Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er

Solution: ConfigMgr2007 SP2 Setup stuck in Upgrade status

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:56:14 GMT

I recently ran into this issue a couple days ago and didn't see a whole lot documented on it so I thought I would do a quick write up here. If you're trying to upgrade some of your site servers to SP2 and run into an issue, this should...(read more)

User Driven OSD Deployments with Modena

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:10:01 GMT

Microsoft Code-named “Modena” is one of the project internal names that was founded to deliver a enterprise-ready Configuration Manager 2007 Operating System Center solution for Microsoft itself. In June 2009, the Modena team at Microsoft reached...(read more)

Asset Management MP for Service Manager 2010

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:35:48 GMT

In a collaborative project we, Patrik Sundqvist and Anders Bengtsson have created an embryo of an Asset Management extension for Service Manager. Our thoughts behind this management pack are to build a version one that we could extend in the future...(read more)

Microsoft to RTM System Center Service Manager at MMS 2010?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:34:26 GMT

Having been a part of the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) since its inception as the SMS Users Conference in 1999, I feel somewhat qualified to speak to it’s history and trends. This annual event has allowed Microsoft and the partner ISV community...(read more)

Enter the 2010 IT Dinosaur Awards Video Contest - BigFix, Inc.

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:29 GMT

It’s open season on enterprise IT evolutionary throwbacks with BigFix’s 2010 IT Dinosaur Awards Video Contest. So charge up your "Flip," smart phone, recording web cam, or digital video camera and show the world the frustrations deploying...(read more)

ConfigMgr/OpsMgr : SCCM Patching and OpsMgr Maintenance Mode

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:29:31 GMT

Customers using OpsMgr for monitoring and SCCM for patching commonly select the option in SCCM to put MOM/OpsMgr agents in maintenance mode during patching – or even with standard software distribution. Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr...(read more)

Download the Free WMI Monitor & Start Monitoring Your Windows Apps

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:49:53 GMT

Our free WMI Monitor makes it easy to monitor your Windows applications and servers and gives you amazing insight into real-time performance with a slick desktop dashboard. Monitor real-time performance metrics on any Windows server or application...(read more)

myITforum Release: Public Submissions of ConfigMgr Queries, ConfigMgr Reports, and also scripts…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:22:06 GMT

I have some more cool stuff to share as the new myITforum.com progresses forward. After working through a couple bugs last night, the public submission of queries, reports, and scripts is now live. What is this? myITforum.com has a huge number of...(read more)

Changes Coming in Data Execution Prevention with Office 2010

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:34:35 GMT

Hello, my name is Vikas Malhotra, and I am a security Program Manager in the Office Trustworthy Computer Team (TWC). In this post I will be covering some security changes we made around Data Execution Prevention or DEP for short. DEP is one of...(read more)

Solution - Status 0xc0000001 when deploying Windows 7 via OSD in ConfigMgr 2007

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:46:31 GMT

When deploying Windows 7 via OSD in SCCM 2007 SP2, upon rebooting from the WinPE stage to Windows 7 Mini-Setup, Windows may not start The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog : Solution - Status 0xc0000001 when deploying Windows 7 via OSD in...(read more)

Test for Admin Rights - Fast, Small, Efficient, Universal Script Code in VBS and CMD/BAT

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:24:27 GMT

This script code uses a fast and efficient method for determining whether the current session (process) has admin rights. The compact code is provided in VBS (9 lines) and CMD/BAT (3 lines). It works with XP / Server 2003 through Windows 7...(read more)

Have you tried Service Manager yet?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:41:03 GMT

Service Manager is soon to be the latest offering in the System Center product suite, and delivers an integrated platform to help organizations automate and adapt their IT service management best practices (such as those found MOF and ITIL). ...(read more)

WSCC - Windows System Control Center version 1.8.9.1 released

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:26:12 GMT

WSCC is a free , portable program that allows you to install, update , execute and organize the utilities from various system utility suites. WSCC is only an interface, you need to download and install the utilities separately. Alternatively, WSCC...(read more)

Release: Hyper-V ActiveX Control for RDP - alpha code

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:03:19 GMT

Hyper-V ActiveX Control Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters - Release: Hyper-V ActiveX Control - alpha code Read More......(read more)

Revealed highlights of ConfigMgr vNext :: Litware

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:40:20 GMT

As you probably already know a new version of ConfigMgr are scheduled to be released next year. Microsoft is calling it ConfigMgr vNext but my guess is that the RTM name will be ConfigMgr 2011. In this post I want to share information and my views...(read more)

Solution: Error message when you try to publish a Windows Installer package for a virtual application from a network share to an App-V Client: xxxxxx-xxxxxx0A-000001D1

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:34:08 GMT

After you sequence an application that uses the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Sequencer version 4.5 or a later version, you have the option of generating a Windows Installer package to publish the application. If you try to publish...(read more)

Known issues when you use a management pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 in a localized version of Windows Server 2008 R2

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:26:22 GMT

This article lists the known issues that you may experience when you use a management pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 on a computer that is running a localized version of Windows Server 2008 R2. Known issues when you...(read more)

Deploying Data Protection Manager 2007

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:14:18 GMT

Deploying Data Protection Manager 2007 (Part 1) Deploying Data Protection Manager 2007 (Part 2) Deploying Data Protection Manager 2007 (Part 3) Deploying Data Protection Manager 2007 (Part 4) Read More......(read more)

Hotfix Package 1 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Service Pack 1: January 2010

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:11:55 GMT

This article describes a hotfix package for January 2010 that contains the latest hotfixes for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Hotfix Package 1 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Service Pack 1:...(read more)

App-V Advanced Sequencing: Sequencing Applications That Cannot Install to Q:

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:06:33 GMT

At some point while sequencing applications you will most likely run across an application that will not let you install to Q:. This by itself does not present a problem when sequencing the application. In fact only one minor modification will...(read more)