypted, with or without data saved in it….. Huh
must reply ..

waiting 4 ur reply !!!

Comment on using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 12. Connecting PowerShell and Building a reference image of Windows 8 with .Net 3.5 by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager | MS Tech BLOG

using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager | MS Tech BLOG — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:42:26 +0000

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Comment on about to install Configuration Manager 2012 – check your SQL collation first ! by SQL Server 2008 Installation | Oracle VUE

SQL Server 2008 Installation | Oracle VUE — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:27:40 +0000

[...] if you need to change collation, or verify it then click on the Collation [...]

Comment on How can I retrieve my BitLocker Recovery key ? by ncbrady

ncbrady — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:57:59 +0000

how are you enabling bitlocker ? using the built in step or via a script ? do you have any logs from one of the machines that has failed ? are you continuing on error on your enable bitlocker step ? I wouldn’t do that because you could end up with BitLocker failing …

Comment on How can I retrieve my BitLocker Recovery key ? by Eambo

Eambo — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:33:00 +0000

Hi Niall,

Sorry if this is the wrong place to put queries, but figured it fitted with this article.

We’ve got a deployment via SCCM/Task Sequence which enables bitlocker. In 90+% of machines, there’s absolutely no problem.

We’re finding a small subset of machines, however, are not getting bitlocker keys. They have a TPM key, however no numerical password – and therefore no method of recovery. Going to manage bitlocker shows that there’s no keys for it to manage.

Our fix is simply to enable it manually, but being absolutely intrigued I’m trying to track down a root cause. Any suggestions on logs or places to look that may show why some machines are fine and some aren’t?

Thanks!

Comment on How can I upgrade System Center 2012 Configuration Manager to Service Pack 1? by Upgrading SCCM 2012 with Service Pack 1 | Mshiyas Blog

Upgrading SCCM 2012 with Service Pack 1 | Mshiyas Blog — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:51:23 +0000

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Comment on How can I retrieve my BitLocker Recovery key ? by ncbrady

ncbrady — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:30:20 +0000

if the recovery key is not backed up somewhere that you can access then you are out of luck,

Comment on How can I retrieve my BitLocker Recovery key ? by saifi

saifi — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:40:06 +0000

hi .me saifi from pakistan.i changed my bitlocker pasword. And forgog.i have recovery key but inside the same drive that is locked.what can i do.i also remember previous passwords.

Comment on how can I Pre-Provision BitLocker in WinPE for Windows 8 deployments using Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 ? by How can I deploy Windows 8 X64 to the Microsoft Surface Pro using Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 | just another windows noob

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:26:53 +0000

[...] fill in the product key and change the administrator password so if your deployment fails for any reason and it’s not domain joined you’ll at least be able to login and troubleshoot. Note that the BitLocker ability is now available and you can select or deselect it if you wish, if you do select it then keep in mind that you may need to extend the Active Directory Schema to support Bitlocker. [...]

Comment on How can I determine what Antimalware Policy is applied to my SCEP 2012 SP1 client ? by How can I deploy System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Definition Updates from a UNC file shares | just another windows noob

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:44:04 +0000

[...] the one we created above, to verify that our policy is indeed targeted to this computer please see this post, you should see something similar to the following in the registry, depending on what Antimalware [...]

Comment on How can I retrieve my BitLocker Recovery key ? by noha h.s

noha h.s — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:50:24 +0000

niall, what if you get “ERROR: an attempt to access a required source was denied.” what’s the next step??

Comment on System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 – Don’t install it in production if downloaded from MSDN or Technet, wait until General Availability. by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 11. Upgrading the hierarchy to Service Pack 1 | just another windows noob

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:19:38 +0000

[...] Download SP1. To download System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 log on to your Volume License site and download the media from there, note that it was updated recently to fix an issue with Clients not getting installed correctly after the upgrade. You should not be using the MSDN or Technet versions of Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 to install in production see here for more details. [...]