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https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3159706 I was fortunate enough to not apply the original patch, as I saw the many articles around the web about this before deploying... However - in something that comes across as quite poor - even if you apply the newer version (linked above) manual intervention is still required.
Continue readingSCCM 1511 now available - http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2015/12/08/system-center-configuration-manager-ga.aspx The video on the site is downright scary....
Continue readinghttp://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2015/11/20/issue-with-the-windows-adk-for-windows-10-version-1511.aspx Pretty minor... its not as if many people that use SCCM would use the ADK.... only 100% of them. Some interesting comments at the bottom of the page... Previously I was one of those who thought Microsoft's patching and release quality testing was getting better... and it was... for a while... but between this…
Continue readingJava..... not only is the product itself pretty much a virus, the deployment and ongoing management of it just plain sucks. It seems that for Java 8 update 60, the dev's have managed to add that little bit more complexity. If you download and install the offline installer from the java web site ( http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp…
Continue readingSince moving to SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 at some sites, I've been having some issues where the console crashes while editing task sequences. This is frequent, maybe once every 2 or 3 days... and is something that I've only been experiencing since SP1. The downside of this, is that even when restarting the console or…
Continue readingThis happens with devices that are classed as tablets - for some bizarre reason as per https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2959188 and can be modified using https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn660972.aspx Here's a screenshot of what it should look like in WSIM or in xml <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State "> <Identification> <Credentials> <Username> </Username> <Domain> </Domain> <Password>…
Continue readingRun into by an employee - John. straight copy from his email. Ran into this issue yesterday, ConfigMgr 2012 R2 running on Windows 2008 R2. When attempting to import some network drivers, the Windows 7 driver’s imported fine, however the Windows 8 or later drivers gave the error “Error: Failed to import the following drivers…
Continue readingIf I logon to MSDN downloads (which is my only option now TechNet downloads is gone) I see this I stupidly thought it would be SCCM 2012 R2 SP1.... The file name also made me think it would be SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 But, I was wrong.... Apparently to install SP1, I must have SP2…
Continue readinghttp://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2015/05/04/announcing-support-for-windows-10-management-with-system-center-configuration-manager.aspx The main bit that I'm interested in is Next week, we will also be releasing service packs for Configuration Manager 2012 and 2012 R2 customers. These will deliver full compatibility with existing features for Windows 10 deployment and management as well as several other features, including: App-V publishing performance – Improved performance that reduces…
Continue readingFirst of all - we mount the existing WIM (in this case, I'm mounting server 2012 R2 standard) The directory D:\PSource$\OSD.Windows.2012.R2 has a full copy of 2012 R2 The directory D:\mount is empty Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:D:\PSource$\OSD.Windows.2012.R2\sources\install.wim /Index:2 /MountDir:D:\mount Dism /Image:D:\mount /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All /LimitAccess /Source:D:\PSource$\OSD.Windows.2012.R2\sources\sxs Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:D:\mount /Commit This is much easier than the…
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