System Center Configuration Manager
Rebuilding Indexes in ConfigMgr Databases
by Donnie Taylor - 1/7/2009
If you want to rebuild all indexes in the ConfigMgr database, which is quite a lengthy and process consuming task, you can run this query.
Scripting
VBS Script Get Add And Remove Programs For A Specified Machine
by Don Hite - 1/7/2009
This VBS Script will list the add and remove installed applications for a specified machine and send the results to excel.
Windows PowerShell
Get Information About Built-in Devices
by Rod Trent - 1/7/2009
Use this PowerShell script to retrieve information about the computer's onboard components.
SQL Server
SQL 2005 Won't Start After Loading SP2 or SP2 Update
by John Marcum - 1/7/2009
If you load SP2 for SQL 2005 or an update to SP2 for SQL 2005 and then SQL will not start and you get an error that says a database file is corrupt and needs to be restored from backup here's what you do to fix it.
Virtualization
Virtual Machines found stuck with status
by Richard Dixon - 1/7/2009
Recently I found some of my virtual machines stuck in a starting state. When I right click on the VMs that's stuck in the starting state, I only receive the following options: Connect...; Settings...; Rename... and Help.
Microsoft Deployment
Set or Get a single Setting from MDT Database
by Maik Koster - 1/7/2009
After implementing the function to Update the Computerinformation in MDT as explained in the last post, I found more and more settings from the MDT Database.