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• Finding SMS Packages without a specific sharename defined on DPs

  I hate it when I am troubleshooting software distribution issues and the package is configured to deploy to the distribution points in the SMSPKG folder with a subfolder named after the Package ID. It... Posted Nov 14 2005, 01:50 PM by mbroadstock with | with no comments Filed under: Scripting - VBScript, SMS

• Improvements to SMS Group/Collection creation HTA

  I posted a while back about a little HTA that I was working on to help automate the creation of groups in AD and the creation of Collections that are tied to those groups. I've added a few options to make... Posted Oct 27 2005, 02:09 PM by mbroadstock with | with no comments Filed under: Scripting - VBScript, SMS

• Script to find SMS Packages with bad Source Paths

  Another article on a new script I wrote. This one is quick and simple. It will identify SMS Packages that have a source path set to a folder that doesn't exist. There's nothing really revolutionary here... Posted Oct 24 2005, 04:57 PM by mbroadstock with | with no comments Filed under: Scripting - VBScript, SMS

• Utility to build Groups and Collections for SMS

  I posted a while back on this but I have a production version done now. This utility is really handy for creating groups that you can tie to SMS Collections as query rules. The company that I am at now... Posted Oct 05 2005, 03:57 PM by mbroadstock with | with no comments Filed under: Scripting - VBScript, SMS, Active Directory

• Fun with HTAs

  I do a ton of vbs/shell scripting and dabble in HTML every once in a while when I need to but I've never gotten around to writing an HTA until recently. They can be very useful and now that I have started... Posted Sep 14 2005, 09:58 AM by mbroadstock with | with no comments Filed under: Scripting - VBScript, SMS, Active Directory

• Using SMS to gather NAV pattern file information

  I threw together an article detailing how you can use a fairly simple vbs script to create a MIF file that will let you use SMS to gather inventory information on your NAV clients. This one just inventories... Posted Aug 04 2005, 07:01 PM by mbroadstock with | with no comments Filed under: Scripting - VBScript, SMS