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How can I manually add WinPE 5 boot images to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 CU3 ?
Introduction Microsoft recently released CU3 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, this does add some support for Windows 8.1 for the following features: Software distribution Software update management Compliance Settings but some things are not supported when it comes … Continue reading
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2013 Microsoft® MVP Award!
I’m very happy to say that I just got an email from Microsoft notifying me that i’ve been re-awarded the MVP title for Configuration Manager (Enterprise Client Management) for 2013, and here it is ! Dear Niall Brady, Congratulations! We … Continue reading
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What to do when you get an error when trying to add Windows 8.1 to Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 CU3
Introduction Cumulative Update 3 was released by Microsoft to add hot fixes and additional functionality to Configuration Manager 2012 SP1. I installed it quickly as I wanted to begin testing Windows 8.1 Enterprise. However, when adding Windows 8.1 to Configuration … Continue reading
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What to do if nothing happens when trying to run reports in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ?
Introduction Running reports is a great way of getting information from Configuration Manager 2012. Anyone who has the appropriate access to run reports can run them from their own computer via a web browser or via the Configuration Manager adminconsole … Continue reading
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How can I remotely control WORKGROUP computers in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ?
Introduction Remotely accessing computers allows you to control those computers from your own desktop with (or in some cases without) the other users consent. System Center 2012 Configuration Manager offers three methods from within the console to remotely control other … Continue reading
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what to check if you receive a message in SMSPXE.log stating PXE provider is not active. Ignoring DHCP discover message on your System Center 2012 Configuration Manager distribution point
Introduction After a PXE boot failure, and after some troubleshooting I wanted to share the reason why it was failing in case others have the same problem. The actual failure message observed in SMSPXE.log is quite descriptive as long as … Continue reading
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How can I pause a task sequence in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ?
Introduction Sometimes things don’t go as planned, you are deploying an operating system to a computer and the task sequence fails. You can use normal troubleshooting methods such as press F8 and review the smsts.log in CMTrace review … Continue reading
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How can I set the DPI setting when deploying Windows 8 to the Microsoft Surface Pro with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1?
Introduction If you’ve followed my previous guide here, you’ll have learned how to Deploy Windows 8 to the Microsoft Surface Pro using Configuration Manager 2012 SP1, however that guide didn’t show you how to set the DPI (dots per inch) … Continue reading
How can I deploy Windows 8.1 using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Introduction AT the build conference in San Francisco yesterday Microsoft unveiled a preview version of Windows called Windows 8.1, and in conjunction with the recent release of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager preview, we have the ability to deploy … Continue reading
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How to fix when Windows Store tells you “we weren’t able to connect to the store. This might have”
Have you ever seen this in Windows 8 ? a non functional store with a nice message telling you… “We weren’t able to connect to the store. This might have happened because of a server problem or the network connection … Continue reading
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How can I install System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?
Introduction Today at Tech Ed Europe 2013 in Madrid, Brad Anderson announced the availability of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager preview (amongst other things). In this post I will focus on installing the R2 preview release on Configuration … Continue reading
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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 14. Using Compliance Settings
In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading
First looks at “Windows Server 2012 Hyper V Installation and configuration Guide” a book by Aidan Finn, Patrick Lownds, Michel Luescher and Damian Flynn.
Introduction I got this new book about Installing and Configuring Hyper-V written by some cool authors indeed, one of whom is Aidan Finn. I have met Aidan Finn several times and I can tell you he’s one sharp cookie with … Continue reading
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After selecting a task sequence in Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 you receive “ThreadToResolveAndExecuteTaskSequence failed. Code(0x8007000E)” in SMSTS.LOG
Introduction I recently encountered this problem, after PXE booting a new virtual machine I selected a task sequence from the list of task sequences available and after some delays processing policy the task sequence failed with an error “Failed to … Continue reading
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using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager – Part 13. Deploying Windows 8 X64 with custom Start screen
In Part 1 of this series we created our new LAB, we got the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager ISO and extracted it, then copied it to our Active Directory server. We then created the System Management container in AD, … Continue reading
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