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Bad Fat mifs in a multiple user environment
If you are getting alot of error 2719 under SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER in a multiple user enviroment such as a lab of computers consider tweaking the data you are collecting. Inventory Data Loader...
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Set your SSD up for Hyper-V Data Deduplication
If you want to use your speedy new SSD to run Hyper-v storage is expensive, Data Deduplication is the solution to this letting you run multiple VMs using the space of pretty much 1 server! It is a...
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SCCM 2012 Operating System Deployment Client Logs.
This table from Ronni Pedersen sums up all the log files for OSD: Phase Location Windows PE (Before the hard disk are formatted) x:\windows\temp\smstslog\smsts.log Windows PE (After the hard disk...
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Save 10 to 15 minutes off your Operating System Deployment
The guys, you know the Deployment Guys over at Microsoft have been doing some tinkering! To save time deploying the Operating system you can enable the High Performance power scheme in WinPE. This...
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Office Activation F00D error.
If you are deploying Office 2013 in your base image and receive the error 0x4004F00D error you may need to rearm office before you capture. To do this add the run command before capturing: cmd.exe /c...
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Changing the Windows 10 Upgrade Text!
The Windows 10 upgrade text says 'Your PC will restart several times. Sit back and relax'. I tend to tell people around me to just relax and a colleague said, it would be cool if it said 'just...
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SQL Native client Pre-req for running SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 testdbupgrade
When you want to test the service pack on a separate sql box with setup.exe /testdbupgrade CM_ABC you may run into an issue because you need the SQL Native client. The version you need regardless of...
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KB3004375 - Command-line Auditing
Have you enabled this? It basically logs all command lines launched to the security event log under ID 4688. To enable it you first need to deploy update KB3004375 to support Windows 7 devices then...
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Preventing automatic restarts when deploying the SCCM Console
There is an issue with locked files such as logs when deploying the SCCM console and no way to suppress the restart. To work around this make sure you install the console to a new directory and also...
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Troubleshooting Collection Queries
If you want to see what collections have bad queries use CEViewer.exe from the ConfigMgr 2012 R2 Toolkit, it is installed when you add the server tools. Some things I have found about queries: The OR...
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KB: Temporary partition to stage boot wim on UEFI booted devices fails.
When not using the latest version of bootable media and the system is not partitioned SCCM is meant to create a temporary partition to stage the correct boot wim. What actually happens is it just...
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How To: Create Automatic Deployment Rules for Patch Tuesday Software Updates
Automatic deployment of updates is one of the best features of SCCM. Automation in general is awesome. The best way to use Automatic deployment rules (ADR) is to have them run on Patch Tuesday which...
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Format failed (0x80070057) during task sequence.
Update: If this is happening to you I recommend importing the boot wim again creating a new one and only adding the network drivers (in the surface pro 3 case) and test using that boot wim with...
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Yearly clean up for Software Update Automatic Deployment Rules
Each year it is good to clean up the software update packages so they don’t grow out of control and cause havoc in your sccm town. Review current Deployment Packages. If not already fix up, rename...
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Windows 10 Upgrade stuck at 76%
One of the reasons the upgrade will stay at 76% percent is if you have the Client for NFS feature enabled before upgrading. To work around this you can run some commands before and after the Upgrade...
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Windows 10 Upgrade installs stupid drivers.
When Windows 10 upgrades the machine it will replace drivers during the upgrade, sometimes replacing them with outdated drivers that don’t work correctly. Updating drivers beforehand doesn’t fix...
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Ensure the Operating System applys to C: drive not D: drive
This problem will increase more and more as everyone starts to use wim’s instead of the OS media in SCCM. There are a few workarounds for this problem however the best method is to force the new OS...
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MDT Bitlocker Step completes successfully however logs Verify %OSSKU% is...
Bitlocker is only supported on Windows Enterprise or Windows Ultimate or Windows Server Verify %OSSKU% is defined During the Bitlocker step a few checks are made including one that attempts to...
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WINPE 10 Problems and work arounds
To successfully deploy Windows 10 Microsoft recommends using WINPE 10 however there has been a few issues with Powershell and .Net Framework You may see randomly the errors The operating system...
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