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Troubleshooting issues where clients are not reporting
Sometimes the most challenging part of the Configuration Manager 2007/SMS 2003 deployment phase can be ensuring that the client successfully reports to the site server. We occasionally see these issues...
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Downloading software updates for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 may fail with...
When creating an Update List and downloading software updates for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, some but not all of them may fail with the error "invalid certificate signature" in the confirmation page...
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ConfigMgr 2007: How to properly reinstall IIS in Windows Server 2008 on an...
When you experience issues with your Windows Server 2008 Web Server (IIS) role, including 401, 403, or 500 errors in the IIS logs and MPControl.log, a Configuration Manager 2007 site system relying on...
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Updated ConfigMgr 2007 Troubleshooting Information for Out of Band Management
Carol’s last update of the day (so far) is about how they updated the Configuration Manager Documentation Library for out of band management for SP2, including revisions to troubleshooting issues....
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Troubleshooting patch installation issues on SMS 2003 ITMU with Exit Code 32788
I thought of blogging this information as it took a little bit of time to identify the root cause of the issue and I didn’t see it documented publicly anywhere. Hopefully if you run into the same...
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Troubleshooting update deployment publishing using System Center Update...
Here’s an issue I ran into when I was trying to deploy Adobe Flash Player update 9.0.246.0. and since I didn’t see it documented anywhere I thought I’d post it here. The Adobe patch APSB09-10 for Adobe...
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ConfigMgr 2007: RPL files stay in MPFDM on Secondaries When You Discover AMT...
In System Center Configuration Manager 2007, when you run the Discover Management Controllers Task on AMT Enabled Devices you may find that a .rpl file gets created and does not process out on...
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Some ConfigMgr 2007 clients never install packages, report status of “Waiting...
We’ve seen this issue come up a couple times so I wanted to give it a mention here just in case you run into it. The problem is that you may notice Software Deployments are not working for a small...
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New KB973499 - A memory leak occurs when many content location requests are...
Consider the following scenario: The management point role is installed on a site server that is running Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Many content location...
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Changes made to package properties are not updated at the Child Site /...
I recently came across this issue and thought it might be worth a mention here. If you have some really big packages and don't see any of your changes reflected on the Child Sites then this may be...
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ConfigMgr 2007: Unable to update Distribution Point and a file in the...
In your System Center Configuration Manager 2007 environment, you may find that a distribution point is not updating and a pck file may appear to be "stuck" or "locked" in the X:\Program...
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Rerun of failed advertisements does not work as expected when you use status...
You may want to use status MIF files for extended or custom reporting of the advertisement status by configuring the reporting properties of a mandatory advertisement to "Use these fields for status...
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Solution: Unable to connect to a ConfigMgr 2007 Secondary Site server from...
Here's a unique issue I came across the other day that I thought you might like hearing about. In this case, we were unable to connect to a ConfigMgr 2007 Secondary Site server from Tools =>...
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Heads up on a few recent SMS 2003 and ConfigMgr 2007 KB articles
I've been out for a while due to the winter break so I'm still trying to get caught up on all the things I've missed, and part of that includes all the new Knowledge Base articles we published over the...
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Insider's Guide to Troubleshooting Client Content Download in Configuration...
Looks like our very own Bhaskar Krishnan has written a great post on troubleshooting some of the frequently encountered issues relating to client content download problems in System Center...
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How It Works: Automatic Client Approval in Configuration Manager 2007
Purpose:This post is intended to explain how client approval works when a Mixed Mode Configuration Manager 2007 site is configured to automatically approve clients in trusted domains and to offer...
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Solution: ConfigMgr2007 SP2 Setup stuck in Upgrade status
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...
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Solution: When using USMT 4 in an SCCM 2007 SP2 OSD Task Sequence, files are...
When running a SCCM 2007 SP2 Task Sequence with a "Capture User State" task that utilizes USMT 4, files are properly captured and restored but settings may not be. The SMSTS.log will not show any...
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Announcing the Release of Configuration Manager 2007 SuperFlows!!
The Configuration Manager writing team is very excited to announce the release of the following Configuration Manager 2007 SuperFlows:Software Updates Synchronization SuperFlow: Provides the detailed...
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Configuration Manager AD system discovery will not work across external...
After upgrading to SCCM 2007 SP2, AD discovery methods will fail to bind across external trusts. When the failure occurs, the ADSysDis.log will contain entries similar to this:ERROR: Failed to bind to...
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