Pause Windows Task Manager
I just accidentally came across an interesting trick that I think is nifty. In Windows 7 (and possibly previous versions of Windows), you can press and hold the Control key down, and pause task manager from refreshing.
SCCM Inventory – Group Policy Preferences
Update (2009-10-14): I’ve included a WQL query to use in creating a collection to identify systems without the GPP CSE installed. If you want to discover which systems have the group policy preferences client-side extensions
Running ccmsetup synchronously
I recently ran into a situation where my MDT task sequence was failing due to a couple failed application installs. The symptom was a return value of 1 coming from our Office 2007 and Office Communicator 2005 app installs. I finally checked out the setup log file for Office 2007, …
HTA in SCCM Task Sequence
Summary There has been lots of discussion about using Microsoft HTA (HTML Applications) files to prompt for user input, pop up notifications, and so on, in a ConfigMgr OSD Task Sequence. Although, by default, the task sequence engine prevents interactive programs from being seen, you can work around this functionality …
Upgrading Windows 7 Ultimate RC to Enterprise
I’m currently running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Build 7100 (the Release Candidate) on my work laptop, which happens to be a very nice Dell Latitude E6400; I looooove the backlit keyboard on this thing! Anyway, it’s been running fabulously for the past several months, but it’s time to upgrade to …
ATI HDMI Audio / Onkyo TX-SR606
Hey guys! I finally fired up my gaming computer, after leaving it unattended for over the better half of a year. I was itching to play some Fallout 3 again, and I just got a new wireless keyboard/mouse set from Logitech, and wanted to try it out! Unfortunately, the last …
AMT / ConfigMgr SQL Query: Mismatched Hostnames
In IT environments where device naming standards may be course, or where users can freely rename their systems at will, you may experience problems managing these clients’ AMT firmwares. Since, in order to maintain proper AMT functionality, the OS and AMT hostnames must match, an IT administrator or engineer would …
Intel vPro OOB Console Requirements
Describes the requirements to configure a support user’s operating system to manage an Intel vPro client.
Microsoft Code Analysis Tool (CAT)
Microsoft seems to have released a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of a new Code Analysis Tool (CAT) for Visual Studio. Download Here is the description of it: CAT.NET is a snap-in to the Visual Studio IDE that helps you identify security flaws within a managed code (C#, Visual Basic .NET, …
Windows Server 2008 “Ghost” iSCSI Targets
If you’ve used iSCSI with the Windows 2008 iSCSI initiator, you may have noticed that on occasion, iSCSI targets will get “stuck” in the iSCSI initiator software. It doesn’t really hurt anything, but if it bothers you, you can remove these iSCSI target definitions in the registry. Open regedit, and …
