Questions tagged [sccm-2012]
The 2012 version of Systems Center Configuration Manager, a product by Microsoft that is used to manage the Configuration of multiple Windows,Mac, and Linux-based systems.
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How would one run a task sequence within a task sequence in SCCM 2012 SP1
A Shining Example: Inside all of my task sequences I have a group that installs driver packages conditionally based on computer model:
And of course, this list does nothing but grow. The fact that it ...
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SCCM 2012 - How to deploy 'invisible' application?
Hi I haven't attempted dealing with dependencies before so maybe I'm doing it wrong
I want to deploy an application, Dynamics AX 2009, to be visible and optional through software center
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Active Directory Site/Domain Interactions
I'm having an issue wrapping my head around the myriad Active Directory components, and I'm hoping I can get some opinions or corrections from someone.
At our workplace, we used to have individual ...
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Why do I get prompted for "Data Source Credentials" when editing a SSRS report for SCCM?
When attempting to add a dataset in Report Builder I am prompted to "Enter Data Source Credentials."
Choosing "Use the current Windows user" fails, and I don't have the password for the specified ...
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sccm2012 client.msi error during OSD
I need some help understand my client.msi log to work out why my OSD is failing.
Let me first tell you the scenario
I have a Task Sequence in sccm 2012, it takes a standard win 7 enterprise image.
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Task Sequence boots to logon screen instead of task sequence mode
I'm running a task sequence, and so that users don't accidentally interfere, I have the task sequence reboot to currently installed operating system, which as I understand, is supposed to boot to a ...
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Removing old application versions
I have programmed an application that I deploy to our users using SCCM. I do updates on the application currently about 5 times a month. To release the new version I create a copy of the old ...
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SCCM Reporting - "Report Builder click-once application does not exist on the report server"
I (and my manager) would like to be able to create custom reports in SCCM 2012 SP1 through the Configuration Manager Administrative Console from the comfort of our workstations. Unfortunately, if you ...
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Remove Applications page on MDT 2012 Deployment Summary
I am using SCCM 2012 and MDT 2012 for OSD and app deployment. Because of the nature of how some of the apps need to be detected (and which changes as apps get updated) they show up with a warning ...
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Adding and using a Domain Admin during OSD, in MDT
So during my Windows 7 OSD.
Going by Company Politics
I'm suppose to
A: Disabled the standardlized Administrator (Done, can do that in task sequence)
B: Create a new Administrator called 'ITadmin'...
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SCCM - Disable automatic restart of failed task sequence
Specifically 2012, but I'll take what I can get:
When a task sequence fails, it automatically starts a 15 minute countdown and then restarts (provided there is no command prompt open). Is there a way ...
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SCCM Global Condition WQL Query Type Mismatch (wbemErrTypeMismatch - 0x80041005)
We have been handling all of our targeting logic for Packages (and now Applications) with Collections. Now that we have moved from SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012 SP1 it was recommended that we move that logic ...
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What are the differences between Windows Defender and Windows Intune Endpoint Protection and SCCM Endpoint Protection?
What are the functional differences between Windows Defender and Windows Intune Endpoint Protection and SCCM Endpoint Protection, apart from methods of management, if any?
(I am referring to the ...
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How can I make my custom app list show up properly in MDT 2012
I have an MDT task sequence that installs an OS and presents an application list based on your OU choice (differing departments need separate applications). When booting to WinPE and running the task ...
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SCCM 2012 Virtual Lab
I am building an SCCM 2012 virtual lab and I have about 70% of it completed, but I want to test patching, but I dont want to connect my virtual lab to the production environment to pull patches. My ...
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How to troubleshoot Application install during SCCM 2012 OS deployment?
When installing an Application (as opposed to a Package/Program) during an OS deployment task sequence the only thing that seems to get written to the smsts.log if an install fails is that the ...
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Creating an NSIS installer for ConfigMgr that will cause ConfigMgr client to initiate a restart
I have been using NSIS to create install packages for applications developed by our in-house development staff for several years, and we have recently switched from an alternative product to ConfigMgr ...
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Change SCCM Service Broker Port
We have three installations of SCCM (Config Manager) 2012 and need to change the service broker ports (SQL Server 2008r2) on them. During installation two of them were overlapped. We've explored this ...
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Problems with SUP on SCCM 2012 SP1
I have recently starting testing the SUP capability of SCCM 2012. I have followed the guides to set up the Server and all seems to be working fine. Updates are being downloaded and showing on the ...
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Deploying Files with an Application in SCCM 2012
We have created an application deployment using SCCM 2012 for Ultra VNC. however we also want to deploy the settings file.
We have created a package for this that when run deploys the settings file ...
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SCCM 2012 patching design - no subcollections
I made extensive use of subcollections in SCCM 2007 and I'm in the process of prototyping our new SCCM 2012 environment which has eliminated subcollections. I was wondering how others have dealt with ...
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SCCM 2012 SP1 - DownloadContentFiles() failed with hr=0x80041013
We noticed our Automatic Deployment Rules for Software Updates failed to automatically download and apply this month's patches from Microsoft although they are correctly listed in the Catalog.
The ...
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Utilise Netsh Wlan in WIn PE 4.0
We have been working with unattended domain joins using SCCM 2012. We used to use a command line step in the OSD to join the machine to the local wireless network prior to domain join.
The syntax used ...
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SCCM 2012: SQL Server service running account
When installing System Center Configuration Manager 2012, one of the problems I encountered during the Prerequisite Check was "SQL Server service running account". The detail of the prerequisite check ...
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Deploying Updates via SCCM only when users are logged off
In SCCM for package deployments, there's an option to make the assignment mandatory and the schedule to be at logoff, and also options for only deploying packages when no user is logged on.
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Update content on an application with Powershell or WMI in Microsoft SCMM 2012 SP1
While right-clicking an applications deployment type(s), we can select Update Content. Is there a way of doing this action using Powershell or a WMI-method?
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How do you conduct your SCCM updates?
I've implemented SCCM 2012 in my environment and have been trying to get all endpoints caught up on their updates. The previous management for some odd reason thought patching computers was not high ...
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Passing a value from one Task Sequence Variable to another during OSD
We are playing around with Task Sequence variables in SCCM 2012 Sp1. We are reimaging Operating systems wirelessly and one of the problems we've run into is that when assigning the computer name the ...
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Wrong WSUS WUA server assigned to DMZ agents
Having a problem with the WSUS part of SCCM 2012 not working on agents in our DMZ.
These agents have PKI certificates from internal PKI, and are appearing in the console as active inventory.
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SCCM 2012 - PXE-M0F - abortpxe.com with unknown computers failing
I have one SCCM 2012 server not correctly responding to PXE requests for unknown computers. The server has PXE boot support enabled, enabled unknown computer support, boot images available with OS ...
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Put files on deployed PC's HDD during SCCM2012 OSD
We are deploying Windows 7 using an OSD in SCCM 2012 SP1. We are doing this wirelessly. One of the things we are struggling on is automatically connecting to the Wireless.
A solution is to use NETSH ...
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Deploying Windows via SCCM 2012 OSD Wireless
We're looking at rolling out a large ammount of tablets on our network. We are currently trialling SCCM 2012 sp1 to see if this is the way forwards for doing this. AT the moment I have a working OSD ...
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How can I get MDT 2012 Update 1/SCCM 2012 SP1 to NOT apply my OS to D: when using USMT?
I have a UDI deployment task sequence setup with MDT 2012 UPdate 1 and SCCM 2012 SP1, and when I try to deploy Windows 7 to a machine with an OS already on it, WinPE assigns the System Reserved ...
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SCCM 2012 - Multi-domain?
I was wondering if it's possible to use SCCM 2012 in a multidomain environment?
We have several domains each in their own forests but with the possibility of network connectivity.
Would it be ...
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SCCM migration to SCCM 2012
I am trying to plan a migration from SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012. I am unable to find if I can migrate the Forefront from SCCM 2007 in SCCM 2012, or if I will have to uninstall all agents and install new ...
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How do I find the WSUS server that my computers are connecting to for Windows Updates?
I have multiple WSUS servers setup on our domain; one is handling Windows Updates, while another is setup to only do Endpoint Protection updates (via SCCM 2012). Endpoint Updates are working properly ...
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What's the best method to assign all clients to a single site in a ConfigMgr 2012 environment?
I only have a single site. Instead of setting each boundary group to assign a site, what's the best way to assign all clients to a single site?
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SCCM 2012: Is it possible to create an alert for when a site or component logs a critical message?
I'm investigating some issues on my SCCM2012 single site installation, and am heavily relying on the 'site status' and 'component status' to tell me what's wrong. I've configured the site server to be ...
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System Center Configuration Manger 2012 SP1 PXE boot
I am trying to set up my System Center Configuration manager server to be a PXE server for client deployments but I am having no luck in getting it to work. It seems to bypass SCCM and boot right ...
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Packaging Office apps for SCCM 2012
How can I package office 2010 applications individually for distribution via SCCM 2012?
I can package the office suite with no problem using an MSP file to customize it, but if I install only Excel ...
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What is the best way to run a custom app during an MDT UDI Task Sequence?
We have a very decentralized environment, and the UDI Wizard's OU selection page just isn't good enough to fit our needs, since I have to manually input every OU that a technician could choose when ...
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ConfigMgr 2012 - How to automatically make updates available to computers without forcing them to be installed?
I'm using System Center Configuration Manager 2012 with the Software Update Point feature; however, in this environment patching has to be strictly manual, because server reboots need to be approved ...
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Syntax for file and process exclusions in Forefront Endpoint Protection?
I can't seem to find an official and up-to-date documentation on how to set up file and process exclusions in Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012.
For file types, which of these will work? Are they ...
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Why is Configuration Manager 2012 creating a SMSPKG folder on my C: drive?
I'm testing System Center Configuration Manager 2012, and I installed it on a server with two disks (using a SQL Server instance on a second server). Before installing, I created a file called ...
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Console Hangs when Attempting to Deploy Software Updates
When in the SCCM 2012 console under Software Updates, I click Deploy on a Software Update Group and the console hangs indefinitely. It just stops; I click away and back and Windows does not recognize ...
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Is it possible to manually remove sccm 2007 client from WSUS server?
We have recently migrated to SCCM 2012 from our previous 2007 install and have already uninstalled 2007. The problem is that our WSUS server has both the 2007 and the 2012 clients in it's database and ...
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Is SCCM overkill for medium-sized organizations?
I am an IT technician in a high school with around 1600 students 250 staff and 800+ client computers mostly running Windows 7. Our team is composed of three members. My boss seems content with a ...
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CCMSetup issue - agent behind firewall
Trying to install an agent through a firewall. Have verified 443 & 8531 are open via telnet. CCMsetup.log shows the setup using HTTP, not HTTPS. Thought it was supposed to try using both HTTP and ...
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SCCM 2012 - some remote clients unable to download some applications, 401.2 error
I've got a small SCCM 2012 deployment with about 35 clients attached. Most of these clients are in the same network as the single SCCM host, but three are about 1000 miles away.
Oddly, these three ...
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