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Locate a computer by serial number by snorman

This is an SMS 2003 Web Report that will prompt you for a serial number and then provide detailed computer information. The report contains columns that...
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Use an SMS Web Report to locate a Computer by Serial Number by snorman

Here is an SMS Web Report that will help you locate a computer by searching on the serial number or by using wild cards. Download the .zip, extract it...
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Count of Chassis Types by Collection by snorman

Report the numbers of workstations and portable computers by collection in SMS 2003. Download the file - " Count of Chassis Types by Collection.txt"...
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Using SMS 2003 (SP2) to assess your hardware environment by snorman

Although the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1 tool is available, and extremely detailed, I wanted to use SMS 2003 to create a web report that could...
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How many different versions are installed? by snorman

In my corner of the world I get asked to report on how many different versions of specific products are installed. Garth Jones posted a Blog today on "What...
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What is that svchost.exe doing now? by snorman

This may help you see what services svchost.exe's are related to: 1. Open Task Manager, select View | Select Columns | check PID (Process Identifier...
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Upgrading Windows Server 2003 RTM to SP2 w/ SMS 2003 SP1 caused DCOM Error Event ID: 10021 by snorman

My site server configuration prior to upgrade: Windows Server 2003 Standard RTM, SMS 2003 SP1, SQL Server 2000 SP3a. I stopped all SMS related services...
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Use Site Status Messages to review SMS Client Installation failures by snorman

So, you created a collection of "Assigned but Not Installed" systems and manually pushed the SMS Advanced Client using the "Client Push...
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Distributed COM and Advanced Client interaction by snorman

Here is another tip to help troubleshoot advanced client issues. Run wbemtest and attempt to connect to the system that is behaving badly: 1. Launch wbemtest...
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