March 2011 - Posts

• Script to Check Devices Without Drivers

  This is a quick script that I wrote to identify if a remote computer has a device without a driver installed. ‘========================================================================== ‘ NAME: DevicesWithoutDrivers ‘ ‘ AUTHOR... Posted Mar 30 2011, 03:38 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, VBScript

• Task sequence – Condition to execute only if NOT installed

  I frequently use task sequences to quickly and easily chain multiple, unrelated, software distributions together for deployment during our business scheduled maintenance window. One of the powerful things about using a task sequence is that a particular... Posted Mar 29 2011, 08:10 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: SCCM, How-To, Task Sequence

• Missing SQL 2005 Model Database

  We went to install an SRS database on our SCCM 2007 server for FEP 2010, but when attempting to create a new report server db, we were getting error 1807 ”System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Could not obtain exclusive lock on database ‘model’... Posted Mar 22 2011, 12:43 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: SCCM, Troubleshooting, SQL, SRS, FEP

• MMS 2011 Here I Come!

  I’m looking forward to another great year of learning and community at the Microsoft Management Summit. It is alway a wonderful opportunity to engage with other professionals. I hope to meet you there next week! Filed under: Miscellaneous Ramblings... Posted Mar 16 2011, 10:28 AM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Miscellaneous Ramblings