This is a question I've been asked a few times. By default, SMS and ConfigMgr both compress package content into a PCK file to distribute the content to child sites. The problem you might run into with Operating System Deployment WIM files, which are already compressed, is that they take forever to move from one…
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Normally I don't try and sell things on my blog here, however there's a new service offering that I think many that come across this blog will be highly interested in. I know when I worked as a customer before coming to Microsoft I had to deal with Client Health issues (Client health was actually…
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This post isn't exactly just a Configuration Manager fix for Client Push, however it will help anyone who is trying to connect to an administrative share on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 machine that is having problems with "Access Denied" messages even though you know 100% for a fact that the account you're using…
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Had an annoying issue today where the customer and I tried to install a primary server but kept getting stuck with the option to install a primary server greyed out. Turns out we were using the SP2 upgrade media that was used when they were upgrading the SCCM sites in their environment awhile back. So…
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For those using OSD to image, the smsts.log is a valuable log file to help in troubleshooting installation issues of your Windows images. The smsts.log file, however, moves around depending on what phase of the installation you are in. Below is a list of the location depending on where you are in the installation process:…
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For those looking for the ports you need open, this is what I use for a Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 DC. LDAP TCP-in - 389 LDAP UDP in - 389 LDAP for Global Catalog TCP in - 3268 NetBIOS name Resolution UDP in - 138 SAM/LSA TCP in - 445 SAM/LSA UDP in…
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Today Microsoft released SCCM 2007 R3! Instead of going into a long blog post about all the exciting new features R3 has, I'd like to refer to an EXCELLENT run down of all the features by a co-worker of mine, Steve Rachui. If you run SCCM, R3 is definitely a worthwhile update that's painless to…
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With the new release of Flash Player 10.1 I've noticed in our environment that we were unable to install the Active X component for IE systems using the provided MSI file with SCUP. I've read in a few places that it's best to utilize the .exe instead of the .msi that is provided by Adobe.…
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Sorry for the long title. This past Tuesday Microsoft released a slew of new security patches. I won't go into detail about all of them, but suffice it to say we're seeing KB979909 become a pretty hairy thorn in our side. We deploy all of our updates via SCCM. In my pilot testing I've noticed…
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