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Variable substitution in VBScript by sthompson

Based on a recent email exchange with a colleague, it occurred to me that this might be handy to post as a blog entry. The question - “Why do you need...
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How to read and set registry values for SNMP by sthompson

I always enjoy a challenge.  At my last company of employment, they needed to modify the SNMP community names, trap settings and remove the “public...
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Dynamically Renaming a Computer with VBScript by sthompson

Helped out a colleague recently with an interesting scenario; as part of an Active Directory consolidation project and reimage strategy, he wanted to have...
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Custom SMS/ConfigMgr Collection Permissions - Part 2 by sthompson

myITForum regular Monica Readenour and Greg Augustine were kind enough to share a script that they had developed to help set custom collection permissions...

Custom SMS/ConfigMgr Collection Permissions by sthompson

Problem: We have a junior admin/contractor, that has a need to modify a specific set of collections at our central SMS/ConfigMgr site. These collections...

Detect Computer Reboot Pending with DCM by sthompson

I've had a chance recently to work with SCCM 2007 Desired Configuration Management. If you've worked with DCM, you'll know that you need to...
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Script to check the CCMExec service state by sthompson

Have you ever needed to remotely check the state of the SMS Agent Host service, on a desktop or server? Run the following VBScript, you'll be prompted...

How to find computer NIC's with Speed/Duplex not set to 'Auto'? by sthompson

This may sound like an odd request, if you've worked in information technology long enough, especially with SMS/ConfigMgr, you've probably gotten...

How to change computer NIC Speed/Duplex property to 'Auto'? by sthompson

In another blog entry How to find computer NIC's with Speed/Duplex not set to 'Auto'? I described how to identify computers where the speed...

Service Accounts - Part 2 of 2 by sthompson

This script was the outcome of researching a way to automate the replacement of a local service account to manage the cluster service. This automation...

Service Accounts - Part 1 of 2 by sthompson

Microsoft best practice for service accounts, is use the concept of least permissions for the accounts. In other words, if an account needs to have local...

Using conditional logic with VBScript (IPStackSize) by sthompson

One of the things I really like about VBScript is the ability to use conditional logic. As promised in an earlier blog entry, here is a good example. We...
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Reassign an SMS or Configuration Manager Client to another Site by sthompson

Some time ago, I wrote an article about reassigning an SMS client to another SMS site. Since this topic seems to crop up periodically on both the myITforum...

Other methods to set Registry key values by sthompson

One of the interesting things about automation, and scripting in general, there are always multiple ways to solve a problem. In yesterday’s blog, the original...
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