Cliff Hobbs

Need Your Help – List of WMIC CSProduct Get Name Results

I’ve just added my new Lenovo W530 to the List of WMIC CSProduct Get Name Results but I know there are far more machines in existence than I have listed. So if you notice there are machines missing from the list … Continued

ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Site Backup: ‘Error: SMS Writer not found’

My backup on my site Server is failing and when I look in the smsbkup.log I see the following: Error: SMS Writer not found. STATMSG: ID=5045 SEV=E LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_SITE_BACKUP" SYS=<server_name> SITE=<site_code> PID=35852 TID=36520 GMTDATE=Wed Mar 13 23:05:13.216 2013 … Continued

ConfigMgr 2007 – KB Article 2830195 Released

Microsoft has just released KB Article 2830195: FIX: Some newly added access accounts for a package may be missing on child sites in Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 Symptoms Consider the following scenario: You create a package … Continued

ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 2832622 Released

Microsoft has just released the following KB Article: FIX: Automatic client updates are unsuccessful for Configuration Manager 2007 clients in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 Symptoms Consider the following scenario: You enable the Upgrade client automatically when … Continued

Is there any way to get the ConfigMgr / SCCM 2007 Administrator Console to ‘forget’ the last node it was connected to?

I find the Administrator Console is sometimes very slow to load as it tries to reconnect to the last node I used which can sometimes take a long time to repopulate. Is there any way to get the ConfigMgr / … Continued

ConfigMgr 2007 – SCCM 2007 HealthCheck Toolkit Redeveloped and now FREE

My very good friend and fellow MVP Raphael Perez has completely redeveloped his SCCM 2007 HealthCheck Toolkit using PowerShell and best of all it’s now free. So what are you waiting for? Go check it out:

ConfigMgr 2012 – KB Article 2828900 Released

Microsoft has just released the following KB Article: FIX: The content status of a package is stuck in “In progress – Waiting for Content” status in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Symptoms Consider the following scenario: You configure a … Continued

Content status stuck and shows “In progress – Waiting for Content”

Content status stuck and shows “In progress – Waiting for Content” I am having problems re-distributing content to some of my DPs. I create a Package on my Central Administration Site and targeted it to all of the DPs in … Continued

Why does my Content report a Status of “Waiting for content” and a Status Type of “In Progress” when the content has in fact been distributed successfully?

Why does my Content report a Status of “Waiting for content” and a Status Type of “In Progress” when the content has in fact been distributed successfully? I’ve created a Package on my ConfigMgr 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Primary … Continued

TechEd – Win a trip to TechEd Europe and be part of the TechNet team

So, following on from my Can you help get me to Tech Ed EMEA in Madrid? post where I asked for your help to help win me some prizes (and still not too late to help me 😉 it’s time for … Continued

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