Author: Eswar Koneti

Long back have posted how to download prerequsisits which are required for configMgr 2012 RC1 http://eskonr.com/2011/10/configuration-manager-2012-prerequisites-download/ . Day ago there was ConfigMgr 2012 RC2 released with some modifications ,avilable here to download ConfigMgr 2012 RC2 http://eskonr.com/2012/01/configmgr-2012-rc2-released/ . In ConfigMgr 2012 RC1 we have 13 files are prereq where as in RC2 we have 25 files as prereq. This post will gives you how to download the prerequsists files for ConfigMgr 2012 RC2. you can run SETUPDL.EXE from your command prompt (run with Administrator) with command line to download the prereq files on physical system and then load them into Lab server. Drive letter:\ConfigMgr_2012_RC2_ENU_7703\SMSSETUP\BIN\X64\setupdl.exe…

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If you want to remove the registry key from local machine from windows 32 Bit OS (it will also remove the values residing in the key),try the below script as adminstrator (RUN AS). If you are using any deployment tool like Configmgr ,create a folder and place this script inside it  and create a package by mapping the source as this folder and program command line as scriptname ,Run with administrative rights . Script to remove the reg key: const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002 strComputer = "."   Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" &_ strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")   strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\PLAP Providers\{11660363-8F14-CA1D-BB17-814630A2009F}"   oReg.DeleteKey…

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System center configuration Manager 2012 RC2 is released and avilable to download now. It will be available from the System Center Eval Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh505660.aspx  I have tried it downloading but i can see other components along with System center configmgr 2012 with all the links avilable to download. if you are looking for only System center configuration manager 2012 RC2, you can use this link to save time in downloading other components http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/3/4/C/34C7656A-F89E-473C-8CE0-21DA5DB0717C/configmgr_2012_RC2_ENU_7703.exe else you can pause/cancel from your download manager tool.  Additional Resources Getting Started with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Introduction to Software Updates in Configuration Manager Configuring Software Updates…

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had a requirement to see how many computer falls within the specific subnet. select a.name0,b.IP_Subnets0 from v_R_System a,dbo.v_RA_System_IPSubnets b where a.ResourceID=b.ResourceID and b.IP_Subnets0 in ('192.168.10.0') group by a.name0,b.IP_Subnets0 You can include other subnet details if you need.

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simple and straight forward report that gives you the computers with operating system,CSD version(service Pack),Version number,OS Installed date,LastBootup time.windows Directory etc. You can customise this by adding additional colums http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd334593.aspx and Creating Custom Reports By Using Configuration Manager 2007 SQL Views http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=22052 Select SYS.Netbios_Name0, OPSYS.Caption0 as C054, OPSYS.Version0, OPSYS.CSDVersion0, OPSYS.InstallDate0, OPSYS.LastBootUpTime0, OPSYS.WindowsDirectory0, OPSYS.Description0 from v_R_System SYS join v_GS_OPERATING_SYSTEM OPSYS on SYS.ResourceID=OPSYS.ResourceID order by SYS.Netbios_Name0

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To kick off the new year, I’d like to share with you data on my blog’s activity in 2011. You may start scrolling! Crunchy numbers : In 2011, there were 33 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 144 posts. The busiest day of the year was December 21st . The most popular post that day was SCCM Tips and Tricks. How did they find eskonr.com? The top referring sites in 2011 were: windows-noob.com social.technet.microsoft.com wmug.co.uk networksteve.com myitforum.com Some visitors came searching, mostly for eswar koneti, reporat distribution packages failed, sccm laptop collection, and mdt prompt for computer name.…

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The idea for this blog started one rainy Saturday afternoon when my 5-year-old daughter hopped on the computer and pulled up her favorite online game. It was amazing how quickly she’s learned to use a computer. And, for the most part, she learned how to use it on her own. There was plenty of trial and error and there was a lot of “Dad, I know how do this!” (if only I knew how to better convey tone in a blog posting). But throughout she was unfazed by the unknown and kept trying until she got what she wanted. Now…

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We’ve seen this issue come up a couple of times so I wanted to give it a mention here just in case you run into it. The problem is that you may notice that a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr 2007) Secondary Site Server is unable to do any type of AD discovery in another forest. The forest trust is working fine, and you may see some errors in the adsysdis.log on the secondary site server similar to the following: ERROR: Failed to bind to 'LDAP://domainname/rootDSE' (0x8007203B) ERROR: Failed to enumerate directory objects in AD container LDAP://FQDN SMS_AD_SYSTEM_DISCOVERY_AGENT 11/16/2011…

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