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[Events] One of THE Coolest Giveaways

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:06:57 GMT

Now this is a COOL offer I saw on Jeff Alexander’s blog . Apparently all paid attendees to TechEd Australia will receive a free HP 2140 Mini Notebook with Windows 7 pre-installed - certainly beats a free pen or T-shirt. Jeff has also asked for people...(read more)

[Deployment] MDT 2008 Update 1 does not support ConfigMgr SP2 Beta

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:36:01 GMT

Just a quick heads up that MDT 2008 Update 1 or earlier versions won’t work with the ConfigMgr SP2 Beta. There is a new beta of MDT 2010 on the way VERY soon (Beta 2) that resolves the issue. For more info see the following post on Michael Niehaus'...(read more)

[WMUG] Thanks for attending our event - 18th June 2009

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:27:00 GMT

Just a quick thanks to all of those who attended our event last night. 35 was a great turnout for us and the sessions seemed to go down really with the general feedback you want more of the same so we’ll see what we can do. Once again our thanks to Microsoft...(read more)

[WMUG] Quick Reminder About Our Next Event - 18th June 2009

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:02:00 GMT

Just a quick reminder that there’s still time to register for our next event which is just over a week away: WMUG EVENT - 18/06/09 - 18:30 to 21:00 - Cardinal Place, London We are delighted to be able to announce our next meeting on Thursday 18th...(read more)

[ConfigMgr] OSD Task Sequence: A script may fail without error when deploying a 64-bit OS

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:07:36 GMT

This is a really useful post by Will Swanda I saw over on the The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog if you’re using OSD to push out 64-bit images of W2K8: “ Here’s a tip on an issue you may run into if you’re trying to run a script at the end of...(read more)

[ConfigMgr] HP Server Updates Catalog for System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:28:22 GMT

“ Hewlett-Packard Server Updates Catalog for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 enables IT administrators to use Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) RTM, SP1, or R2 to automatically manage and distribute HP ProLiant server system...(read more)

[ConfigMgr] HP Delivers Industry-first Management Capabilities for Microsoft System Center

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:45:00 GMT

Scott Farrand, VP of Infrastructure Software & Blades at HP posted this over on the Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog about HP once again being well ahead of the pack in delivering the industries first Management Capabilities for System Center...(read more)

[ConfigMgr] Screencast: System Center Updates Publisher – Resigning an Update

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:31:00 GMT

The latest in the series of screencasts by Jason Lewis looks at Resigning an Update in SCUP: http://blogs.technet.com/jasonlewis/archive/2009/06/01/screencast-system-center-updates-publisher-resigning-an-update.aspx...( read more ) Read More......(read more)

[HP] EDS, an HP Company, Welcomes Symantec as EDS Agility Alliance Marks Five-year Anniversary

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:08:00 GMT

Doesn’t seem like 5 years since this was setup but it’s produced some great solutions and long may it continue: PLANO, Texas, May 28, 2009 EDS, an HP company, today announced the five-year anniversary of the EDS Agility Alliance, a coalition of technology...(read more)

[ConfigMgr] Examining some common problems for the Software Updates Client Agent

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:57:00 GMT

This post by Brent on the The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog is worth sharing: “ Hello System Center, In this post I'd like to share information gleaned from recent support incidents regarding the Configuration Manager 2007 Software...(read more)

[ConfigMgr] Screencast: System Center Updates Publisher – Revising an Update

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:05:13 GMT

In his latest Screencast Jason Lewis looks at how to revise an update in SCUP: http://blogs.technet.com/jasonlewis/archive/2009/05/26/screencast-system-center-updates-publisher-revising-an-update.aspx...( read more ) Read More......(read more)

[ConfigMgr] ConfigMgr and OS Deployments/ MDT 2008 Training in London in June

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:00:30 GMT

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that my fellow MVP Johan Arwidmark (MVP in Setup & Deployment), is coming to the UK next month to deliver the following ConfigMgr-related courses: Mastering SCCM 2007 - London June 2 - 4 This highly popular...(read more)

[ConfigMgr] Screencast: System Center Updates Publisher – Publishing an Update

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:38:00 GMT

The latest Screencast from Jason Lewis is now available - System Center Updates Publisher – Publishing an Update...( read more ) Read More......(read more)

[ConfigMgr] The Out of Band Management Console on Windows XP SP2 Fails to Connect with...

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:04:00 GMT

Full Title: The Out of Band Management Console on Windows XP SP2 Fails to Connect with Error 0x80072EE9 This post is a quick AMT troubleshooting post from Carol Bailey : “ It's recently come to our attention that the out of band management console...(read more)

[WMUG] Next Meeting - Thursday 18th June 2009, Cardinal Place, London

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:55:53 GMT

I’m delighted to be able to announce our next meeting on Thursday 18th June at Microsoft’s office in Cardinal Place London where this time we'll be kicking off with an in-depth look at Windows 7 courtesy of Viral Tarpara and Andrew Driver from Microsoft...(read more)

[ConfigMgr] Examining some common problems for Software Update Points

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:56:00 GMT

I saw this posted over on The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog and thought it worth sharing: “ Hello System Center, In this post I'd like to share information gleaned from a quarters worth of support incidents as regards Configuration Manager...(read more)

[MMS] Brad Anderson Q&A from MMS 2009

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:57:07 GMT

From the TechNet Edge site: “ New this year at MMS was the Community Lounge, which offered a comfy place to sit, some nifty swag, and an opportunity to ask questions of executives in Microsoft's System Center Division. Brad Anderson, the General Manager...(read more)

[System Center] Insight Control for System Center

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:49:18 GMT

From the TechNet Edge site: “ Brad Anderson chats with HP's Scott Farrand about a new management solution from HP, Insight Control for System Center, which integrates the hardware management features of HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers with Microsoft...(read more)

[ConfigMgr] Examining some common problems with site assignment

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:13:31 GMT

This post made by Brent Dunsire over on the The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog is well worth a read: “ In this post I'd like to share information gleaned from a quarters worth of support incidents as regards Configuration Manager 2007 Client...(read more)

[ConfigMgr] The Ccmexec.exe process may consume almost 100 percent of CPU resources on...

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:40:00 GMT

Full Title: The Ccmexec.exe process may consume almost 100 percent of CPU resources on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 clients Symptoms Consider the following scenario: A software update package is deployed to a Microsoft System Center Configuration...(read more)