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Known Issue and Workaround: Duplicate Records When You Use Unknown Computer Support with Active Directory Delta-Discovery
Really great post over on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog . Read the full post here. This post describes how and when you might see duplicate...
Useful ConfigMgr Resources (Updated)
Great post with a nice list of ConfigMgr resources. Thanks to Rob York and Saud Al-Mishari. Read the original post here. =============================...
Scripting Dell TouchPad configurations
Nick Moseley put a post about dealing with Dell TouchPad configurations.  Read his post here. We recently received the new Dell E6320 and E6420 laptops...
Posted: Jul 15 2011, 01:52 PM by cnackers | with no comments
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Trace64 finally here to stay - But it is hidden
Johan Arwidmark put up a nice how-to for getting ahold of Trace64, the 64-bit version of Trace32, our favorite log file viewer.  We can’t all be like...
Deployment Blogs and Twitter
Ben Hunter over on The Deployment Guys has put together a nice blog post with a list of various community Deployment experts and MVP’s.  He’s got...
Posted: Jul 01 2011, 09:58 AM by cnackers | with no comments
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Disable Windows 7 Action Center
If for some reason you don’t want to use Group Policy to disable the Windows 7 Action Center, then there is a registry key you can set to disable it. ...
Save time (and avoid pain) - Create a MDT test environment
To quote Johan, this is an “oldie but goodie”. I’ve got an older post here that talks about the same principal, but always a good thing to read and practice...
Configuration Manager–Thin Clients and Windows Embedded Discussion
Recently has some internal discussions around these two items.  I wanted to post the information for others to find so they don’t have to “dig” for...
Posted: Feb 01 2011, 09:07 PM by cnackers | with no comments
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Troubleshooting the PXE Service Point and WDS in Configuration Manager 2007
  Read the full post here. Note: The section titled How To Properly Install And Set Up A New Instance Of WDS And A PXE Service Point was updated with...
Back to basics #4 – Things You Shouldn't Do But Are Tempted To
Great post by Daniel Oxely over on The Deployment Guys blog. It's been a while, but I'll now continue this series of basic tips in the hope to...
Configuration Manager–Importance Of Properly Naming Packages With A Descriptive Name
I was recently troubleshooting an issue at a client where we had about 2,000 error messages for the Distribution Manager about a package that it couldn...
Troubleshooting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Lite Touch
Join Andreas Hammarskjold and Johan Arwidmark, two of the world’s foremost deployment experts in a dazzling session that gives you the tools and processes...
Configuration Manager MPCERT and MPLIST Returning HTTP Error 500–Internal Server Error
I recently had an issue with my hyper-v lab where my MP quit working.  It’s a test lab so I’m making changes all the time.  So no big surprise...
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit–Controlling The Task Sequence Progress Bar And Individual Step Status
Huge thanks to Keith Garner for answering my questions and showing me this function. Thanks Keith! I was recently working with a client that had some custom...
Copy Content to Target Computers Using $OEM$ Folders
MDT 2010 supports using legacy $OEM$ folders to organize and copy supplemental files to the target computers. However, when deploying Windows Vista or...
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