September 2010 - Posts

• Apple, eat some Berries

  I reckon it would be apt to briefly talk about this. From initial impressions, and taking into consideration the strengths of RIM, my two cents worth is that this is the first worthy competitor to the pad. http://blogs.blackberry.com/2010/09/blackberry... Posted Sep 28 2010, 11:13 AM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: Configmgr 2007, sccm, tablet pc, mobile device management

• SCCM 2007 Management Point install fails on Windows Server 2008 with “The error code is 800CC801”

  We should see more and more installations of the SCCM Management Point on Windows Server 2008 in the business environment, so this information will be of great help to prevent anyone going around in circles wondering why the installing is failing. Always... Posted Sep 23 2010, 10:28 AM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: sccm, management point, mpsetup.log, mpmsi.log, windows server 2008

• Google Transparency Report

  Just thought I share an interesting piece of information from Google's latest transparency reports. It's up to each one of you to decipher this information his or her own way... :) http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/governmentrequests/ Read... Posted Sep 21 2010, 04:10 PM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: google, transparency report

• Is Adobe doing a Microsoft?

  Last week, I did up a simple graph detailing the pattern of MS bulletin releases for the year 2010 to date. You can see it here together with the September 2010 MS Security Patches post. This week, I thought it would be interesting to see how the MS bulletins... Posted Sep 21 2010, 09:28 AM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: Configmgr 2007, sccm, security bulletin, microsoft, SCUP, adobe

• Is my Configmgr Client working?

  I've noticed often in my workplace where support teams constantly uninstall and reinstall Configmgr clients in the faith that it will eventually be installed properly through a stroke of sheer magic, luck or divine intervention. Unfortunately, if... Posted Sep 16 2010, 10:59 AM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: Configmgr 2007, sccm, client, clientidmanagerstartup.log, clientlocation.log

• Addressing Packages that do not reach a Distribution Point

  Imagine the scenario where you find yourself waiting longer then usual for a package to reach a Distribution Point. You have tried a refresh, a removal and every other possible action within the Configmgr Console GUI. Yet, the package never reaches and... Posted Sep 15 2010, 09:41 AM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: packages, Configmgr 2007, schedule.log, sccm, distmgr.log, despool.log, distribution points

• New Social Engineering Virus Threat discovered

  A few days ago on September the 9th, a newly discovered social engineering virus was detected by several anti-virus companies. This has also been reported through various media agencies. The virus spreads through email with the following email subjects... Posted Sep 12 2010, 11:52 AM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: symantec, social engineering, virus

• Cloud Computing and Windows Intune

  This year has seen tremendous growth in the cloud computing arena... HP's particularly been aggresive in acquiring 3PAR and also at this moment have 3 global labs focusing primarily on cloud software platforms, the latest being HP Labs Singapore,... Posted Sep 10 2010, 06:12 AM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: HP, Alatum, internet-based computing, Microsoft Intune, Cloud computing, Singapore

• September 2010 Security Patches

  The special tuesday of the month is around the corner yet again! This month MS plans to release NINE security bulletins for the month of September, a decrease from August's FOURTEEN. These are scheduled to be made available on the 14th of September... Posted Sep 10 2010, 12:52 AM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: Configmgr 2007, sccm, security bulletin, september 2010, microsoft

• The Configuration Manager 2007 Client Installation and Assignment SuperFlow is now available

  This SuperFlow sounds interesting and may be worth checking out especially if you find yourself constantly troubleshooting configmgr clients. Personally I have not fiddled with this yet but will put in some time soon to see its good. The Client Installation... Posted Sep 08 2010, 07:04 AM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: Configmgr 2007, sccm, SuperFlow

• origins

  My journey with configmgr has spanned half a decade, and it has now brought me 11,000km here to this cold country called the netherlands, where the sun shines just for a while. Most importantly, it created the opportunity to work even closer with my fellow... Posted Sep 08 2010, 01:46 AM by Lionel's configmgr blog Filed under: origins